<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/magazine/fall-2021/using-culture-illuminate-christianity.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>Using Culture to Illuminate Christianity</title><excerpt>Charles Farhadian’s interest in Christianity and its relationship to cultures worldwide began at an early age. He grew up in Oakland with his family attending an Armenian Apostolic Church. They eventually left that church, believing it promoted culture rather than the Gospel. They then joined the Swedish Covenant Church.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
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