Editorial: In 2024, we won’t be silent
‘Weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.” We offer those words, penned by David in Psalm 30, as encouragement at…
refugees
How a grassroots ministry to Afghan refugees ‘snowballed’ into something big
SAN ANTONIO — Dan and Mary Huber were stuffed. They couldn’t eat any more. Or so they told their friends — an Afghan refugee family that…
They were the foreigners
OKLAHOMA CITY — In the late 1980s, as four buddies neared graduation from Oklahoma Christian University, they talked about moving around the globe. Their hearts told…
Sharing love — and Christ — with refugees
OKLAHOMA CITY — The chaos at the end of a long war. The frenzy to leave a troubled homeland. The challenge of a new and different…
How a Russian immigrant came to serve Ukrainian refugees
HOUSTON — On a blue-sky afternoon in this diverse Texas metropolis, about 50 Ukrainian refugees enjoy pizza, cupcakes and fellowship at the Memorial Church of…
Little church serves Ukrainians
KAUNAS, Lithuania — This small nation on the Baltic Sea, which borders Belarus and the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, has become a hub of relief…
Around the World: a Bible workshop, refugee baptisms and a children’s gathering
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…
Ukrainians, Iranians share testimonies
ATHENS, Greece — This European capital, where Paul once proclaimed the Gospel at Mars Hill, has become a refuge for Christians fleeing persecution in the…
‘This is our Exodus’
WARSAW, Poland — Yura Taran is thankful for all the years he abused drugs. It was another life ago, before he became a Christian and…
Serving a church in exile
CLUJ-NAPOCA, Romania — The baptistery here is full of vegetables. On a sunny Friday morning women line up in the courtyard of the Church of…
