Who Are We, America? Growing up in South Asia as the son of missionaries, I knew I was an American, but it seemed distant and mysterious. I felt America everywhere—in embassies, newspaper headlines, on Voice of America radio—but did not know it from personal experience.  When I moved to the United States at the age […]

When Martha Anderson retired as an elementary school principal, other retiring staff eagerly shared their retirement visions of book clubs and flower gardens.   But Martha? Martha, of Converge’s First Baptist of Webster, Wisconsin, was going…to jail.   Twenty years before, God had stirred Martha’s heart—and changed her life—through a one-dollar book at a garage sale, detailing […]

When the underground church wants to meet, it may be time for a birthday party.  For this kind of gathering, an excuse is needed. A “birthday party” might be scheduled for 7 p.m., for which believers begin arriving at 10 a.m.  Even for a few hours of meeting together, extensive precautions must be taken. Believers […]