Twenty years ago, Virginia Seminar member Russell Jeung moved into Oak Park apartments in Oakland, California, hoping to make a difference. Looking back, he realizes that he is the one who has been changed. Read his story in this Christianity Today article, and stay tuned for more on Russell’s life and work at Oak Park in his Virginia Seminar book.

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