Why libraries are important to an open society
Two buildings remain important landmarks in my earliest childhood memories: a small stucco Church of Christ on the edge of Fort Morgan, Colo., and a…
Closing churches
How congregations can rebound
LOS ANGELES — At age 13 in 1983, I moved to the West Coast. Relocating from a rural community in the South to this sprawling…
Churches embrace hope, change
ABILENE, Texas — ‘The church is in jeopardy, but the kingdom is not in question.” My friend Randy Harris, author and professor emeritus at Abilene…
Listen ‘with your mouth shut’
GREENSBORO, N.C. — I haven’t been to many elders’ meetings, but I have watched the turmoil, stress and pain of good friends who are elders…
‘Grandmother church’ of Dallas fights for its future
DALLAS — The steeple at the Skillman Church of Christ stretches skyward above a red-brick, Georgian building, a Dallas landmark on one of the city’s…
‘Where did the people go?’
One of the most difficult questions to answer when pursuing the story of closed churches is, “Where did the people go?” Finding “Where have all…
