Delaware churches — one white, one black — find new life by merging
WILMINGTON, Del. — In its heyday, the 75-year-old Cedars Church of Christ sometimes topped 350 in Sunday attendance. Many Christians came from the Bible Belt to…
racial unity
‘The Hate U Give’ helps us pursue unity
"My brother is 15. He’s about to start driving.” I repeated these petrifying words over and over again while driving back to campus after watching…
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.…
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…
My life in the pews, black and white
Covering the 50th anniversary of the Atlanta meeting on race relations in Churches of Christ has me thinking about my own history. I’ve moved about…
