New freedoms, new challenges
SOFIA, BULGARIA — He picked the wrong guy to evangelize. It got him a punch in the stomach — and what likely would have been…
International
Prisoners of hope
The scene was absolutely surreal. Iranian refugees cheered and sang, one of them waving an Israeli flag. Another stood atop a delivery truck, unleashing canisters…
Bibles for Iran? Be ready, ministry urges Christians
Missionaries in Vienna, Austria, launched Eastern European Mission in 1961 to smuggle Bibles in all the languages of the Soviet World — Hungarian, Romanian, Polish…
Around the World: A joyful noise in Australia, Christian worship in Pakistan and more quick takes
Around the World is our monthly rundown of news briefs, links and quotes from Churches of Christ all over the globe. Got an idea for…
On-the-ground reporting around the world
MATANZAS, CUBA — I’m not a world traveler. I mean, I’m not a good world traveler. I pack too much. I’m a picky eater. Mostly,…
No fuel? No food? Amid crisis in Cuba, there’s no shortage of faith
MATANZAS, CUBA — René Sánchez Blanco sailed eight hours on a ferry from the Isle of Youth to Cuba’s mainland and then spent five hours…
Faith sustains Cuban farmer during time of crisis
LIMONAR, CUBA — It’s a tough time for Christian farmer Jorge Sánchez. A U.S. blockade on oil shipments to this Caribbean island nation has exacerbated…
‘Cuban people love the American people’
MATANZAS, CUBA — This might seem like a bad time for Americans to visit Cuba. To Tony Fernandez, it’s the perfect time. The longtime minister…
Cuba in crisis
MATANZAS, CUBA — It's a desperate time for Cuba — crippled by severe fuel and food shortages, frequent power outages and rising tensions with the United States, its…
What my Iranian Uber driver told me about Jesus
EDMOND, OKLA. — I arranged to meet my new friend Tony at a falafel place for lunch on Saturday. That morning, my home country attacked…
