‘The home gave me my faith’
WICHITA, KAN. — At just 5 years old, Shirley Baldridge Porch understood hardship. She spent the first years of her life playing on a dirt floor. …
Adoption
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…
Two adoptions, two differing views: Christian women reflect on their experiences
Two Christian women, 18 years and a half-continent apart, faced painfully similar decisions — what to do about the baby. Yet, a generation later, their…
Editorial: The challenge now — care for the children
When The Christian Chronicle’s Editorial Board meets each month, we bring very different perspectives to the virtual table. We are all Christians but very different…
Roe v. Wade overturned: What’s next?
'It’s like someone turned a faucet on.” That’s how Sherri Statler, president and CEO of Christian Homes and Family Services in Abilene, Texas, describes the…
All in the family: baseball and Jesus
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Patrick and Katie Beth McCarthy’s oldest son, Miller, once told a reporter his family lived at the ballpark. “We just go spend the…
Putting the ‘exercise’ in free exercise
In recent years, the Supreme Court has shown a greater willingness to protect the First Amendment right of free exercise of religion from state and…
Foster care and adoption ministries praise ruling in Fulton v. Philadelphia
Jimmy Moore had been waiting for months for the U.S. Supreme Court to decide Fulton v. Philadelphia. The nation’s high court had heard oral arguments…
Christian ministries can cooperate
Should Christian ministries view each other as competition for a limited pool of donations and volunteers? We know they shouldn’t. But they do. A lot.…
