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As someone who stands for Christian principles and a big fan of Batman — a superhero who fights for justice — Mark Racop had never been on the wrong side of the law.

But the 57-year-old preacher and Batmobile maker found himself there when a team from the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Department in California recently raided the garage of his company, Fiberglass Freaks, in Logansport, Ind.

According to an investigative report from ABC 7 in San Francisco, Racop’s arrest wasn’t a carrying out of justice but a favor for a disgruntled customer who is friends with the San Mateo County sheriff, Carlos Bolanos. Bolanos has declined to comment.

Calvin Cockrell reports.

It’s just before 1 p.m. on the East Coast as Jerri Harrington hits the play button on a video about Jesus.

Roughly 7,500 miles away, it’s almost 8 p.m. in the capital of Kenya as six African girls watch the film, part of the “Story of Redemption” series.

The teacher, a longtime member of the Fairfax Church of Christ in a Washington, D.C., suburb, and the students, served by the Made in the Streets ministry in Nairobi, connect each Thursday via Zoom videoconferencing.

During the pandemic, three senior Christians in Virginia overcame technological fears to share the Gospel around the world. They believe fellow disciples should do the same.

Bobby Ross Jr. reports from Fairfax, Va.

Through its Sewing for the Master ministry, a Christian summer camp in Kansas has sent dresses, shorts, shirts, baby clothes, blankets, hats and more to Mexico, Tanzania, Zambia and even Poland for Ukrainian refugees.

The ministry first began as the vision of Ann Maple at the College Avenue Church of Christ in Eldorado, Ark. Maple started another Sewing for the Master ministry when she moved to Ulysses, Kan., in 2014.

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Some flew thousands of miles to attend.

Others made 16-hour drives in church vans.

All came — from Churches of Christ in more than 20 states — to sing praises to God, play soccer and volleyball and enjoy fellowship with Spanish-speaking peers.

The recent three-day Reunión Juvenil Nacional — “national youth meeting” in English — drew about 750 young people and sponsors to a Chicago-area community center.

The Elgin Church of Christ, about 40 miles northwest of the Windy City, organized the long-planned Latino gathering. The event proceeded after two years of delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bobby Ross Jr. reports from Elgin, Ill.