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Behind the Story

From CT contributor Hannah Herrera: In college, I attended a small church in Mississippi. I graduated a few months after the war in Ukraine started but remained on the church email chain—which is how I knew about Rodney Mast’s resettlement efforts with Ukrainian refugees.

I was captivated by how an ordinary man could make such a huge impact, and by the lovely randomness of a rural Mississippi church with a Russian translator. My journalist brain had always thought Mast would be a great subject for a feature—and after reading about the legal struggles Ukrainian refugees in the US are facing, I was curious how these communities are continuing to care for their Ukrainian friends.

Through correspondence with Mast (sometimes from his tractor seat) and calls with Ukrainian mothers bouncing babies and chasing toddlers, through tears and translators, I became witness to a beautiful narrative of the resilience—and love—of the global family of God. In response to anger about a Turning Point USA rally on campus, Baylor University will allow gay advocates to have a counterevent.  A UK pastor was charged with manslaughter after a grandfather drowned during a home baptism. Lecrae became the first Christian rapper to perform for NPR’s Tiny Desk series.   Today in Christian History April 10, 1829: English evangelist William Booth, founder and first general of the Salvation Army, is born in Nottingham. In 1865, Booth and his wife, Catherine, set out to reach the desperate poor and unchurched by conducting open-air meetings with lively music; preaching in theaters, bars, and jails; and creating large-scale plans to relieve poverty.