In 2025, I celebrated my 35th anniversary in full-time journalism. I’ve spent the last 20 of those with The Christian ...

MATANZAS, Cuba — Church members in this port city overlooking the Bay of Matanzas sang “Glory, Glory Hallelujah” on a recent Sunday as they celebrated the baptisms of five new Christians. Afterward, ...

Decades before winning election as Oklahoma’s top education official in 2022 — and before igniting a national furor on religion in public schools by requiring a Bible in every classroom — Walters was ...

Churches of Christ are tiny in number in France. In the Western European nation of 68.5 million people, the fellowship counts just a half-dozen known congregations, according to longtime church ...

LUBBOCK, TEXAS — As autumn approaches, aspiring missionaries in their late teens and early 20s arrive at Sunset International Bible Institute’s West Texas campus. Forty-five students — 27 women and 18 ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Nashville saw its first case of the “Spanish flu” in late September 1918. By November, 1,300 had died — 1 percent of the city’s population. The influenza would kill almost 700,000 ...

Talking with ministers who have lost their jobs can feel repetitive. And depressing. The ministers don’t all paint themselves as perfect or without weakness or fault — one described himself as “29 ...

MARSEILLE, FRANCE — At the northern edge of this seaside port city — first settled by Greek sailors 2,600 years ago — stands the abandoned Betheline monastery. It’s just one of thousands of decaying ...

MARSEILLE, FRANCE — A stained-glass chapel — a symbol of institutional religion — anchors one end of the Betheline. At the other end, friends and strangers alike find a “house church.” That’s how ...

The estate of A.M. Burton has reached a settlement agreement with the Nashville Church of Christ after years of dispute over the downtown Nashville, Tenn., church building formerly known as the ...

WASILLA, Alaska — This state known for its natural beauty, midnight sun and independent spirit boasts an estimated 3 million lakes, 100,000 black bears and, oh, about 2,500 adherents of Churches of ...

MISSION VIEJO, CALIF. — Spiritual earthquake, meet holy imagination. That’s one way to characterize the cultural and societal forces that brought together about 140 leaders representing 40-plus ...