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The grace is offered in Arabic (it might have easily been in Spanish or Yoruba) and not translated. "It teaches that God is bigger than America," DeYmaz explains. After the meal, half a dozen people take turns being baptized in a horse trough.

John W. Kennedy is news editor of Today's Pentecostal Evangel and a former CT editor. Find out more about Mosaic Church at www.mosaic church.net.

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Harder than Anyone Can Imagine | Four working pastors—Latino, Asian, black, and white—respond to the bracing thesis of United by Faith. A CT forum with Noel Castellanos, Bill Hybels, Soong-Chan Rah, and Rank Reid

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Our October, 2000, coverage of Divided by Faith includes:

Divided by Faith? | A recent study argues that American evangelicals cannot foster genuine racial reconciliation. Is our theology to blame? (Sept. 22, 2000)

Color-Blinded | Why 11 o'clock Sunday morning is still a mostly segregated hour. An excerpt from Divided by Faith. (Sept. 22, 2000)

We Can Overcome | A CT forum examines the subtle nature of the church's racial division—and offers hope. (Sept. 29, 2000)

Shoulder to Shoulder in the Sanctuary | A profile in racial unity. (Sept. 28, 2000)

Common Ground in the Supermarket Line | A profile in racial unity. (Sept. 27, 2000)

The Lord in Black Skin | As a white pastor of a black church, I found the main reason prejudice and racism hurt so much: because we are so much alike. (Sept. 25, 2000)

More Christianity Today coverage of racial reconciliation includes:

Growing Up at Koinonia | The focus of a PBS documentary, Koinonia Farm was the target of segregationists, a radical Christian community, and where Jim Jordan grew up. (March 09, 2005)

The Work of Faith | How the torch of racial reconciliation, once carried by Christian civil-rights workers, is now being held by faith-based organizations. (Feb. 23, 2005)

Hope Deferred | Christians are uniquely positioned to further racial equality. (June 29, 2004)

CT Classic: Confessions of a Racist | It wasn't until after Martin Luther King, Jr.'s death that I was struck by the truth of what he lived and preached. (January 17, 2000)

Martin Luther King, Jr.: A History | No Christian played a more prominent role in the century's most significant social justice movement than Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 17, 2000)

CT Classic: The March to Montgomery | Christianity Today's coverage of King's historic voting rights march, from our April 9, 1965 issue (January 17, 2000)

Catching Up with a Dream | Evangelicals and Race 30 Years After the Death of Martin Luther King, Jr. (March 2, 1998)

She Has a Dream, Too | Bernice King talks about her father's death, her call to ministry, and what the church still needs to do about racism. (June 16, 1997)

Billy Graham Had a Dream | American revivalist preachers have been evangelical Christianity's most visible spokesmen over the centuries. What does their record on race relations show? (Jan. 12, 1998)

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