CLC Sierra Leone: Mobile Motorbike Ministry and More!
Posted on 01.09.2019
Matthew Hanciles, with his wife Isatta, manages CLC’s bookshop in the town of Bo. Matthew is also very committed to taking the books anywhere and everywhere using his motorbike (pictured above).
CLC Philippines: Vacation Bible School
Posted on 01.09.2019
In partnership with the Church Strengthening Ministry, CLC Philippines conducted a one-day workshop for teachers of VBS earlier this year.
CLC Publications: Belief in a God You Can’t See
Posted by Gary Chamberlin on 30.06.2019
For some time CLC has been searching for a quality evangelistic booklet to translate into multiple languages.
We are delighted that we found the booklet Belief in a God You Can’t See, which many countries have decided to publish.
Encouraging Stories from CLC Barbados
Posted by Forever Grateful, CLC 75 on 29.04.2019
A few stories of God's working in and through CLC Barbados. These stories were shared at our CLC 75th anniversary.
A Background to Taking Over Six Existing Bookshops by Phil Burnham
Posted by Forever Grateful, CLC 75 on 26.04.2019
The 2008 financial crisis, which caused many churches and individuals to put the budgetary brakes on, merely underlined the difficulties already impacting the recruitment efforts of mission agencies. The CLC trend was clear: personal financial support for our existing staff was falling, there were no fresh faces on the horizon and we were faced with having to close shops...
The Ministry’s Early Days
Posted by Forever Grateful, CLC 75 on 26.04.2019
As we prayed and thought and dreamed, the vision kept enlarging. We could see not only a chain of bookshops across the British Isles, but a chain of bookstores throughout the English speaking world… and even in other countries where English was widely used. And more, we could become a ...
Advance Into the Impossible
Posted by Forever Grateful, CLC 75 on 26.04.2019
“It is impossible,” said another of the team, to which Ken Adams replied, “We are going to advance into the Impossible.”
Exciting Changes for CLC Trinidad!
Posted by Forever Grateful, CLC 75 on 26.04.2019
In January, 2016, Gerardo Scalante and Dave Almack came to view the work at the stores. For me this was a very timely and strategic visit – a time of preparation to set us on course for the season ahead, particularly as, at the end of 2015, our Prime Minister had declared that Trinidad and Tobago was officially in recession.
A Fresh Start for CLC Tobago by Sandra Robinson
Posted by Forever Grateful, CLC 75 on 26.04.2019
CLC operated a small outlet here in the early 1980s, but it closed as it did not prove economically viable. It had always been Marlene Ramroop’s dream to re-open in Tobago and, more recently, we were searching for a suitable location ...
Memories We Cherish: Energy Plus
Posted by Forever Grateful, CLC 75 on 26.04.2019
Muriel Sjoblom who, with her husband Bob, served with CLC in Thailand, wrote: “I first heard of Seng Joon from missionaries in the north. They said that it did their hearts good to see one so willing to board a bus at 5:00am to get out to markets to sell scripture portions...
Shop Testimony by Don Velboom
Posted by Forever Grateful, CLC 75 on 26.04.2019
CLC Thailand is thankful to God for the opportunities and for the struggles. In the opportunities, we see God move in lives and, in the struggles, we learn to endure. The sales in 2015 have decreased to less than the 2014 sales. But in that struggle, we have seen people come into the bookshop and receive Christ.