May 2018

In Heart of America, LTC helps train church leaders from small congregations

April 3, 2018

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Four families from the Northern Hills Church of Christ in western South Dakota drove more than 700 miles each way to…

Youths prepare for a puppet drama in a scene from a fundraising video for the Lads to Leaders ministry.

Partners

For Lads to Leaders, a year of gold and remembrance

April 26, 2018

‘IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME.” The words of Jesus, spoken to his disciples at the Last Supper, recorded in the Gospel of Luke and carved into…

Worship at the Southpoint Church of Christ on Red Bridge Road in Kansas City, Mo.

When God comes with a loud thud

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jeff Pendleton met and married his wife, Marcia, at the Red Bridge Church of Christ, a once-thriving congregation less than a…

Milestones

Milestones, Mary Moudy

March 24, 2018 at Happy, Texas in the home that for past and nearly thirty-six years has been a part in God’s magnificent handiwork creating…

Obituaries

‘Soul-winning’ evangelist Marvin Phillips dies at 86

April 19, 2018

Marvin Phillips, a minister known for his ever-present smile, a missionary who raised money to buy countless Bibles for Africa and the driving force behind…

Minister Les Ferguson Jr. remarried after the murder of his first wife, Karen, in 2011. In this 2014 photo, he shakes hands with a church member after a Sunday morning assembly. Beside him is his second wife, Becki.

People

In ‘Still Wrestling,’ minister whose wife, son were slain explores faith, doubt

April 16, 2018

A double murder. A destroyed family. A shattered faith. After the tragic deaths of his wife and 21-year-old son in 2011, minister Les Ferguson Jr.…

Josh, Nick, Latina, Joe and Jake Brumfield in a photo taken before Nick died of cancer.

Inside Story

19-year-old cancer victim’s faith inspires parents to keep serving

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Nick Brumfield would have loved the Southpoint Church of Christ on Red Bridge Road’s first Sunday at its new location. His…

Dialogue

‘If Christians don’t believe in a literal Genesis, they have no foundation for their doctrine’

March 20, 2018

EDMOND, Okla. — Ken Ham, a nationally known creationist who rejects Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution, made headlines recently when he was invited, then disinvited…

Milestones

Milestones, May 2018

Special Request Bryan Perrin No. 1 on Mayo’s heart transplant list —Bryan Perrin! After much prayer and six major surgeries, Bryan has come from Kentucky…

Vietnamese Church of Christ members at the new building site.

Across the Nation: Vietnamese Christians in Houston, water trouble in Mississippi 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…

Around the World: New life and big crowds in central Africa

May 5, 2018

FEATURE PHOTO (above): In the central African town of Dona Manga, Chad, villagers witness one of 26 baptisms during a recent, two-day gospel meeting. Steve Worley,…

Spotlight: A rut-less church in South America

SANTIAGO, Chile — Churches of Christ can easily fall into a “rut,” said Bob Young. The Oklahoma minister and missions consultant to Spanish-speaking nations has…

A row of houses built to help the homeless community in Norman, Okla.

Sermon inspires big idea — tiny homes

May 3, 2018

NORMAN, Okla. — In this college town, known for national football titles and Heisman trophies, sits a community of a different kind — one that is…

Partners

Partners, May 2018

May 9, 2018

FEATURE PHOTO (above): Americans mourned the April 17 death of Barbara Bush, 92, the former first lady who was the wife of one president and the…

People

Remembering two missionaries to Japan — and praying for new ones to follow

Joe Betts baptized me in the Pacific Ocean in 1982. The waves were pretty high because of a typhoon, and Mr. Betts almost lost me…

International

A journey to the Scotland of the South Pacific

Here, it’s really another world,” Christophe Zamord said of his new home, the South Pacific islands known as New Caledonia. That’s where he and his…

The front page of the October 1993 issue of The Christian Chronicle.

Europeans pray and plan for church in Luxembourg

LUXEMBOURG — “Churches of Christ begin worship in Luxembourg,” announced a front-page headline in The Christian Chronicle in 1993. The story detailed a campaign by…

Milestones

Newsmakers, May 2018

HONORED Lori Hadley, lower school principal at Mount Dora Christian Academy in Florida, as Educator of the Year by the National Christian School Association. This…

Editorial

Editorial: A quiet, unreported revolution of faith

May 2, 2018

On the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, in a land half a world removed from Memphis, Tenn., a chemical attack in Syria…

Reviews

Review: A Macedonian call to China: Volume chronicles a not-so-wasted effort

Passages like the Great Commission in Matthew and the Macedonian call in Acts have long compelled Churches of Christ to conduct missions. When historians capture…

Members of the Freetown Road Church of Christ get ready for the North Texas LTC.

At massive Dallas LTC, small churches connect as they train

May 4, 2018

DALLAS — Everything’s bigger in Texas, and the North Texas Leadership Training for Christ convention is no exception. This year 4,213 students and their families…

“Dear God, thank you for this beautiful creation. It captures my heart,” writes Audrey Light, a seventh-grader from the Collinsville Church of Christ in Texas, in a description of her photo.