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What does it feel like to watch two former Muslims commissioned as missionaries on the exact shore where Paul once fulfilled a vow before setting sail toward Jerusalem?

In this shorter but deeply resonant episode of In the Margins, Anna and John travel to Cenchreae, the humble eastern port of ancient Corinth where Acts 18:18 tells us Paul cut his hair to fulfill a Nazirite vow before departing for Syria. Unlike the grand tourist sites of Ephesus or Corinth, Cenchreae is quiet, worn, and honest—a place where something real happened two thousand years ago and, remarkably, still happens today.

Their group gathered on this rocky shore to pray and worship at the water's edge, small against the vastness of the sea—much as Paul and the original disciples once were. Then came the moment that stopped everyone: two men who had come out of Islam to faith in Jesus, now serving as missionaries, joined the group and were commissioned right there on the shore, echoing Acts 13's sending of Barnabas and Saul from Antioch. This episode explores the profound meaning of being "sent"—not self-appointed, but interrupted, redirected, and commissioned by something larger than personal ambition—and reflects on how every stop of this entire journey, from Smyrna's martyrdom to Ephesus's lost first love to Corinth's dysfunction and redemption, prepared the ground for this singular moment of watching the mission continue, unbroken, from the same shores where it began.

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