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"I tell you the truth," Jesus said, "corrupt tax collectors and prostitutes will get into the Kingdom of God before you do" (Matthew 21:31, NLB). And so he angered the religious people of his time by associating with sinners, with liars, thieves and prostitutes, accepting them, loving them, sharing

By Gina Grate Pottenger for Where Worlds Meet Bucharest, Romania — Chirila "Betty" says that when she was growing up with an alcoholic and abusive father, she didn't feel secure; she didn't feel love. Fortunately, when she was 18, a young man she knew invited her to church. What if a different guy

Vera Broli lives in a small cement block house near the garbage dump in Sharr. The area is also home to a community of Roma people — an often impoverished ethnic group that lives on the fringes of societies across Europe. The Roma people in Sharr live off the trash and discarded items brought to the

Ari Kevork is a young boy in our small fellowship group in Yerevan, Armenia; he lives with his parents and little sister Arleen, who migrated from Lebanon to Armenia last year. In his life, Ari has shown a very tender heart, listening to and loving Jesus as his personal Savior. Last year the Armenia

When several youth from Korea and Japan began practicing Tae Kwon Do under the rain and stars of Costa Rica during free time at Third Wave , Scottish youth leader Amy Warner and several others from the USA joined the group, who taught them Tae Kwon Do moves. The spontaneous intercultural moment was

Lindell and Kay Browning are nearing retirement after serving the Eurasia Region in leadership for more than 35 years. For 22 years Lindell has led the Eastern Mediterranean Field as field strategy coordinator. This year he is turning over that role to Khalil Halaseh , a pastor in Jordan. The

Several years ago, a couple who attended a Nazarene church in the Netherlands sensed God calling them into cross-cultural mission work, so they approached the Church of the Nazarene Eurasia Regional Office to inquire about how they could become missionaries. At the time, there was not an established

Sighisoara, Romania — Eurasia Communications recently received the following update from Dorli Gschwandtner of Helping Hands Germany (Nazarene Compassionate Ministries): "Thank you so much for this Christmas parcel — but thank you even more for you!" Juliana, sitting on the edge of her bed in her

The Russian Embassy in Cuba gave a 29-passenger Toyota Coaster bus to the Church of the Nazarene in Cuba, reports Bob Prescott, coordinator of partnerships for the Church of the Nazarene's Mesoamerica Region. The like-new van has just 81,000 miles (130,000 kilometers) on it, along with a new set of

Nazarenes in Hungary ask the Church worldwide to pray with them as legislation passed by the country's parliament Monday "de-registered" the denomination as a church. Along with the Church of the Nazarene, the new law - Law on the Right to Freedom of Conscience and Religion, and on Churches,