Sung-Jun Shim knows the stresses of being a college student torn between two cultures. He hopes his congregation can reach young Asians and others during their assimilation into American culture. Photo by Jerry Pierce

This sign in the German language reads: On 10.3.1528, before the Stubentor, the Baptist burned. Founder of the “concept” of religious tolerance. “Christ did not come to butcher, murder and burn.” (of Heretics and their injuries) —The Christians of this City

Joe Anderson, pictured in Vietnam around 1965. Anderson enlisted in the Navy at age 17 during the height of World War II, seeing combat in the Pacific. After the war, he enlisted again, in the Army, and went on to retire. Only then did he surrender to the ministry.