Churches of Christ in the 21st Century: My Response to Five Questions

May 2, 2026

A version was first published in The Journal Christian Studies 4, no. 2 (May 2025), 29-42. A PDF file is available here. I am grateful to Keith Stanglin for inviting me to participate in this issue of the Journal of Christian Studies. The five questions generated some angst as well as fruitful discussions among colleagues […]


What Are Our Roots? Churches of Christ and the Christian Tradition

May 2, 2026

Stone-Campbell Study Group Stone-Campbell Journal Conference 2025 John Mark Hicks A PDF File is available here. In what I regard as a seminal article written almost forty years ago, Richard L. Harrison, Jr., raised the question “Who, indeed, are the Disciples?” as the new denomination sought to define itself in relation to other Christian traditions.[1] […]


What Are Our Roots? Origins of Churches of Christ within the Christian Tradition

April 12, 2025

Stone-Campbell Study Group: Stone-Campbell Journal Conference 2025 Also available in PDF here. In what I regard as a seminal article written almost forty years ago, Richard L. Harrison, Jr., raised the question “Who, indeed, are the Disciples?” as the new denomination sought to define itself in relation to other Christian traditions.[1] Though he focused on […]