Saving the Chronicle, 40 years later
OKLAHOMA CITY — “We must keep the Chronicle alive!” John Beckloff’s message was simple and urgent. The Christian Chronicle, the newspaper that he loved dearly,…
Olan Hicks
Reaffirming a 75-year-old promise
The Christian Chronicle exists to inform, inspire and unite Churches of Christ with stories about our fellowship at home and around the world. The Chronicle…
‘One of the most arduous and thankless tasks in all the world’
'Greetings to the readers of the first issue of Christian Chronicle. I am happy to assume the job of editor and publisher of the paper…
In the midst of war, great optimism
Thumbing through the first issue of The Christian Chronicle, dated June 2, 1943, it’s hard to tell that America was fighting a massive war in…
‘The Missionary who Stayed Home’
With unbridled enthusiasm, Olan Hicks launched into the first front-page news story in The Christian Chronicle, a brand-new publication for Churches of Christ dated June…
A chronicler’s daughter shares memories
Printer’s ink flowed through the veins of Lavella Hicks McMillan at an early age. She was 2 when her preacher father, Olan Hicks, published the…
