The Village That Never Raised Its Voice
Andre Trocme was a pastor in Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, a small Protestant village in the mountains of southern France. When the Nazis occupied France in 1940,...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Isaiah 42:1-9.
Andre Trocme was a pastor in Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, a small Protestant village in the mountains of southern France. When the Nazis occupied France in 1940, Trocme did not organize armed resistance. He did not deliver fiery speeches on the radio. He simply told his congregation one Sunday: "We shall resist whenever our adversaries demand of us obedience contrary to the orders of the Gospel."…
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