Forty-seven years before the U.S. Congress voted to rescind funding for international aid, a Sunday school teacher in Washington, D.C., took time from a Bible lesson to share his thoughts on the humanitarian role and responsibility of the United States.

How does one honor historical connection while finding a theological home within the ABCUSA? This is one of the current dilemmas of some Burma diaspora leaders.

Each Friday in The Christian Citizen, we publish a Religion News Roundup with summaries of religion news stories and links for those who want to read more.

We are called to join with our neighbors and the least of these, who are most of us, to stand up to the rulers of our day, to care for one another in the midst of the abandonment of those in power, and to set things right again. 

Each Friday in The Christian Citizen, we publish a Religion News Roundup with summaries of religion news stories and links for those who want to read more.