Top Stories
Two preachers. Two church shootings. An immediate bond
HENDERSON, Tenn. — A few minutes before stepping onstage, Britt Farmer and Joey Spann met for the first time. But the two preachers — one…
March 2020
View as PDF• Women’s roles: a divisive issue but not a new one • African ‘Shark Tank’ • ‘A hundred years goes faster than you think’ • Two preachers, two shootings • Did a preacher prophesy Super win by Mahomes? • $35 million trust deadline extended • With coronavirus: ‘Better safe than sorry’ • Pepperdine brings students home from China amid coronavirus fears • Defining the terms of the gender-role debate • Should women preach in a mixed-gender assembly? • The journey that led a church to appoint female elders • Women’s roles in the future church • ‘A voice in the middle of extremes’ • Editorial: In discussion of women’s roles, is there a middle path? • For wounding or healing? Words matter • Brexit raises the question: What is our true nationality? • A journalist’s faith: Memoir tells how justice prevailed after murders • Book offers surprisingly good advice on setting boundaries, emotional health • Snake bites and shalom: Scenes from a medical missions conference
In this issue:
Inside Story
Women in the church
Hey, we get it. We know the debate over women's roles in Churches of Christ is sensitive and emotional for many readers — on all…
Top Stories
Deadline extended for churches to share in $35 million trust fund
Earl Bybee thought it was a hoax. When the treasurer for the East Mud Lick Church of Christ in Tompkinsville, Ky., received a letter claiming…
Inside Story
‘A hundred years goes faster than you think’
CEDAR GROVE, Tenn. — My dad, Bob Ross, bent down and brushed leaves off the flat grave marker so he could read the inscription. “Lloyd…
Inside Story
New memoir tells how justice prevailed in civil rights era murders
'To the One who loves justice.” That’s the simple dedication at the start of investigative reporter Jerry Mitchell’s long-awaited memoir, “Race Against Time,” which hits…
Top Stories
Should women preach in a mixed-gender assembly?
ARLINGTON, Texas — Christa Sanders Bryant has a passion for teaching the Bible. The mother of five believes God has called her — and all…
Top Stories
The journey that led a Church of Christ to appoint female elders
LOS ANGELES — In the early 1960s, Abilene Christian University — a Texas higher education institution associated with Churches of Christ — had different rules for…
National
A preacher prophesied Patrick Mahomes’ Super Bowl win — sort of
As a high school friend of Patrick Mahomes, Spencer Shaw was thrilled to see his former teammate – now the quarterback of the Kansas City…
National
Missionaries in quarantine following trip to China
After two weeks in quarantine, Don and Cindy Roehrkasse, missionaries to Germany, are leaving a California quarantine facility. The couple was forced into quarantine following…
Top Stories
Amid coronavirus fears, Pepperdine bringing students home from China
As China’s death toll from the coronavirus rises, Pepperdine University in Malibu, Calif., is suspending its Shanghai study-abroad program and bringing the 36 participating students…
Insight
Snake bites and shalom
SPRINGDALE, Ark. — Uh-oh! I’m at a Church of Christ conference, and we’re talking about snake handling! Actually, it was a lecture on handling snake…
Editorial
Editorial: In discussion of women’s roles, is there a middle path?
The Great Commission has no gender. When Churches of Christ get bogged down in protracted debates — on issues from worship styles to gender roles…
National
Women’s roles: a divisive issue but not a new one
When high-profile congregations among Churches of Christ announce a transition to public participation by women in worship — or that women will be welcome in…
News
Defining the terms of the gender-role debate
When discussing the role of women in the church, Christians use terms including “egalitarian,” “complementarian” and “traditionalist.” They often disagree on what these terms mean.…
Dialogue
Women’s roles in the future church
OKLAHOMA CITY — “A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over…
International
African ‘Shark Tank’
ACCRA, Ghana — Snail. It’s what’s for dinner. No, these aren’t the dainty European escargot served as hors d’oeuvre at cocktail parties. These are massive, meaty…
Partners
‘A voice in the middle of extremes’
LUBBOCK, Texas — ‘Preach the Word!” It’s an oft-heard exhortation at Sunset International Bible Institute, or SIBI. Believers shout it from the pews as preachers and…
Views
For wounding or healing? Words matter
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — After the worship assembly, four or five older couples from a Church of Christ in the Nashville area met for Sunday lunch…
Reviews
Review: The Emotionally Healthy Leader
I confess I did not expect to like “The Emotionally Healthy Leader.” Having been a marriage and family therapist for the better part of two decades,…
In the Word
Brexit raises the question: What is our true nationality?
EAST KILBRIDE, Scotland — It is almost unbelievable. We are finally out. (Well, at least we’re out in name and no longer have seats in the…
Milestones
Milestones, March 2020
Memorials James R. “Jack” Brooks 1931 – 2019 Mr. James R. “Jack” Brooks, 88, of the Hickory Community, passed away at 9:44 a.m. on Sunday,…
Milestones
Newsmakers, March 2020
HONORED Phi Alpha Theta history honor society at Oklahoma Christian University in Oklahoma City, for the best undergraduate print journal in the nation. In addition,…