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…
Restoration movement
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.”…
Preserving Alabama’s oldest Church of Christ
MOORESVILLE, ALA. — For one Lord’s Day, a small white-clapboard church building became a refuge of peace and unity amid the Civil War. Union and…
‘We lost our mission’
LITTLE ROCK, ARK. — The vision for ReMission started small. Eager to lead souls to Jesus and refocus Christians’ hearts and minds on that mission,…
The road to ReMission
LITTLE ROCK, ARK. — Jeremie Beller is my designated driver. No, I don’t drink. But when we travel to events such as the recent ReMission…
