A Deeper Walk
The two women sat together with their Bibles and study materials. Though they shared a commonality through their church family, the tempo of their lives was vastly different. Emi Aprekuma, a lay leader at Overcomers Church of God, has two young children and works as a compliance officer for a non-profit. In her early 40s, […]
Getting a Read on Jesus
Laura was on a remote call with her Bible study group when she volunteered to read the lesson aloud. She was beaming. Until recently, the great-grandmother struggled to string together the words, much less comprehend their meaning. “I never learned how,” she confessed. “My dad took me out of school, and he would take us […]
A Little Light Blossoms into a Roaring Flame
Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series on the exponential power of Cru Inner City’s discipleship training. In the first installment we see how the training impacted Blanca Nuñez’s spiritual walk. In our next post we get a glimpse into how she’s using what she learned to impact her community. Blanca Nuñez cut her teeth […]
The Freedom to Say No
Nick’s passport was nearly as thick as his high school transcript. By the time he arrived in Los Angeles in 2014, his mother, a single parent, moved them from Columbia to Costa Rica, back to Columbia, and then on to New York and Orlando before finally arriving in the city of Angels. His mother’s dream […]
It Takes Time
As much as our culture screams, “I want it now!” we can’t escape the reality that growth takes time. Chris (right) was a people-pleaser. He cared more about the approval of people than the approval of God. Growing up periodically homeless, he clung to his image. Today he lives for Christ and serves others. He […]
Greg — A Transformed Life
For the past two years, my wife Sandy and I have been part of a church plant in Chicago called Imago Dei, which desires to see a strong, multi-racial church established on Chicago’s south side. Members have worked to invite people from the community to be a part of the church. One Sunday in April […]
Helping Us Both
“Bob,” a homeless man, rings our doorbell most nights. He lives nearby in a boarded up house. I met Bob late last summer. He frequently walked by my house, and we’d greet each other. As the weather cooled, it became clear that his house wasn’t heated. One day he asked to wash my car to […]