Top Stories
A perpetrator in the pews
UNIONTOWN, Pa. — After a longtime youth minister’s recent conviction on corruption of minors and indecent exposure charges, a judge in this western Pennsylvania community…
April 2019
View as PDFFighting for souls, and lives, in Native America • A perpetrator in the pews • Surprised by ‘Kindness’ • Church members wow judges on ‘The Voice,’ ‘American Idol’ • When the roll is called up yonder, Alexa answers • Racial concerns prompt renaming of Christian university auditorium • ‘Tell somebody. Don’t keep quiet.’ • ‘Not a white man’s religion’ • Churches of Christ and Christchurch: Prayers, unity sought after N.Z. attacks • After 50 years, an apology • An engineer gets ‘an answer from God’ • Editorial: Expose the boils of injustice • ‘I know we’ll see her again’ • Rewrite the script • Societal trends that allow mind to define body dehumanize us all • Minister for Churches of Christ details the ‘spiritual bondage’ of legalism • Honor Roll • The Green Book and the Good Book
In this issue:
Top Stories
Racial concerns prompt renaming of Christian university’s auditorium
OKLAHOMA CITY — After a half-century as Hardeman Auditorium, Oklahoma Christian University's main assembly hall has a new name — a change spurred by concerns over…
International
Prayers, unity sought after N.Z. attacks
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern described it as “one of New Zealand’s darkest days” — a sentiment echoed by members of Churches of Christ in the…
People
Church member turns four chairs on NBC’s The Voice
The judges on last night’s episode of “The Voice” were all smiles thanks to Matthew Johnson, a member of (and occasional song leader for) a…
People
Church member, strawberry farmer Kason Lester gets golden ticket on ‘American Idol’
Should a Christ-follower resort to bribery to get the judges' attention on "American Idol?" Evidently that's not against the rules on the popular reality show/singing…
International
Church members receive blessing on Netflix’s ‘Kindness Diaries’
Retired missionaries Ken and Pat Beckloff were walking to market in El Valle, Panama, one morning when a man with a British accent approached them.…
National
‘Tell somebody. Don’t keep quiet’
SOMERSET, Pa. — For so long, no one knew Alex Howlett's name. In 2011, she confided to her brother Jimmy Hinton that the man he…
Milestones
Milestones, April 2019
Special Recognition Let’s give a round of applause to outstanding teens Shaun Boothe, Zaquan Kemp, MacKenzie Scarborough, and Enoch Sparks! They have all earned the…
Milestones
Newsmakers, April 2019
NEW MINISTERS Darion Dalton (pictured in feature image), youth minister for the Edgemere Church of Christ in Wichita Falls, Texas. Logan Hackworth, youth minister for…
International
Around the World: In a troubled land, youths turn to God’s word
FEATURED IMAGE (above): Young members of the Wotutu Church of Christ in Cameroon hurriedly page through their Bibles to find a verse called out by…
National
Fighting for souls, and lives, in Native America
MESA, Ariz. — Arlinda Lee remembered the old medicine man’s words: A baby, yet unborn, would suffer from “a problem with her mind.” He made the…
Reviews
Review: A Different Kind of Poison
There are many who have walked the path of legalism, but few know its depths, deception and destruction more than Kevin Pendergrass. Pendergrass, a graduate…
Views
Rewrite the script
I am convinced that church leaders want to shepherd the broken and bleeding souls around them. However, in my experience, many are unknowingly doing the…
In the Word
‘I know we’ll see her again’
How does a fully formed, healthy baby just slip away, back into the arms of Jesus, and her vigilant mother not know it? I had…
Editorial
Editorial: Expose the boils of injustice
Recently, leaders of two universities associated with Churches of Christ apologized for actions — and, in some cases, inaction — during the civil rights era. …
National
‘Not a white man’s religion’
MESA, Ariz. — "Fry bread! Fry bread! Mutton stew! We’ve got spirit! How about you?” Most of the Salt River Church of Christ knows what Josh…
Reviews
Review: Love Thy Body
Transgenderism, euthanasia, homosexuality, abortion. Many contemporary societal trends that alarm people of faith are based on a new cultural insistence that a person’s mind can…
Partners
Partners, April 2019
OKLAHOMA CITY — Hundreds of Christians shared a weekend of fellowship, gospel messages and Bible classes at the recent Affirming the Faith seminar, hosted by…
Dialogue
An engineer gets ‘an answer from God’
Orneita Burton grew up playing in the dirt and, as she put it, “creating something out of nothing.” Perhaps she was destined for a life…
Partners
After 50 years, an apology
OKLAHOMA CITY — They left campus in handcuffs. Fifty years later, they returned to a standing ovation. Seven former students, expelled and removed by police from…
Inside Story
When the roll is called up yonder, Alexa answers
In 17 years with The Christian Chronicle I’ve been blessed to report amazing stories of faith from 70 countries and territories around the globe. (I…
Opinion
The Green Book and the Good Book
HYATTSVILLE, Md. — As soon as Sunday night service ended at the University Park Church of Christ, I rushed to find a kind soul with…
Partners
Honor Roll of Churches, 2018-2019
The Christian Chronicle would like to thank the following churches for their support over the last year (full list below). We are also supported by…