Showing Jesus and His love—5

 Jesus in the midst of anarchists
 Athens has a very large and well defined area that is run by anarchists.  To give an idea of life in this area, and average of one or two cars is torched every day
In 2013 two clergy began to start a church in that area of Athens. Yes, this is no ordinary church plant.
 They have attended meetings with Anarchists, gotten to know them, gained their respect, and have been told that the leaders of the anarchists have given them permission to stay.
 The church has a building with four or five houses of hope. But about a block away is a building they were able to purchase which they call Integration. We walked through this building being careful to miss the holes in the floor. Let’s just say this is an Athenianfixer upper. This  building will hold at least four houses of hope, a community room, and the room where they will worship.
This began in 2013 under the providence of the One who knew what was coming. In 2015 waves of refugees begin arriving on last bus, some days as many as 10,000.
 So this group in the midst of the anarchists was set up by God. The anarchist know they are not typical questions but are radically following Jesus the son of God. When they attend meetings at somebody gives a disparaging statement about Christians often Someone nearby will lean over and say that they don’t mean these guys.
 An unusual enterprise, but the leaders are clearly following the path God has laid out for them.