The unfinished task
“I’ve never heard of evangelicals before. What do they believe?” asked a university student studying English in Centro Koinonia’s “after-school” program. This student’s lack of knowledge surprised us since he comes from a cultured, educated family, his father a surgeon at Bari’s university hospital! It’s a reminder that Italy remains an “under-reached” nation! Consider with us some realities of the Italian setting: Bible-believing Christians in Italy were persecuted for 800 years. Italy never experienced reformation or major spiritual awakening as did northern Europe. The Bible was a forbidden book until …
