Sermons, seminars aim to decode ‘The Da Vinci Code’
The Magnolia church in Florence, Ala., is dedicating six Wednesday nights to a series titled “Cracked Code: The Da Vinci Deception.” Fliers mailed to 15,000…
Archive: Jun 2006
The ABC’s of reporting the news
My kids and I like playing the alphabet game: You pick a topic and go from A to Z, naming animals or restaurants or countries…
Letters to the editor: May 2006
Online coverage ofWinkler story praised Withall the media coverage surrounding the slaying of Selmer, Tenn., ministerMatthew Winkler, I have found the ChristianChronicle to be the best…
Island church celebrates new building with spirit of unity – in many languages
SAN PEDRO, Belize — By the end of the worship service, Andrew Nunez was encouraged, inspired and hoarse. Nunez, better known by his nickname, “Tex,”…
Members walk, rally and petition Oprah on behalf of Africa’s Invisible Children
The Da Vinci Code isn’t the only film church members are talking about this summer. Invisible Children, an independently produced, rough-cut film with an MTV…
Kenya’s youths challenged to resist urge to ‘dress, talk, walk’ like world
“Tumbo cuts” are all the rage in Kenya these days. Taking their name from the Swahili word for “abdomen,” the revealing shirts are fashionable among…
Church member elected to Bolivia’s congress
The wall of the Plan 3,000 Church of Christ, in a poor section of Santa Cruz, Bolivia, bears the words of Philippians 4:13, “I can…
Churches mourn seven Jamaican slaying victims
The recent slayings of seven people — ages 3 to 40 — with ties to churches of Christ in Jamaica has church members across the…
Darfur conflict, political strife cause churches to suffer in central African na
After visiting churches in nearby Nigeria, minister David Nassa returned home to the sounds of gunfire. Nassa, an evangelist in the central African nation of…
Winkler slaying puts stresses of ministers’ wives in spotlight
When her husband, Jim, decided in his mid-30s to go to preaching school, Diane Rude was delighted. Both had established careers — Diane in nursing…
