National
An unfathomable toll
Grace. That’s the word that Lynn Jones, a Christian in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, said she keeps at the forefront as her family navigates incredible…
April 2021
View as PDF• An unfathomable toll • After difficult year, COVID-19 vaccines bring joy and hope • A simpler church • Big storm brings out big hearts • Hotel rooms and hope for the homeless • In Pacific Northwest, churches create community • Back in the pulpit • Faith on the move • Editorial: Christians, it’s time to ‘transform and roll out!’ • Gray deserves Presidential Medal of Freedom • Church elder Don Williams was country’s ‘Gentle Giant’ • Minister recalls his pedophile father’s profound deception • Amid pandemic, a much-needed reminder that church is worth it • Requiem for a passport and a parrot
In this issue:
Inside Story
After difficult year, COVID-19 vaccines bring joy and hope
OKLAHOMA CITY — “Celebrate. People need hope.” My friend David Duncan texted me that advice when I told him I was struggling to write this…
National
A simpler church
Early in the pandemic, Matt Dabbs found himself preaching a message he never thought he’d preach: It’s OK not to go to church. Well, not…
National
Christians in Texas battle power outages, cold as they work to keep neighbors warm
Texans were powerless against a winter storm that blasted all 254 of its counties beginning on Valentine’s Day. Millions of residents lost power and water…
National
Hotel rooms — and hope — for the homeless
OKLAHOMA CITY — When the weather forecast called for two major snowstorms and multiple nights with below-zero temperatures, Delisa Herbert knew she couldn’t just stay inside. …
National
In Pacific Northwest, churches create community
SALEM, Ore. — Despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, Churches of Christ in the Pacific Northwest forge ahead to create meaningful connections. Regional events are…
National
‘I still have to listen to my body and be careful’
A small table and stool sat just to one side of the stage at The Park Church of Christ in Tulsa, Okla., as Mitch Wilburn…
Features
Visiting vs. virtual
James and Candice Wiser’s church family in Southern California shed tears this past summer as the couple and their two young daughters prepared to move…
International
Around the World: Baptisms, a gospel campaign, relief work and a roof collapse
Featured Image (above): Four teenagers (one off-camera) prepare to give their lives to Christ in the village of Bonyancha, Kenya. Minister David Marube, right, baptized the…
Milestones
Milestones, April 2021
Anniversaries Robert and Loretta Hamm Robert and Loretta (Maltbie) Hamm are celebrating 65 years of marriage! They were married in Cherokee, Okla., on March 10,…
Editorial
Editorial: Christians, it’s time to ‘transform and roll out!’
In 1986, moviegoers were introduced to the Transformers. Adults and children alike were fascinated and entertained by characters like Optimus Prime, who “transformed” from an…
Opinion
Gray deserves Presidential Medal of Freedom
Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and John Lewis are three of the most recognizable faces of the civil rights movement and have become memorable…
Reviews
Church elder Don Williams was country’s ‘Gentle Giant’
The first time I saw legendary country musician Don Williams in person was a Sunday morning in 1977 when my wife and I visited the…
Reviews
Minister recalls his pedophile father’s profound deception
Jimmy Hinton doesn’t mince words, not in life and not in his book “The Devil Inside: How My Minister Father Molested Kids in Our Home…
Reviews
Amid pandemic, a much-needed reminder that church is worth it
Joseph P. Conway’s “Broken but Beautiful — Why Church Is Still Worth It” begins with sobering statistics about the decline of church attendance and church…
Opinion
Requiem for a passport and a parrot
‘This parrot is no more! He has ceased to be. Bereft of life, he rests in peace. If you hadn't nailed him to the perch…
People
COVID-19 claims lives of numerous members of Churches of Christ
The Christian Chronicle asked readers to share memories of friends and loved ones lost to COVID-19. All of the names here were submitted through a…
International
Pandemic brings an ‘awakening’
DAKAR, Senegal — There’s bad news and good news for Churches of Christ in this West African, predominantly Muslim nation of 16.3 million souls. The…