National
COVID-19 hits churches hard
Vanessa Hawkins was worried. It was early March, and her sister, Crystaline Kuykendall, had been ill with a variety of symptoms. When Hawkins called to…
August 2020
View as PDF• COVID-19 hits churches hard • Hope from the ashes • On topic of race, there’s so much I don’t know • Harding keeps Benson’s name on auditorium • Still ‘Pitching for the Master’ • Christians rally, emphasize ‘freedom in Christ’ • ‘Black Lives Matter’ agenda questioned • A tense, stressful time for police • Higher ed plans not written in stone • Uncle Sam helped churches meet payroll • ‘There is something wrong with their Christianity’ • Samuel A Smith named president of York College • Editorial: Drop the memes, pick up a book • The George Benson I knew • Baptist studies at Abilene Christian? • Racial reconciliation: Now what? • Who needs a cathedral?
In this issue:
National
Hope from the ashes
When his church was firebombed, Jameel Robinson took it personally. “I felt like I had failed God. I felt like I had failed the church,”…
Inside Story
On topic of race, there’s so much that I don’t know
When I was in grade school, my mother said my best friend, Tyra, could come over and play. Mom was surprised, though, when I stepped…
People
At 84, retired major-leaguer Lindy McDaniel still ‘Pitching for the Master’
When Joe Chesser was 9 years old, his family attended church with Lindy McDaniel, a young pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals. One Sunday, Chesser…
Top Stories
Despite petition, Harding to keep George S. Benson’s name on its chapel venue
Harding University will retain the name of its daily chapel venue — Benson Auditorium — despite an online petition signed by more than 18,000 that characterized…
National
On Juneteenth, Christians rally in Baltimore, emphasize ‘freedom in Christ’
BALTIMORE — Members of Churches of Church used Juneteenth — an annual celebration of the liberation from slavery in the United States — to march through the…
Top Stories
Why the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement is so controversial to many Christians
To Christians such as Taneise Perry, the phrase “Black Lives Matter” voices a simple truth about the importance of equal treatment and justice for Black…
National
A tense, stressful time for police
When protesters filled the streets in Fort Smith, Ark., Police Chief Danny Baker didn't feel it was necessary to approach them with pepper balls and tear…
Top Stories
Higher ed plans not written in stone
Almost everything printed here could change tomorrow. Or today. Pandemics are complicated like that. And few organizations must wrestle with as many of the complications…
Partners
On campus or online?
Details in this list are quickly changing. We will try to add updates when possible; however, please check with individual universities for the most up-to-date…
National
Uncle Sam helped congregations, Christian universities meet payroll
At least 47 Churches of Christ across the nation received loans of $150,000 or more through the federal government’s coronavirus relief bill, a Christian Chronicle…
Opinion
The George Benson I knew
My name is Rayton Sianjina, son of the late Bicycle Sianjina, a former minister of the gospel who in his lifetime, planted 17 Churches of…
Editorial
Editorial: Drop the memes, pick up a book
Abraham Lincoln, America’s 16th president, had an extensive knowledge of Scripture. Raised in a home where the Bible was taught and church attendance was compulsory,…
Partners
Baptist studies at Abilene Christian?
'Baptist ministry classes find home at Abilene Christian University,” read a recent headline in the Abilene Reporter-News, drawing notice by Christian Chronicle readers. Here, a…
Dialogue
Fred Gray on injustice and his hope for the church
‘Where were Churches of Christ during the Civil Rights Movement?” Whenever Jerry Taylor hears the question, “my response is that they were front and center…
Insight
Who needs a cathedral?
‘Why learn a living language when you can study a dead one?” That must have been what I told myself in high school because somehow…