Seeking justice, mercy with God’s love
HYATTSVILLE, Md. — Over the past three months, I’ve covered protests in Lafayette Square in front of the White House. I’ve prayed with family by the…
civil rights
History repeats: Civil rights hero’s great-grandson shows courage
In 1957, the White mayor of Little Rock, Ark., showed courage by standing up for nine Black students trying to integrate Central High School. Defying…
Letter of concern by ministers, leaders of Churches of Christ decries racial hatred
In an interview with The Christian Chronicle today, three black ministers discussed a letter of concern written in the wake of George Floyd's death in Minneapolis…
‘We are not screaming when God is screaming’
'We lose connection with the heart of God, and we stop screaming at the stuff God screams at, and that’s a problem,” said Rigel J.…
‘I can’t breathe’: A Christian response to George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis
'As a person, I'm outraged. As a city, we're trying to grieve," Russell Pointer Sr., minister for the Minneapolis Central Church of Christ, said regarding…
The humble faith of Jerry Mitchell, an American hero
Jerry Mitchell is an American hero — a humble one at that. The Mississippi newspaperman’s courageous journalism helped send four Ku Klux Klan members to…
Minister, college chancellor and civil rights crusader Ron Wright dies at 72
Ronald D. Wright, a longtime minister and elder of the Gray Road Church of Christ in Cincinnati and former chancellor of Delgado Community College in…
Renowned evangelist, civil rights crusader R.C. Wells dies at 84
Roosevelt "R.C." Wells, known as a barnstorming, globe-trekking preacher among Churches of Christ, has died at age 84, a family member told The Christian Chronicle.…
A moment of doubt on the road to Memphis
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — We don’t often think of Martin Luther King Jr. as a man who ever wavered in his resolve to crusade for civil rights.…
‘I just catch ’em. I don’t fry ’em.’
Jerry Mitchell is the Energizer Bunny of investigative reporters. The Mississippi journalist and faithful Christian keeps cracking decades-old murder cases. I first wrote about Mitchell,…
