People
When God wants your kidney
TULSA, Okla. — "It’s you, Shannon.” Shannon Wilburn heard the voice in her head. What she didn’t know was whether the voice was her own or…
March 2018
View as PDFSexual abuse victims ‘fed up’ with silence • What is a Church of Christ? • When God wants your kidney • Blessings in the ashes • After Kentucky shooting, teen’s faith amazes • The words we use to define our faith • ‘No matter how broken we may be’ • Special night for those with special needs • A call for civil disagreement • Helping that helps • The faith that moves a Mountie • Editorial: Sexual abuse is evil. Period. • Farewell to Insight • What Bailey McBride means to me
In this issue:
National
Blessings in the ashes
VENTURA, Calif. — For the last few years, DeLoyce “Dee” Hathway and Crystal Rabe worshiped together each Sunday. However, the Ventura Church of Christ members…
Partners
A special night for special-needs kings and queens
Night to Shine, Tim Tebow likes to say, is all about the kings and queens. All of the special-needs teens and adults who participate in…
Views
Helping that helps
Christ-followers who give of their own resources to help the poor may be doing more harm than good. Jonathan Holmes, a former benevolence minister for…
People
More on #ChurchToo — Our expanded Q&A with Jimmy Hinton on sexual abuse in churches
For Jimmy Hinton, there was no question: He had to do the right thing, even though it meant turning in his own father. In 2011,…
Views
A call for civil disagreement
Temple Terrace, Fla. — Given our history of biting and devouring one another, we in many wings of the Churches of Christ tend to avoid controversy.…
Big Questions
What is a Church of Christ?
'It should be love.” That was Jeff Cash’s answer to the question, “What would you say defines a Church of Christ?” Cash, an American missionary…
Big Questions
Big Questions: About this series
In the United States, Churches of Christ are declining. Every three years, 21st Century Christian publishes the directory "Churches of Christ in the United States."…
Big Questions
‘No matter how broken we may be’
The Christian Chronicle received 645 responses to our survey, “A closer look at Churches of Christ in the U.S.” So many of our readers blessed…
Big Questions
About The Christian Chronicle’s survey
A total of 645 Christian Chronicle readers took the survey, “A closer look at Churches of Christ in the U.S.” Respondents represented all 50 states…
Inside Story
After Kentucky school shooting, teen’s faith amazes
'Are you OK?” “Tell me you’re safe.” “Pamela, please text me back.” At 7:57 a.m. on a recent Tuesday, a gunman opened fire at Marshall…
‘Church of Christ goats’ for Africa
Igarra, Nigeria —“I am a rural-born Nigerian and have lived most of my life in the villages, struggling to survive,” said minister Sylvester Imogoh. “I…
Reviews
Former Muslim shows Islam from the inside
Many well-written books on Islam have appeared in the years since 9/11. So have many not-so-great books, written from a fearful, unloving perspective. Almost all…
Insight
Farewell to Insight
Thirty-eight years after my first column appeared in these pages, this will be my final monthly “Insight” for The Christian Chronicle. I have enjoyed the…
Editorial
What Bailey McBride means to me
Bailey McBride was the first person I saw when I stepped off the plane from Atlanta at Will Rogers World Airport in 2001. He was…
Reviews
Who’s afraid of prophecy?
It wasn’t until I was an adult that I began to understand the prophesies of the Old Testament and their importance to our faith. Then…
Milestones
Newsmakers, March 2018
HIRED Shayne Wasden, as head football coach at Faulkner University in Montgomery, Ala. Wasden, 49, spent 12 seasons at Troy University in Alabama — 10…
Partners
Partners, March 2018
FEATURED PHOTO: (Above) How much stress can a bolt endure? Kassity Pace, left, a junior at Cabot High School in central Arkansas, finds out during a…
International
Around the World: An island church grieves and hundreds gather to hear about Jesus
FEATURED PHOTO (above): More than 1,000 souls worship God during a recent Gospel meeting in the Choolaimedu district of the southern Indian city of Chennai. In…
In the Word
The faith that moves a Mountie
'I don’t think you will like it there because they have some weird ideas.” That’s what a preacher told me right after he recommended I…