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…
Who Are We
Declining church membership creates university hiring challenges
While the number of Churches of Christ declines in the U.S., demand for professional programs at universities associated with the fellowship is rising. Those realities…
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…
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…
Small churches find right fit at Equip
YORK, NEB. — To prepare for a panel discussion on small-town and rural Churches of Christ, Jason Zaiger contacted more than 20 church leaders in…
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.”…
Editorial: Why counting the sheep matters
In church life as in much of life, we owe a lot to the scholars and researchers whose eyes light up over obscure factoids or…
