Frankly Speaking

In late November 1894, Meta Chestnutt used the local paper to announce that the college would host a Thanksgiving Day social for the communi...

Previous posts have taken up the the story of the crisis and resolution that unfolded in Minco, Indian Territory in 1894. What follows here ...

In January 1895, Silas Kennedy sent word from Chickasha, I.T. to the American Home Missionary , a brand new, official publication of the Dis...

My post for June 14, 2020 raises a question: Why was it that in August of 1894, C. O. Robertson, the manager of the Minco Minstrel newspap...

Nearing the end of 2016, Dick Marcear expressed to the leadership of the congregation that the time was nearing when he would no longer fill...

By 2005, the Church of Christ at The Colonies numbered about 324 households and employed six staff ministers.[1] It was past time for the ch...

In 1975, Dick Marcear and his family moved to Amarillo where Dick became the preacher for the Central Church of Christ. For twenty-five year...

In the spring of 1888, Thomas G. Nance, a preacher for the Christian Church and Church of Christ--the names were interchangeable then--was o...

In late 1894, the Minco Minstrel reported on the opening of the new college on October 1. But earlier, a few other reports indicated a stra...

Chickasha, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, early 1894. The tallest man (second from left) is Silas E. Kennedy. Standing in front of h...

Arthur Darby Nock (1902-1963) In his 1933 book, Conversion: The Old and the New in Religion from Alexander the Great to Augustine of Hip...

1929 U.S. postage stamp marking the 135th anniversary of the Battle of Fallen Timbers After winning its War for Independence, the new ...