Faith meets machine gun nationalism
ZAGREB, CROATIA — A machine gun brought this Central European capital to a standstill on a recent Saturday. Fans flooded into Zagreb’s Hippodrome to see…
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A journey of forgiveness on Botham Jean’s island
GROS ISLET, ST. LUCIA — It’s a steamy Sunday morning on this Caribbean island as a line of cars traverses a winding highway. They pull…
‘One man with God is everything’
CALLIAQUA, ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES — Before I got up to speak, brother Maxwell Ince said a prayer for me. “Lord, I’m not sure…
Christians grapple with the complex legacy of Charlie Kirk
When co-workers told him that Charlie Kirk had been shot on a college campus just 12 miles to his north, Andrew Wheeler thought it was…
In Search of Shalom — the struggle for divine reconciliation
Can Churches of Christ reconcile God's call to peace (shalom) with the world's call to ethnic and geographic conflict? That's the core question behind our…
Despised people live ‘at the heart of shalom’
FUSHË KRUJË, ALBANIA — Everybody hates the Roma. Animosities abound in southeastern Europe. Croats dislike Serbs and vice versa. Serbs distrust Albanians, who feel a…
Among outcasts, a church moves in
FUSHË KRUJË, ALBANIA — A once-mighty fortress stands atop a mountain overlooking this southeastern European city. Albania’s national hero, Skanderbeg, led a guerrilla war here…
Finding peace ‘when there is no peace’
SARAJEVO, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA — The Christian Chronicle came here in search of peace. Thirty years after a devastating siege, Sarajevo seemed peaceful enough on a sunny…
Around the World: A new Bible institute in Malawi, an evangelism campaign in Romania and more quick takes
Around the World is our monthly rundown of news briefs, links and quotes from Churches of Christ all over the globe. Got an idea for…
T-shirt evangelism uses ‘cymbalism’
OKLAHOMA CITY — What’s your most evangelistic T-shirt? I’ve got a bunch from my church — youth camps where I was a counselor, mission trips,…
