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Christian Chronicle

Showing Jesus: Christians offer physical, spiritual help after historic flooding

In hard-hit Waverly, Tenn., donations pour in as a church provides shelter to displaced residents. By Bobby Ross Jr. | The Christian Chronicle WAVERLY, Tenn. — The Waverly Church of Christ’s pews were packed Sunday. But not just with people. Clothing and stuffed animals covered several rows — evidence of the 200-member congregation’s immense effort to help victims of historic flooding. Related: Emotions high as Tennessee church … Continue reading Showing Jesus: Christians offer physical, spiritual help after historic flooding

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Christian Chronicle

Can America be saved? Yes, say these Christians

Domestic mission effort focuses on reaching lost souls in the U.S. By Bobby Ross Jr. | The Christian Chronicle ROME, Ga. — Julie Trujillo has traveled to Honduras and Peru to help with medical missions. She has flown to Panama to evangelize. The 45-year-old Christian was looking for her next chance to share Jesus in Latin America when she learned about a door-knocking campaign in Rome — … Continue reading Can America be saved? Yes, say these Christians

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Christian Chronicle

In Canada, a reckoning after remains of 215 Indigenous children are found

Discovery at a former residential school offers a ‘painful reminder of that dark and shameful chapter’ in the nation’s history. By Bobby Ross Jr. | The Christian Chronicle At age 6, Brenda Cyr was taken from her family and forced to live at a church-run residential school — part of a 120-year Canadian government effort to assimilate Indigenous children. In seven years at two such schools, Cyr, … Continue reading In Canada, a reckoning after remains of 215 Indigenous children are found

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Christian Chronicle

Christian faith drives two leading advocates of Tulsa Race Massacre justice

Rep. Regina Goodwin and Sen. Kevin Matthews both attend the same predominantly Black congregation, near where the 1921 mob violence occurred. By Bobby Ross Jr. | The Christian Chronicle TULSA, Okla. — Two weeks after her 107th birthday, Viola Fletcher traveled to Washington, D.C., this month to tell a congressional subcommittee what happened to her as a little girl. Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa … Continue reading Christian faith drives two leading advocates of Tulsa Race Massacre justice

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Religion Unplugged

Tulsa Race Massacre prayer room highlights churches’ 1921 sins, seeks healing

By Bobby Ross Jr. | Religion Unplugged TULSA, Okla. — The words on the wall are jarring. They are filled with racist language and victim blaming. Worst of all, they are taken from the mouths of professed men of God — from sermons preached on the Sunday after the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921. “I got emotional about some of the things that I did not know,” … Continue reading Tulsa Race Massacre prayer room highlights churches’ 1921 sins, seeks healing

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Christian Chronicle

In city where George Floyd died, minister emerges as key champion for justice

Russell A. Pointer Sr. thanks God for Derek Chauvin’s murder conviction but says the struggle goes on. By Bobby Ross Jr. | The Christian Chronicle MINNEAPOLIS — To Russell A. Pointer Sr., feeding hungry neighbors is biblical. So, too, is fighting for justice. The 56-year-old preacher might not be a household name in this Midwestern city of 435,000. But to prominent leaders from Minnesota Gov. Tim … Continue reading In city where George Floyd died, minister emerges as key champion for justice

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Christian Chronicle

A tragic death, a tough dialogue

‘Why are you even talking about it?’ some Christians ask in the year after George Floyd’s killing. By Bobby Ross Jr. | The Christian Chronicle WOODBURY, Minn. — A year ago, George Floyd’s killing sparked outrage around the world. At the Woodbury Church of Christ, a predominantly White congregation about 20 miles east of Minneapolis, the Black man’s death under a police officer’s knee provoked difficult conversations. Some church … Continue reading A tragic death, a tough dialogue

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Christian Chronicle

Saints and singers

The surprising ties that bind some of country music’s biggest stars to Churches of Christ. By Bobby Ross Jr. | The Christian Chronicle “Mr. & Mrs. Carl Dean.” The black-and-white picture of the newlywed couple appeared in a 1966 directory of the Radnor Church of Christ in Nashville, Tenn. Still happily married to the pretty blond nearly 55 years later, Carl Thomas Dean has eschewed the media spotlight … Continue reading Saints and singers

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Christian Chronicle

Flags, faith and fury

Christian nationalism on display in U.S. Capitol riot. By Bobby Ross Jr. and Hamil R. Harris | The Christian Chronicle WASHINGTON — “Jesus Saves.”  “For the Glory of God.”  “God, Guns and Trump.” As thousands rallied to support President Donald Trump’s unproven claim of a stolen election — a protest that turned deadly as an insurrectionist mob stormed the U.S. Capitol — many waved signs linking the Republican political leader … Continue reading Flags, faith and fury

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