Little money, few benefits: Retiring ministers struggle
A faithful minister of the Gospel spends a lifetime serving the church. Bad advice decades ago led him to opt out of Social Security. His…
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Why Ukraine still matters
ZOSIN, POLAND — “Can I ask you a stupid question?” the border guard said. “Where are you going?” He had just asked me if I…
Voices only: ‘I Believe/You’ll Never Walk Alone’
Welcome to Voices only, where we search the internet to bring you great a cappella. The trio Rejoice! sang recently at a ladies tea hosted…
Christians use AI to share Jesus
Missionary Leslie Taylor preaches in English and Japanese each Sunday at the bilingual Matsudo Church of Christ in the Tokyo area. A military brat who…
Sun and blessings: God is working
Ah, summertime. For most, the rising temperatures signal a more relaxed time of year, characterized by lazy days playing in the water, road trips to…
Meet the suddenly most quotable minister in Minnesota
RICHFIELD, MINN. — Nebraska. Tennessee. Minnesota. I keep running into Ethan Bilbrey … and I keep quoting him in The Christian Chronicle. The funny thing…
‘Divine power’ saves minister
ROSEVILLE, MINN. — A grease fire that severely burned Richard Inyang on his stomach, arms, hands and upper thighs could have killed him. But it didn’t.…
‘You stepped up’
ROGERS, ARK. — In front of a torn projector screen, the worship leader led singing at the Southside Church of Christ on a recent Sunday…
‘If you educate a woman, you educate a whole nation’
NEW DEBISO, GHANA — A girl knelt to show her 4-year-old sister how to boil sand and water in two discarded Costa sardine tins over…
Slain missionaries mourned: Praying ‘God will make a way’ in Haiti
I can still see the joy on the faces of the Haitian people. I traveled to the poor Caribbean nation in 2018 to report on…
