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.…
Racial reconciliation and the church
Preconceptions about race, nationality and income erode our foundation of faith
PORTMORE, Jamaica — Paul writes in Galatians 2 about his confrontation with Peter after Peter and fellow Jewish Christians pulled away from their Gentile brethren. Peter…
Botham Jean’s death shows how implicit bias stains our society and our churches
Iwas devastated to learn of the tragic death of Botham Jean. Many of us from Churches of Christ in the Caribbean knew him from the…
Once-segregated Christian university targets racism with launch of new research center
ABILENE, Texas — In 1960, a professor named Carl Spain delivered an explosive Bible Lectureship sermon that reverberated far beyond what was known then as Abilene…
Fifty years after historic meeting, race still divides Churches of Christ
In the summer of tumultuous 1968, more than 40 prominent black and white ministers gathered to discuss ways to improve race relations in Churches of…
50 Years: Racial Reconciliation and the Church
Find links below to all the stories in the "50 Years: Racial Reconciliation and the Church" series. Part 1: Detroit race riot • 'No more us…
From the 1968 archive: Atlanta Conference Studies Race
ATLANTA, Ga. — A black man charged, “You want me to lift myself by my own bootstraps, but you are standing on my boots.” A…
Marshall Keeble’s ‘boy preachers’ still baptizing and saving souls
LOS ANGELES — In 1963, an 11-year-old named Dewayne Winrow gave a sermon during Southwestern Christian College’s annual Bible lectures in Terrell, Texas. The boy’s…
‘Sister Keeble’ stayed strong in mind, faith
I never got to meet Marshall Keeble or hear him preach. I was a baby when Keeble, the famous traveling evangelist who started hundreds of Churches…
Marshall Keeble fought racism by melting hearts
While Marshall Keeble didn’t preach about racial reconciliation, his very life was racial reconciliation. In the early 1900s, African-Americans were losing their lives at the hands…
