On our most recent trip to Athens, Greece, we installed Javad Jak as our Europe & Middle East Ambassador. Javad has been working with the refugee ministry for over 10 years and currently serves as the pastor to Christ’s Love Persian Church in Athens.

The American Declaration of Independence that states: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

Recently, we caught up with two of our partners who serve in the nation of Turkey. As before, due to the Turkish government’s hostile position against Christianity, their names and faces must remain hidden for their safety. In this interview, we refer to them as “Gwen” and “David.”

Be an echo, not a voice. People think “Well, I have a voice, so I have to speak. There’s a hole in there and I’ve got to put some words in.” But I don’t want to have a voice—I don’t want you in this moment to listen to me—I don’t want you to hear me. I want you to hear Jesus! I don’t want to be a voice—I want to be an echo.

On August 15, 2021, Afghanistan fell to the Taliban. People all over the world mourned the demise of the freedoms ripped from the Afghan people. Many missionaries in Afghanistan left with just a day’s notice, escaping their impending deaths. Worldwide, people were left heartbroken, and those able to escape were left with guilt that, somehow, they were able to escape, while others were left to endure Taliban rule.

Hello my brothers and sisters. My name is Masoud, and I am from Afghanistan. I was born into an Afghan Muslim family. My mom was a very religious person, and my father served in the army.

Whether we realize it or not, we have an obsession with stories. This is not necessarily a bad thing—it is how we learn, how we remember, and how we hold on to what is true.

Last issue, we printed several stories from our Indian brothers and sisters revealing the terrible suffering many are facing in their country. Perhaps worse than the virus itself is the chaotic economic instability that is plaguing the entire nation.

I’ve always said if you ever wonder what any preacher struggles with, he’ll preach about the very thing that’s got him by the throat. I think that we often do not avail ourselves of what God has given us in His divine presence living inside us.

In July of 2021, we made a short trip to the Dominican Republic. Our purpose was to learn about new challenges our brethren face—to find out what’s working and what’s not working.

The need for truth and restoration goes unseen as long as one does not realize or admit brokenness. When something captures my heart other than God, I lose the joy of His salvation. That is only restored by His grace and truth

To say that the world is in a state of turmoil would be an understatement. Just here in the United States alone, we’ve witnessed our streets erupting in violence and political battles taking on a new and frightening combative tone. That’s saying a lot since our culture and politics have always had the tendency to be divisive.

At the time of this writing, India has experienced a second wave of Covid-19 outbreaks. While developed countries have been more prepared to handle the virus, less fortunate nations such as India have struggled greatly—particularly since this disaster has also included debilitating economic troubles such as massive inflation, lack of medical resources, and food scarcity.

As soon as the Covid situation improved in Nepal, I started traveling east to west at the beginning of this year. Brethren were devastated by uncertainties brought by Covid. We had never experienced such viral infections in Nepalese history, so it was a shocking reality for us.

Pilate famously asked Christ, “What is truth?” This question is then left lingering in the air for us to ponder.

It’s no secret that the mere idea of truth has taken a battering under the recent shifts in culture here in the United States. However, Biblically speaking, truth is an idea that human beings have struggled with and argued about for thousands of years.

My name is Charles Cheruiyot, a believer of our Lord Jesus Christ. I have struggled with anxiety, but I am on the road to heaven after accepting Jesus.

Growing up in a loving (yet strict) missionary Hispanic family in Latin America is like wearing a v-neck t-shirt underneath your regular t-shirt or having Mike Kellett deliver the Sunday morning sermon wearing a long sleeve camo shirt and khaki shorts: a little too much.

One October afternoon, when I was seventeen, I was tearing down the hill on my motorbike in front of our school. I was going as fast as possible, showing off for the crowd of kids getting out of school. I could have driven slower, but I didn’t. So I came around a bend, full throttle, and there was a car coming toward me—squeezing in between all the parked cars on both sides of the road. I had nowhere to go.

While in college at the age of 18, I did not know the truth about the redemption of Jesus. I had bought into the lie that I could offer God less than the whole of me, and this would be good enough. I couldn’t see how a life lived for Jesus would be a life worth living, and because I couldn’t see how that was possible, I held out. I wanted to be good, and thought I was for the most part—but there was no way I was willing to go all in.

The first thing I want to do is to say thank you. Our goal has always been to take the Gospel, the quintessential story of redemption, to everyone in their own language. This happens because redeemed people desire to see others find redemption through the preaching of the message of Jesus. In doing so, we must always maintain three attitudes in proclaiming redemption through Jesus.