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Ten stories that inspired me — and hopefully you — during 2016
Dec 20, 2016 · In Orlando, a call for more openness, less fear. ORLANDO, Fla. — Sally Gary couldn’t come to Orlando and fail to visit the site of the gay nightclub massacre where 49 people died. The founder of CenterPeace, a Dallas-based ministry that provides support and resources for people who experience same-sex attraction, said she felt compelled to pay her respects.
Did ‘jailhouse religion’ save Jeffrey Dahmer? - The Christian …
Aug 1, 2010 · Few mourned the gruesome end for Jeffrey Dahmer, who strangled and dismembered 17 boys and men and cannibalized some of them. “Most people wanted Jeffrey Dahmer to fry,” Episcopal theologian Kendall Harmon said after Dahmer’s Nov. 28, 1994, slaying at a Madison, Wis., prison. Jeffrey Dahmer. “Now that he’s dead, they’re celebrating ...
Why parsonages are loved and loathed - The Christian Chronicle
Dec 18, 2023 · Data from the annual Ministers’ Salary Survey conducted by the Siburt Institute at Abilene Christian University in Texas indicates 1 in 4 full-time ministers receive a housing supplement (14 percent) or live in a parsonage (10 percent), and the five-year trend is downward.. Reality is more complicated than stories or statistics. Some small, rural churches provide a parsonage because they can ...
The divided legacy of Alexander Campbell
Jun 25, 2020 · John Mark Hicks. When Alexander Campbell died in 1866, he left his legacy in a divided condition. His six living grandchildren from his first wife, Margaret, challenged Alexander’s will, which left the estate to his second wife, Selina, and her children. He also left his spiritual descendants on the precipice of theological and sectional ...
Inside the 'Duck Dynasty' church - The Christian Chronicle
Mar 10, 2014 · Inside the ‘Duck Dynasty’ church. For home congregation, Robertson family’s celebrity a blessing and a challenge. WEST MONROE, La. — Gasps of excitement wash over a crowded classroom at the White’s Ferry Road Church of Christ as Phil Robertson arrives for Sunday school. Seventy pairs of stargazing eyes follow the bearded, camouflage ...
Why Ukraine matters to Churches of Christ - The Christian Chronicle
Feb 24, 2022 · President and CEO. The number of Churches of Christ in eastern Ukraine once rivaled the number in the rest of Europe combined. Now congregations are scattered across the nation of 44 million souls. Some church members are internally displaced in their own nation. Some have started new lives in Europe and the U.S.
Churches of Christ offering livestream worship
Mar 20, 2020 · The Christian Chronicle asked readers to submit information about Churches of Christ that offer livestream Sunday worship.. It was my idea, so I volunteered to compile the list. And I immediately regretted it. The experience was overwhelming and exhilarating.
Revisiting the Boston Movement: ICOC growing again after crisis
Sep 1, 2012 · SAN ANTONIO — Ten years ago, a crisis gripped the International Churches of Christ — once known as the Boston Movement. Long-simmering concerns over the movement’s top-down hierarchy, aggressive discipling techniques and sectarianism seemed to threaten the ICOC’s future. Steve Kinnard, teacher and evangelist for the 3,000-member New ...
Review: ‘An Interview with God’ - The Christian Chronicle
Sep 7, 2018 · That’s the intriguing notion posed by “ An Interview with God.”. The faith-based film, written and produced by Ken Aguado and directed by Perry Lang, had a limited, three-day run in theaters across the U.S. recently. My son-in-law, Tony, caught the trailer on Facebook and asked me and my husband, Pat, to join him for the screening.