‘Every tribe and every nation’ gather in unity despite worldly conflicts
MARATHON, GREECE — “There is a habitation, Built by the living God, For all of every nation, Who seek that grand abode.” About 200 Christians…
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Around the World: Chicken soup for the soul, women’s renewal and more quick takes
Around the World is our monthly rundown of news briefs, links and quotes from Churches of Christ all over the globe. Got an idea for…
Life-changing exchanges
HITACHI, JAPAN — I was 12 years old when I met Mariko, a beautiful young woman and exchange student from Ibaraki Christian University. She stood…
Sunday in Ukraine
IRPIN, UKRAINE — Walls of pure white, adorned with a single, thin wooden cross, surround a group of 35 worshipers on Sunday morning. The immaculate…
A guide to avert demise for declining churches
The interesting cases, Scriptures, interviews, models and analogies in “Tombstones to Cornerstones: Hope and Help for Churches in Stress and Decline” highlight actions needed after…
Christian bioethicists help students consider the moral complexities of IVF
ABILENE, TEXAS — As the number of U.S. frozen embryos has grown to estimates beyond a million, their moral status has become the crux of…
‘That embryo was created by God’
When 7-year-old Rosie Buchholtz asks where she came from, her mother answers simply. “I just tell her, ‘A very nice family gave us you, and…
Across the Nation: A tent revival, a ‘Church of Christ Day,’ a unity service and more quick takes
Across the Nation is our monthly rundown of news briefs, links and quotes from Churches of Christ across the U.S. Got an idea for this…
Antonio Cardona joins Christian Chronicle’s board
While walking through a cow pasture in Puerto Rico, a teenager named Antonio Cardona came across a piece of paper advertising a free Bible course…
New endowment honors legacy of Howard Norton
‘The church is not a political party, a civic club nor a country club. It is to be the body of Jesus.” Those words are…
