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.
World Challenge partners’ work in the Philippines has sought to show people how they can have godly community through education and relationships.
A huge part of this has been helping people see how salvation should affect not only their own lives but also their families and neighborhoods.
Carmelita absolutely could not stand these filthy evangelicals.
She could’ve sworn they’d put some kind of Bible study near her house just to drive her half crazy. People would walk past her house holding Bibles all the time, and it was unbearable. Then there came the knock on her door.
Aatmaja waits by the gates, wreathed in the scents of smoldering camphor and incense, burning bamboo and bodies.
