Posts Tagged ‘greece’
Using Architectual Design to Support Ministries
As GEM worker, Fred Naff, walked through a certain graffiti-covered neighborhood in central Athens, he heard several different languages spoken around him. This part of the city had become home to many people who had fled war and oppression. Ironically, the area had formerly been the headquarters of Greece’s neo-Nazi party. When Fred entered the…
Read MoreEvangelism through the Performing Arts in Greece
Anastasia’s jaw dropped when she learned which role the director had assigned her. In the classical Greek play, her character was to speak crass and crude lines, filled with sexual innuendo. Suddenly, a hobby she loved had turned into a seemingly insurmountable obstacle. A full-time pharmacist in Rafina just outside of Athens, Anastasia is connected…
Read MoreCreating a Coworking Space in Athens
Note: The Chapel Project has since been dissolved due to funding issues after this article was published. Visit here for more opportunities to hear about and support the work in Athens. In the spring of 2018, the idea of opening a community coworking space in Athens was born in the heart of GEM worker Mark…
Read MoreServing Refugees on Lesvos
In the fall of 2015, the world watched with shock as news reals flashed scenes of thousands of people flooding into Europe through the Greek island of Lesvos. An image of three-year old Alan Kurdi washed ashore on the edge of Europe awakened the world to the plight of millions fleeing war, terrorism, and economic…
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