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  • When the Light Shines Through

    Natasha Likollari

    In one of Albania’s Roma villages, gospel living is changing the face of the town and people’s outlook on their future.

    Latif is a leader in the Roma, or gypsy, community. He has served God for more than 15 years in his village, and his home has become a community center and church where people from the village gather. Everyone knows his door is open anytime, and God has done incredible work to heal many of his hometown’s troubles.

  • Going from Victim to Victor in Christ

    Olive Heywood

    One young woman’s harsh childhood and rocky path in adulthood nearly claimed her life until Christ intervened to heal her broken heart.

    My name is Olive.

    When I was 7 years old, my parents separated. My father left for South Africa, and he refused to allow me to visit him. It would be three years before he finally invited me to see him. I was excited and hopeful that this marked a turn for our family, but the trip turned into a nightmare.

  • A New Home and Life in Moldova

    Rachel Chimits

    In one of Europe’s poorest countries, one young man finally found a safe home and also humanity’s Savior.

    The first thing you will notice about a Moldovan orphanage is its silence.

    Children in these institutions are often not allowed outside, forced to lay in their cots and ignored by workers who only address their most basic needs.

  • Rising Against the Dark Tide of Persecution

    Rachel Chimits

    As believers in India face growing hatred and harassment, God continues to provide for his most vulnerable children. 

    In 2014, elections in India brought the Bharatiya Janata Party (Indian People’s Party) into power.

    They are often described as the “Hindu Nationalist Party.” If that title summoned up shades of another nationalist government and social group that the West knew all too well in the 1940s, the comparison wouldn’t be far off. 

  • The Unexpected Blessings of Siberia

    Rachel Chimits

    The many believers exiled to Siberia has helped to turn this region into a bastion of Christianity in Russia.

    Under the boot of Communism, many Christians in the Soviet Union faced harsh oppression. Evangelicals worshipped in underground churches, taking communion out in the forest and being baptized at night. Bibles and Christian literature were confiscated and destroyed.

  • Pray for the Persecuted Church in India

    Rachel Chimits

    Believers in Central Asia are facing some of the worst persecution in the world currently, and they need the prayers of the whole Christian family.

    The first or second Sunday of November—the date depends on your church or denomination—is considered an international day of prayer for the persecuted church, and the believers in India could certainly use our prayers.

  • Fighting Off a Gambling Addiction

    Rachel Chimits

    One woman felt that lottery tickets offered hope that life had denied her until members of the church helped her find peace in better sources.

    As soon as someone mentions “addiction,” most people automatically think of drugs or alcohol. Those two substances, however, only represent a fraction of potential addictions that can entangle people.