Where Worlds Meet is our monthly newsletter where you can read about some of the ways that God is moving in the Eurasia Region. Click on an article below to read about some stories of life change and how God is at work or subscribe below.
Making visible what seems invisible. What we can see is not all there is
A couple of weeks ago there was an unexpected headline in the Netherlands national news: despite previous reports of sharply declining church attendance, it was discovered many communities of faith were alive, vibrant and growing. Guess where the growth was taking place? Immigrant churches in the Netherlands. Tens of thousands [...]
Shocking sight of ruins leads man to start local ministry
Isaac Ingle stood among the ruins of the ancient city of Pergamum, in southern Turkey, shocked to find that the church planted by the Apostle Paul had long since been abandoned, along with the whole city. Until 2015, Ingle had never traveled outside of his home country of India. That [...]
Welcome to the Invisible World: Regional conferences to confront challenges of ‘invisibility’
Have you ever felt invisible? Feelings of invisibility are common to many followers of Jesus. Believers may feel invisible in cultures and nations where Christians make up only a very small minority of the population. They may feel invisible in highly secularized cultures, where Christianity and the church have been [...]
Italy leadership camp focuses on discipleship
The Church of the Nazarene in Italy held its annual leadership camp from 1-3 May. Pastors, ministries leaders and members from all churches spent rich days of communion and discipleship together. The activities were held by Eurasia Region Education Coordinator Stéphane Tibi on the theme “Living in the Spirit.” Tibi [...]
Eurasia Region ‘launches’ missionaries with new training
In April, the Eurasia Region held its first three-day Launch event to provide orientation on practical tools and resources, as well as special training in resilience, for new and existing Nazarene missionaries serving on the region. The event is designed to build on, and follow, a similar preparatory event called [...]
Called from Russia to Latvia
A couple’s call to mission, and the Church of the Nazarene’s desire to establish its presence in a new country, align in Riga, Latvia. Olga and Aleksei Druzhinina have long served the Church of the Nazarene from their home in Saint Petersburg, Russia. But two years ago, they began to [...]