The scene wasn’t tidy. From a human standpoint, Christ didn’t choose perfection when He picked a time to step into history as a Jewish baby. Instead, the setting was chaotic—born to a poor, unmarried couple and to a people who suffered under Roman rule after 400 years of silence from God. Even the timing of His birth surely wasn’t what His mother would have chosen—on a trip, away from her own mother and immediate family, among animals. Yet still He came. And His coming then r

2020 has been a year for the books. In the Cayman Islands, we have experienced earthquakes (nearly unheard of here), an out-of-control fire at the dump, an extreme lockdown period due to COVID-19, the mandate of civil partnerships by the governor, an active hurricane season and more. 2020 has surely been a year of fear, uncertainty and even despair. Yet with the apostle Paul we say, "We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; pers

In November, Pastor Stephen Marcel was elected District Overseer for the next two years. The churches participate in Caribbean-wide intercessory prayer the first Sunday of each month. They pray for works in the E. C., Jamaica, Haiti, and the Cayman Islands. This year, the E. C. District Youth Camp turned 30 years old. It could not be held as regularly scheduled, however, but was instead held virtually. These efforts were led by Pastor Gleason Brooks and Pastor Lindon Clarke.

From the Church in Bolivia: We send a word of blessing over all the Church of the USA. Receive a greeting from the Church in Bolivia and in particular the Bolivian Evangelical Church of God. In this world pandemic of COVID-19, it was something unexpected that came to affect our families, in particular some pastors that parted into the presence of our Lord God, Jesus Christ—8 pastors. And you, our esteemed pastors and brothers, seeing this need of the Family of Christ here in

The Government of Myanmar announced “stay-at-home” because of COVID-19 since March 22, 2020 [especially affecting group meetings]. I would like to share with you the ministry that we were told cannot go ahead, but how the Lord has blessed us in the last seven months. Bible Reading Challenges We arranged “Two Month Bible Reading Challenge,” March 26-June 25, 2020. Everyone who was involved in reading the whole Bible within two months was very much blessed, and thank God for th

The first Thanksgiving in U.S. history was a three-day event to mark the end of the harvest and was held some time from late-September to...