National
‘God doesn’t see the borders’
POMPANO BEACH, FLA. —“I L-O-V-E Y-O-U.” Maikon Borba, a leader of the Southeast Florida Church of Christ, spelled aloud for his 4-year-old daughter, Joanna, as…
June 2024
View as PDF‘God doesn’t see the borders’• ‘A great, joyful sense of closure’ • A new vision for urban ministry training in Memphis • Surfing for souls in Madagascar • The Christian Chronicle appoints Audrey Jackson as managing editor • Sharing a Great Supper with a great servant • Sooners to leaders • Around the World: Fire sticks in Malawi, Lads to Leaders in Romania and more quick takes • Across the Nation: Christian fills top medical role, university commemorates terrorist attacks and more quick takes • Editorial: Faith, politics and the true Kingdom of God
In this issue:
National
A new vision for urban ministry training in Memphis
MEMPHIS, TENN. — A move to Memphis shaped Steve Cloer’s ministry focus. Cloer and his wife, Lindsay, relocated to this gritty urban city along the Mississippi…
Top Stories
‘A great, joyful sense of closure’
MEMPHIS, TENN. — Before the preacher stepped to the pulpit, the crowd seated in wooden pews at Harding School of Theology stood to sing. The hymn…
Inside Story
What’s really going on at the Texas Rangers game
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Fishing is about more than fishing. That was the gist of a Top 10 country song released in 2011. Trace Adkins’ “Just…
National
‘All I could see was destruction’
SULPHUR, OKLA. — After a monster tornado hit this southern Oklahoma town late Saturday night, the Vinita Avenue Church of Christ swung into action. With power…
National
Sooners to leaders
OKLAHOMA CITY — When asked how he liked the new venue for this year’s Lads to Leaders convention, Caleb Clabaugh hesitated … just a bit.…
National
Across the Nation: Christian fills top medical role, university commemorates terrorist attacks 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…
International
Surfing for souls in Madagascar
Madagascar, the world’s fourth-largest island, is renowned for its beautiful avenues of baobab trees and its most famous, wide-eyed resident, the ring-tailed lemur. The island,…
International
Sharing a Great Supper with a great servant
The Great Supper is the name Christians in Brazil’s northeastern state of Paraiba give to their annual gathering. And this year, the 25th Great Supper…
Perspective
A full-circle journey of faith down under
PERTH, AUSTRALIA — Aug. 17, 1962, was a life-changing day for me. I was not yet 9 years old when my family arrived, sight unseen,…
International
Around the World: Fire sticks in Malawi, Lads to Leaders in Romania 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…
Insight
Adopted by Dawgs
ATHENS, GA. — The first time I walked into the auditorium of the Campus View Church of Christ, I had a hard time sitting down.…
Views
‘Just a passing thru’
RICHARDSON, TEXAS — I blame Jim Henson! After all, he’s the one who fashioned those sardonic Muppets I started morphing into several years ago. You…
National
The Christian Chronicle appoints Audrey Jackson as managing editor
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Christian Chronicle has appointed Audrey Jackson as managing editor, a key role overseeing production of the monthly print edition. Jackson, 25,…
Reviews
Nancy French’s ‘Ghosted’ offers a haunting, helpful read — but not for everyone
The biggest villain — and rightly so — in Nancy French’s memoir “Ghosted: An American Story” is a preacher who gives the seventh-grader a ride home from…
Editorial
Editorial: Faith, politics and the true Kingdom of God
In case you missed it, it’s election season in America. As a result, everything from shoes to graduations, even Bibles and churches, has been politicized.…