The Christian Chronicle Podcast

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The Christian Chronicle Podcast explores the news and stories shaping Church of Christ congregations and members around the world. 

  1. Episode 157: How not to be a ministry burnout (Dr. Darrel Sears)

    10 Jun

    Episode 157: How not to be a ministry burnout (Dr. Darrel Sears)

    If surveys are on point, burnout is epidemic among professional and volunteer ministers in congregations everywhere. Not only does burnout end ministries, it damages churches and families as well. It's a major problem that congregations and ministers brush off or put off at their own peril. In this episode, Dr. Darrel Sears (assistant professor of Bible and ministry, York University) defines "burnout," shares his own experience with it in ministry, and talks about how churches and ministers alike can head it off and recover from it. He also introduces Thrive Network, an online small group-based ministry where ministers help each other prevent, and recover from, burnout. Link to Eliza Rohda's Christian Chronicle story on Dr. Sears's Thrive Network Link to Dr. Sears's dissertation (free online) that focuses on the causes and cure for minister burnout (includes many books and other sources for further study) Link to Christina Maslach's research on burnout (referenced in the interview) Link to Resilient Ministry (Burns, Chapman, Guthrie) (referenced in interview) To learn more about how to join a Thrive cohort, contact Dr. Sears here. Donate to support this ministry of "information and inspiration" at christianchronicle.org/donate Send your comments, ideas, and suggestions to podcast@christianchronicle.org

    37 min
  2. Episode 156: Artemis II astronaut Victor Glover says you and he are "almost twins"

    29 May

    Episode 156: Artemis II astronaut Victor Glover says you and he are "almost twins"

    Many Church of Christ members have preached or testified before thousands at various places and times, but Captain Victor Glover is one of the very few who spoke to an audience of billions. And he is the only one to do it from more than 200,000 miles away from earth. From April 1 - 10, 2026, Glover and three other astronauts completed a 500,000-mile round trip that took them beyond the moon and farther into space than any human beings have ever traveled. NASA's Artemis II mission captivated 8 billion people on earth and gave Glover a stellar pulpit from which to draw humanity's attention to God.  In this episode, Capt. Glover opens up about what he felt, learned and thought during his journey beyond the moon. He also shares what being on the moon mission taught him about community, grace, love and what it means to be part of humanity that inhabits earth. Donate to support this ministry of "information and inspiration" at christianchronicle.org/donate Send your comments, ideas, and suggestions to podcast@christianchronicle.org

    40 min
  3. Episode 155: Christians and online sports gambling (Max Rogers)

    19 May

    Episode 155: Christians and online sports gambling (Max Rogers)

    Max Rogers (Chatham Church of Christ, Chatham, New Jersey) is an Ivy League-educated economist who never imagined that he would every try online sports gambling, let alone get hooked on it. But one $5 bet soon turned to hundreds of bets and thousands of dollars in losses. In this episode, Rogers talks about how his experience with online sports gambling exposed him to how this is a fast-growing problem for Christians and churches in the United States. Link to Wager for More: A Christian Perspective on Online Sports and Casino Gambling by Max Rogers If you or someone you love has a gambling problem, click here for the National Problem Gambling Helpline Donate to support this ministry of "information and inspiration" at christianchronicle.org/donate Send your comments, ideas, and suggestions to podcast@christianchronicle.org

    39 min
  4. Episode 154: Why church history is bigger than the New Testament (Dyron Daughrity)

    29 Apr

    Episode 154: Why church history is bigger than the New Testament (Dyron Daughrity)

    Church of Christ folks sometimes have an uneasy relationship with church history outside of the New Testament. In a tradition that esteems the Bible as the singular authority and pattern for the church, it may feel weird or wrong to explore church history from other sources. Dr. Dyron Daughrity is a Church of Christ kid who not only grew up to be a local Church of Christ minister, he became a historian. And not just a historian; Dr. Daughrity recently became the next president of the American Society of Church History. In this episode, Dr. Daughrity argues that the project to restore primitive New Testament Christianity encourages knowing the history of the church in the 2,000 years between Acts of the Apostles and today. He also makes the case for Church of Christ folks exploring their more recent roots in the Stone-Campbell Movement. For fun, he reveals the characters and events in recent Church of Christ history that may not be household names, but are worth knowing and studying. Link to Dr. Dyron Daughrity's faculty biography at Pepperdine University Link to The Bible: Our Final Authority, the latest book by Dr. Dyron Daughrity Link to Dr. Daughrity's author page at amazon.com Donate to support this ministry of "information and inspiration" at christianchronicle.org/donate Send your comments, ideas, and suggestions to podcast@christianchronicle.org

    40 min
  5. Episode 153: Faith that is out of this world (Astronaut Victor Glover)

    7 Apr

    Episode 153: Faith that is out of this world (Astronaut Victor Glover)

    On Wednesday, April 1, four astronauts blasted into space for a historic mission to the far side of the moon. The pilot, Captain Victor Glover, is a Church of Christ member who often speaks of his faith with candor and clarity. As the BBC reported, Captain Glover took his Bible with him more than 250,000 miles from Earth.  This episode is a replay of Captain Glover's May 2023 conversation with The Christian Chronicle Podcast, when NASA first announced that he would be part of the Artemis II mission to the moon. Donate to support this ministry of "information and inspiration" at christianchronicle.org/donate Send your comments, ideas, and suggestions to podcast@christianchronicle.org

    34 min
  6. Episode 152: Who belongs in a national Church of Christ directory? (Dr. Suzie Macaluso)

    21 Mar

    Episode 152: Who belongs in a national Church of Christ directory? (Dr. Suzie Macaluso)

    Church of Christ lifers may remember Churches of Christ in the United States, an annual directory of, you guessed it, all Church of Christ congregations in the United States. The last edition came out in 2018. In 2024, The Christian Chronicle, Heritage 21 Foundation, Siburt Institute and 21st Century Christian formed a partnership, the Church Research Council, to resume publication of Churches of Christ in the United States.  But making a directory of Church of Christ congregations is not as easy as it may seem. First, there is the challenge of tracking down 10,000 to 12,000 independent congregations across 50 states and territories. Then there's the fact that some congregations will resist participating for a variety of reasons, including how creating a directory feels "denominational" to congregations that avoid anything that resembles that label.  And then there's the harder question of all: What is a "Church of Christ" and who gets to decide? In this episode, Dr. Suzie Macaluso, the lead researcher on the Churches of Christ in the United States project, talks about the challenges and implications of the directory on how Church of Christ folks imagine themselves and how they relate to one another. Link to Cheryl Mann Bacon's Christian Chronicle story on the challenges of compiling a new Churches of Christ in the United States

    31 min
  7. Episode 151: Why heaven and hell may not be what you think (Rubel Shelly)

    4 Mar

    Episode 151: Why heaven and hell may not be what you think (Rubel Shelly)

    Bible scholar and prolific book-writer Rubel Shelly returns to talk about his two new books on heaven and hell. In this episode, he explains why heaven and hell may not be what most Christians always imagined them to be. Link to Heaven: Why It May Not Be What You Have Always Heart, by Rubel Shelly Link to Hell: Why It May Not Be What You Have Always Heard, by Rubel Shelly Donate to support this ministry of "information and inspiration" at christianchronicle.org/donate Send your comments, ideas, and suggestions to podcast@christianchronicle.org

    1hr 2min
  8. Episode 150: How a church from the 1920s is still ahead of its time in the 2020s (Harold Shank)

    3 Feb

    Episode 150: How a church from the 1920s is still ahead of its time in the 2020s (Harold Shank)

    How many Church of Christ congregations in the United States baptized 8,000 people in their first 20 years? Central Church of Christ in Nashville, Tennessee, did. Forming in 1925, the Central Church of Christ did not choose to assemble in the desirable, fast-growing, upwardly-mobile parts of Nashville. Rather, the congregation chose to put down roots in the highest-crime, highest-poverty part of town.  Backed by philanthropist A.M. Burton, Central Church of Christ activated a dazzling array of community services and ministries that would seem ahead of their time even today. Led by minister E.H. Ijams, the congregation operated from the belief that announcing the kingdom of God and practicing neighbor love are one and the same. In this episode, Ijams's protege and student, Harold Shank, talks about the legacy of Central Church of Christ and what congregations around the world today can learn from it today. Link to The Christian Chronicle's archive of coverage of the Central Church of Christ Link to It's All About God, Harold Shank's book about E.H. Ijams and the Central Church of Christ Donate to support this ministry of "information and inspiration" at christianchronicle.org/donate Send your comments, ideas, and suggestions to podcast@christianchronicle.org

    33 min
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