(With thanks to Brother Roger Long) Along with many other countries, Israel has been badly affected by the coronavirus pandemic – with nearly 6,000 deaths out of a population approaching nine million. The country’s third lockdown began at the end of last December, but restrictions have now been relaxed following the success of its vaccination… Read More Signs of the Times – “Israel’s vaccine success”
For some long time there did not take place meetings in our ecclesia halls. But having lesser restrictions in civil life, we are also opening the ecclesiae spaces to come together again. Though at the moment we still advise to be very careful and to wear a mouth mask when with many people in a… Read More The “New Normal” – When we meet again.
The landlocked multiethnic country located in the heart of south-central Asia that got in the news every day for twenty years, got special attention when America decided to leave that region of a continuous endless war. For millennia great armies have attempted to subdue Afghanistan, officially Islamic State of Afghanistan. Its significant mineral resources remain largely… Read More Afghanistan 2020-21 report – 9/11 – 20 Years on – A land in shambles
At the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea we can find the country which is of so much importance for us. The small country with a relatively diverse topography has often been negatively in the news with the continuous fighting between them and Palestine. The desire for a Jewish homeland by the People of God,… Read More Israel 2021 update
The northernmost of the three Baltic states, compared with other European countries, Estonia has a large percentage of foreign-born residents and their children. Only about two-thirds of the population are ethnic Estonians. The vast majority of Russians, the most significant minority of the Baltic states, are also scattered throughout other post-Soviet states such as Belarus,… Read More Estonia 2021 update
Zimbabwe, officially Republic of Zimbabwe, formerly (1911–64) Southern Rhodesia, (1964–79) Rhodesia, or (1979–80) Zimbabwe Rhodesia, landlocked country of southern Africa. It shares a 125-mile (200-kilometre) border on the south with the Republic of South Africa and is bounded on the southwest and west by Botswana, on the north by Zambia, and on the northeast and… Read More Zimbabwe 2021 update
Mauritius, the island country in the Indian Ocean, located off the eastern coast of Africa, has suffered significantly from the Covid-19 pandemic. As an island, with a reasonably advanced Public Health system, it was able to rapidly close its borders to visitors and initiate a strict population lockdown, resulting in just 500 identified cases and… Read More Mauritius 2021 update
There are about 8,700 members in 177 ecclesias, and it is pleasing to report about 280 baptisms during the year. Sadly, the year began again with a need to support brothers and sisters affected by flooding in the southern areas of the country. The environmental issues felt across the globe continue to impact those whose… Read More Malawi 2021 update
There were no lockdowns or restrictions for Memorial meetings, but each ecclesia took strict measures to provide water and soap for the washing of hands prior to breaking bread and drinking wine. The government still wants to see Associations and Religious Organisation contributing to the progress of the country. Preaching activities are going well in… Read More Burundi 2021 udate
Dear all If you remember, our planned inter-ecclesial musical evening on 14 March 2020 had to be cancelled, as lockdown was just about to start. Little did we know then what the pandemic would mean, and no one had even heard of Zoom! One thing we have missed is being able to sing together. It… Read More Inter-ecclesial musical evening
Das Leben in der Pandemie Ian Sampson (Pinetown, Südafrika) Übersetzung: Natascha Ramsden Furcht und Weisheit sind eine Hilfe in diesen unruhigen Zeiten Eines meiner letzten Vortragsthemen lautete „Den Verstand bewahren in einer verrückten Welt“. Ich hielt ihn, bevor die Worte „Coronavirus“ und „COVID-19“ bekannt wurden und doch hat er jetzt mehr Relevanz als zu jedem… Read More Das Leben in der Pandemie #1 Hilfe in diesen unruhigen Zeiten
Are we feeling hemmed in, locked up, restricted and perhaps a little ‘stir crazy’? Spare a thought for Noah and his family. They entered the ark on the seventeenth day of the second month of the 600th year of Noah’s life (Genesis 7:11) and God shut them in. They did not leave the ark until… Read More Some comfort in Times of isolaton
This morning in service, we had a look at the Book of Nehemiah, in which we can find the longest (Ch. 9) and the shortest prayer (Ch. 2) For a hundred years the people went asleep. We too have come into a period when previously lots of people though they said to be Jew, Christian… Read More Coming to Thanksgiving day 2020
Already for more than two months, I am working to bring over the material we brought on our Google Main site. Having Google changing Blogger and creating its New Sites, the Old Google site of the Belgian Christadelphians could not be converted automatically (Normally it would only be available until the end of September, but… Read More Website changes, Lockdown meetings and Songs to soothe our hearts
The last few months have presented many challenges and our prayers are with those around the world who are ill or lonely or suffering, the bereaved, those facing unemployment or hardship and many others affected by coronavirus. Considerable efforts to contain the outbreak continue, from governments and front line care workers to scientists searching for… Read More News from the Christadelphian Magazine Office in Birmingham for September 2020
It’s easy to take our children for granted but, during this lockdown, how I have missed my class! At the end of March, parents in our ecclesia decided they would provide Sunday School for their own children but it soon became apparent that they were missing out on interacting with one another and so the… Read More A teacher from the Sunday class muses…
Burundi. With a newly elected president, the country seems to be stable and it hasn’t yet been affected much by COVID-19 and ecclesial activities are still going on as usual. There are no restrictions on people gathering but they keep to the hand washing safety measures. So the brothers and sisters are still meeting for… Read More West Africa & CoViD-19
It has been emotional keeping up with the many covid-19 related requests coming from our brothers and sisters in East Africa. Through God’s blessing, we have been able to send multiple contributions, on behalf of our brothers and sisters in other parts of the world, to those in real need, and our brothers and sisters… Read More East Africa & CoViD-19
Lela Children’s Home in Kenya is usually a thriving community of 70 young people. On 17th March that all changed when the Kenyan Government established a country-wide lockdown in response to the first confirmed case of Covid-19 in the country. As part of the lockdown measures, the government required all charitable children’s institutions to send… Read More Lela & COVID-19
Several Brethren and Sisters have asked how the Shunem Home is coping with the current lockdown restrictions in India highlighted in media reports showing struggling families and food shortages. Here’s a quick update. Most of the children were sent back to their homes before the total lock-down at the end of March leaving just 6… Read More Christadelphian Shunem home July-August 2020 update
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