“Remember . . . those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering”
Hebrews 13:3
Our Synod’s contact in Pakistan has informed us that Christians were attacked in Gojra, Pakistan on Saturday, August 1st . Some news outlets in America reported that 6-8 Christians were killed and 40-50 homes were burned by Muslims. [...]

Three years ago we started a Sunday school class in a typical Christian Bastee, where the people’s faith is mixed with the tenets and rituals of Islam and Hinduism. A seven year-old boy lived with his mother, who worked as a sweeper in Muslim houses. (His father had died years earlier.) The young boy started [...]

The Bible Teachings Series is used in two Muslim schools and in several Christian schools where the teachers help the students answer the questions in the books. There is no organized Christian material available like this series in Pakistan. Some churches do have some material but it has not been distributed in the schools. The [...]

We recently welcomed Zoya Stepanova as our newest sister in the faith in Russia. Prompted by one of our members, Zoya visited our church for the first time on Reformation last year. Although she was initially cautious, Zoya wanted to learn more about the Bible and enrolled in our adult instruction class.

GLI, Gereja Lutheran Indonesia, the Lutheran Church of Indonesia, is growing spiritually and numerically.  In the midst of the persecution faced by Christians, the Lord is touching the hearts of many people in this country which is almost 90% Muslim.  In the past 8 years the membership of GLI increased from 300 to over 1200 [...]