Roam Shalom – Roam Shalom

Ephesus up close: standing where Paul preached

Marble streets, a 24,000-seat theatre, and the church that received both a letter from Paul and a message from Jesus.

Of all seven churches, Smyrna received no rebuke — only encouragement to be faithful unto death. Its story still stirs.

One city held ‘Satan’s throne’; the other, a business hub, was tempted to compromise. Two letters that speak straight into modern life.

One church looked alive but was asleep; the other had little strength and a great promise. Their ruins preach both sermons perfectly.

Neither hot nor cold — the famous rebuke makes literal sense when you stand between Hierapolis’ hot springs and Colossae’s cold streams.

Hundreds of balloons over a moonscape of fairy chimneys — and beneath them, centuries of hidden Christian history carved into the rock.

Two continents, two empires and seventeen centuries of church history in one skyline — the grand finale of our Turkey journeys.

On a rocky outcrop below the Acropolis, Paul preached to the philosophers of Athens. We read Acts 17 on the very spot.

Wealthy, diverse and morally adrift — Corinth received Paul’s most personal letters. Its ruins make them startlingly concrete.

A small island, a small cave, and the largest vision in Scripture. Our guided excursion to St John’s Grotto is a tour highlight.