George Zarris Family
Isolated. Outcast. That’s how Abed and his family felt while living in poverty in a rural village in Iran. Abed had no dream for a better future, but he did wish for something to take his mind off of the harsh realities of his meager existe [...]
NO OTHER GODS It was Tuesday, the second week in September. Every member of the Akuble Clan in the poor fishing village of Prampram, Ghana, gathered to observe the family ritual established by their great-great-grandfather more than 100 yea [...]
George Zarris lived in the Fort Apache—at least that is what his mother called the one-room, third-floor apartment that he shared with his parents and a younger brother Gary. It definitely was spartan and almost empty except for a bed, a ta [...]
It was a deal Al Braley couldn’t refuse—32 rolls of 20-pound Bible-printing paper for $0.40 per pound—about $14,000. As the director of Bearing Precious Seed (BPS), the ministry of First Baptist Church, Milford, Ohio, which prints Bibles in [...]
UKRAINE Baptist Refugees Anatolii couldn’t sleep. In fact, he hadn’t slept well in weeks. He must make a decision . . . quickly! As a born-again believer and a deacon in a Baptist church south of Kyiv, Anatolii knew how to pray, and pray he [...]
Dozens of believers and refugees have packed the pews of the Revival Baptist Church in Vyzhnytsia, Ukraine (pictured above), since the Russia-Ukraine war began. The destructive forces of missiles and bombs have not yet reached this mountain [...]
“Grandma, I don’t want to go to Hell! Is there another way?” Michael’s six-year-old voice quavered as he contemplated the burning fires of the bottomless pit. “Yes,” Grandma responded. “You must practice Islam. I will teach you a prayer, wh [...]
Have you ever had a dream—something that burned deep within, something that you wanted more than anything? Fifteen men in Liberia have had such a dream. Each one planned and schemed to reach that dream, but with no job and no money, it seem [...]
“Your mother had four abortions—she should have had five!” Those stinging words from Kathleen’s uncle pierced her wounded soul. Born prematurely after her drunk mother fell off a barstool, Kathleen never lived one day without pain. Her heal [...]
I ONCE WAS BLIND Ali was a zealous Muslim, and like his father, who is the spiritual leader (Imam) of his own mosque, Ali was a staunch Muslim. Despite his blindness, Ali pursued his Islamic studies with a determination that made his parent [...]
