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Just before the beginning of each month, we receive a copy of The Christian Chronicle, a brotherhood newspaper reporting on churches of Christ from around the world. Since I’m not quite as avid a reader as my wife and daughter, I don’t take the time to digest every word. My monthly interface with the Chronicle usually looks something like this:

First, I check the want ads. Churches of Christ do not have a national organization. Every congregation is autonomous or independent. We often cooperate with other churches of Christ to accomplish acts of benevolence that are just too large for one loca...