All of a sudden there he was again: a follower, clothed in dark blue. No, as far as I know, not a follower of Jesus Christ, but somebody who obviously is following me. I hadn’t seen him for nearly four years, but back in the day I had seen [...]
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to meet in secret as an underground church? Have you ever felt that it’s almost impossible to imagine what it’s like to meet under persecution? How do you meet? How does it feel? How do you sing when you can’t make any [...]
The Mari El Republic is home to the Mari people, a Finno-Ugric ethnic group who have traditionally lived along the Russian Volga and Kama Rivers. The population of the Mari El Republic is just under 700,000. Mari people can also be found in nearby Tatarstan and Bashkortan. Mari tribes [...]
Mary is in her mid-twenties, and like many Central Asian women, has experienced much loss and rejection. She feels she has little hope for the future, with her life choices being dictated by others. As a foreigner, she finds me a ‘safe person’ to confide in, as I have [...]
Northern Cyprus Pray for the Turkish Cypriot region of the island, for the mixed population of Turkish Cypriots, mainland Turkish, Greek and mixed expat communities. Pray for new indigenous churches to be established amongst the Muslim communities, for local leaders to be raised up and trained, and for workers [...]
The best advice I got was ‘expect the unexpected’! As I prepared to come out to the field, I received a lot of advice and a lot of thoughts on how my first few months on the field would be, but overall, the best advice I got was ‘expect [...]
Sergei Skripal and his daughter are fighting for their lives following a nerve agent attack. The UK and Russia expel diplomats in a 'tit-for-tat'. Increasing notes of condemnation are being expressed from Western leaders and we may wonder where this will end? Will it 'blow over' just like the [...]
Forum18 reported a number of raids on the homes of Christians during the second half of 2017 across Uzbekistan. These raids carried out by uniformed Police, NSS and unnamed agencies all resulted in the seizing and destruction of Christian literature, music and Bibles as well as large fines, many [...]
We are an English-speaking community of approximately 250-300 people representing at least twenty different nations in the world on an average Sunday gathering, based in a city of one million people. As is true of most International Churches around the world, we are a transient group of what are [...]
Turkey Praise that two new churches have opened in Turkey with legal registration, meaning they can meet publically and legally. One is in the ancient Chalcedon district of Istanbul, the other in the southern city of Antalya. Pray that these churches, situated in the same region as the Seven [...]
