POST SOVIET BELARUS

Belarus has become the world leader on the scale of one-stage devaluation of the national currency. Last autumn the fall in the rouble exchange rate in relation to the dollar was hardly less than in the spring. On 20th October the rouble fell by 52 per cent, and in May it was 56 per cent – Minsk has exceeded the Continued…

THE BLESSINGS OF SERVICES IN HOMES

It is a well known and indisputable fact that in the early church meetings were held in private homes (Acts 16:40; 20:20; Romans 16:3-5; 1 Corinthians 16:19; Colossians 4:15; Philemon 1-2). It seems that the apostolic church continued this practice for centuries, until long after the completion of the New Testament. A theologian observed that: “The New Testament Church began Continued…

ONE SOWS AND ANOTHER REAPS

Jesus challenged his disciples to pay special attention to the work field. There was more to be seen than the most obvious things. Jesus said to them: “Lift up your eyes, and see how the fields are already white for harvest” (John 4:35). Where and what should we Christians be looking for? It is true that the work is much Continued…

AFTER THE SCHOOL - An email from Portugal

Hello friends, I’m sending this email just to share with you some news since I left EMF, and what a huge roller coaster it has been! After all my summer activities, including Christian camps, I received an offer to study at the Portuguese Bible Institute. As they analysed my studies so far, including the EMF course, they gave me the Continued…

INTRODUCING VÍCTOR AND GIO DEFRANCHI

Victor and Gio“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations…” Our names are Víctor and Gio. We live in Palma de Mallorca, but we were born in Chile. Víctor’s testimony From when I was a child I attended an Evangelical church with my mother and my Continued…

NOTES FROM NI

In my last article for the Vision for Europe I endeavoured to address the issue of evangelical distinctiveness. I would like in this article to expand a little on this. To do so, it is necessary to ask the question: Why does the world have such a vague view of Christianity? Now, while the Word of God is clear on Continued…