Celebrating an Alabama church’s 200-year legacy
MOULTON, ALA. — Two hundred years ago, evangelist Benjamin F. Hall planted a congregation of the Lord’s church in this rural Alabama town. Maybe. The…
Restoration movement
Editorial: Can we agree to disagree?
Conservative mainstream. Moderate mainstream. Non-institutional. Non-Sunday school. Progressive. Instrumental. One cup. Mutual edification. Little c. Big C. Doctrinally sound. Churches of Christ seem to have…
The ties that bind universities to Churches of Christ
From Florida College in Temple Terrace, Fla., to Pepperdine University in Malibu, Calif., historic ties connect 13 universities to Churches of Christ. But they are…
225 years ago, a revival gave birth to a movement
BOURBON COUNTY, KY. — By the thousands, the believers came — Baptists, Methodists and Presbyterians among them. In covered wagons and carriages, pioneer settlers traveled to…
Editorial: Why the Cane Ridge Revival still matters
'Church of Christ. Established A.D. 33.” Most of us have seen such a sign outside a building where the Lord’s church meets. We know what…
Christians only — or the only Christians?
‘You think you’re the only ones going to heaven.” That’s an accusation — merited or not — familiar to many members of today’s Churches of…
Editorial: What Restoration means to us
Churches of Christ are not meant to be a denomination — and “Church of Christ” isn’t meant to be a sectarian name, as ministers noted…
A ‘divine name’?
MONTGOMERY, ALA. — Sectarian label or divine ownership? What does it mean to be called Churches of Christ? “That divine name identifies that sacred relationship…
‘The Spiritual Discipline of Confession’
Recent years have witnessed a surge of insightful new works on the history of Churches of Christ, including several aimed at a general readership within…
Why I attended ReMission
‘We moved from ‘We’re the only ones going to heaven’ to ‘No one’s going to hell.’ When we made that move, we lost our mission.”…
