Kimberly Mauck is the new reviews editor for The Christian Chronicle. Mauck, a member of the Northwest Church of Christ in Durant, Okla., succeeds Harold Shank, who left the position as he moved to West Virginia to become president of Ohio Valley University.

The Christian Chronicle captured 13 national and state journalism awards in prizes announced Friday and Saturday nights. The Chronicle, an international newspaper for Churches of Christ, earned seven Associated Church Press “Best of the Christian Press” awards in competition against religious publications in the United States and Canada. Awards were presented Friday night at the ACP’s annual conference in Chicago. The Oklahoma City-based Chronicle received six awards from the Oklahoma pro chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, competing in the Division A category against The Oklahoman, the Tulsa World, The Associated Press, the Oklahoma Gazette and other newspapers with 25,000-and-up circulations.

A retired postal worker, 80-year-old Chal Burgess said he is not financially able to make many donations. However, Burgess recently sent a $10 check to The Christian Chronicle to help support the newspaper’s mission of informing, inspiring and uniting Churches of Christ. A member of the Clyde Church of Christ in Texas, the longtime Christian made the gift in memory of his late grandson, Army Staff Sgt. Bryan A. Burgess, who died March 29 while serving in Afghanistan.

A year ago, we launched The Christian Chronicle news blog. As we celebrate this blog’s first birthday, it’s time to ask: What do you think, loyal readers? Please leave a comment and let us know what you like — and what we could improve upon.

OK, so maybe it’s not a major milestone.
But a month ago today, The Christian Chronicle launched this news blog — part of an effort to improve our online presence, better serve readers and fulfill our mission of “informing, inspiring and uniting Churches of Christ.”
This is our 60th post since the blog went live April 28.
Admittedly, my colleague Erik Tryggestad and I are learning as we go — both in terms of what to blog about and how to balance our time. You may have noticed that the pace of posts …

Tim Pyles says, “A great variety of publications exists within our brotherhood: scholarly journals, periodicals with a teaching and doctrinal emphasis and materials designed to equip and train. With few exceptions, each makes a needful contribution to the life of the church, our understanding of Scripture, the constructive discussion of God’s will for his people and brotherly debate about our differences. However, The Christian Chronicle — with its extensive circulation, broad-scale appeal and mission to ‘inform, inspire and unite’ — plays a unique role in providing a sense of “informed connectedness” among a diverse, worldwide family of autonomous congregations.”

Fifteen congregations. Fifteen Churches That Work. The June print issue of The Christian Chronicle features the latest congregation in our 5-year-old series highlighting vibrant, growing Churches of Christ across the nation. Which congregation should we consider featuring in the future?

The D.C. metro area seems an unlikely place for me to be gathering stories for our ongoing Global South series. But the Global South is here — alive and growing in our nation’s capital.

The Christian Chronicle won eight “Best of the Christian Press” national awards — five related to the yearlong “Global South” series — in an annual contest sponsored by the Associated Church Press. Winners were announced at an awards banquet at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City last night, and Erik Tryggestad and I were privileged to attend.

If you read The Christian Chronicle closely, you may recognize Amanda Jordan’s name. Amanda, who will be a senior this fall at Oklahoma Christian University, served as a student intern for the Chronicle this school year.