Religion News Association again honors Erik Tryggestad for coverage including the war in Ukraine
ARLINGTON, VA. — For the second time in three years, The Christian Chronicle's Erik Tryggestad has earned a top national award for his coverage of…
Ukraine
Why go back to Ukraine?
KYIV, UKRAINE — “Church and family.” Marina Noyes said it over and over when asked why she and her husband, Jim, came back to Ukraine.…
Betrayed by a nation, grateful to the church
He didn’t criticize President Donald Trump, who said that Ukraine started the war and called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “a dictator without elections.” He didn’t…
A protest of bears
WASHINGTON — Six hundred white and brown teddy bears — many holding small blue-and-yellow flags — sat in symmetrical rows near the Washington Monument, the…
Faith and friendship: Behind the scenes of a Ukrainian/American Thanksgiving
HOUSTON — Finally, I scooped David Duncan — and with news involving his own church. Duncan, who preaches for the 1,000-member Memorial Church of Christ in this…
Ukrainian refugees prepare a special Thanksgiving feast to show gratitude to Texas Christians
HOUSTON — A year ago, Memorial Church of Christ volunteers served Ukrainian refugee families a traditional Thanksgiving meal from Pappas Bar-B-Q, a popular Houston restaurant chain.…
‘A little island of Ukrainians’ prays in the Tennessee woods
GREENBRIER, TENN. — In Europe, it’s called “Camp Amerikraine,” a cherished annual meeting for Christians in Ukraine launched two decades ago with help from Christians…
As Christians in the Baltics watch Russia’s war in Ukraine, they ponder: Are we next?
OGRE, LATVIA — The Russian border is less than 200 miles from this small town in northern Europe. It feels much closer on this gray,…
‘Every tribe and every nation’ gather in unity despite worldly conflicts
MARATHON, GREECE — “There is a habitation, Built by the living God, For all of every nation, Who seek that grand abode.” About 200 Christians…
Sunday in Ukraine
IRPIN, UKRAINE — Walls of pure white, adorned with a single, thin wooden cross, surround a group of 35 worshipers on Sunday morning. The immaculate…
