“For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ” (1 Cor 12:12). The big news this past month was a strategic gathering in Berlin to kick of the start of The Persian Project, about which I … Continue reading Dear friends and supporters of our ministry to Germany and across Eurasia!
“Let My people go“ (Exodus 8:1). A few days ago, Rev. Dr. Gottfried Martens of Trinity Lutheran Church (SELK) in Berlin-Steglitz and some thirty members of their Persian young adult group traveled to Hamburg on their annual field trip. This busload was only a fraction of that church’s young adult group that is about one … Continue reading Let My People Go!
“…How are they to believe in Him of Whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?” (Romans 10:14). Last week I shared how our Iranian parishioner Mohammad had witnessed to his fellow hospital patient Javad. Both were discharged last Friday. Mohammad came to church last Sunday, accompanied by Javad … Continue reading How Are They to Believe…
“Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; for His steadfast love endures forever!” (1 Chr 16:34). The Lord is doing amazing things among Iranians in Germany and also back in their homeland. Although Iran is officially 98.5% Muslim and its mullah government is infamous for causing political unrest and wars in the … Continue reading Do You Know a Farsi Speaker?
“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights” (James 1:17). Yesterday I met “Ali,” an Iranian parishioner, in Hamburg’s Steindamm district near the central train station, to help him with some logistical issues. This is an area heavily populated with immigrants—mostly from Islamic countries. Walking past … Continue reading Every Good Thing in Life Comes from Him
The Tiews in Germany 