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Open Doors

In November, 2015, CLC Lugano was invited to the Open Doors conference for the presentation of the Ticino (the Italian speaking part of Switzerland) branch of that mission. Our bookshop was able to present a selection of books about the persecuted church, and the participants appreciated our involvement.

Impact Lugano by Carlo Ciafani

In June, 2015, CLC Lugano attended ‘Impact Lugano’, an evangelistic event organised by the Pentecostal European Fellowship in collaboration with seven churches in and around Lugano. About 60 young men and women from different parts of Europe came to do performances...

Fusion of Madrid Warehouse & Shop

CLC has had to adapt to the current difficult economic climate. Darwin Vergel writes: “In 2014, we were finally able to go ahead with our project to bring the wholesale and bookshop properties in Madrid together under one roof. We found a location...

Historical Overview by Joan Nicholson

God gave me 28 wonderful years in Spain enjoying the ministry, and the fellowship of a dedicated team. Shortly after arriving, in a meeting in Madrid, God spoke to me that He wanted CLC to expand to other cities in Spain. Soon after, the Spanish leaders at the time, Jose and Pilar de Segovia, sent me to Valencia to open a bookshop there...

God Has Kept Us by Ronela Micula

CLC Romania grew and developed despite the difficult conditions and, while thousands of companies closed down over the intervening years and with about a quarter of the population moving to other countries, we survived while swimming against the tide — without illegal commerce and paying all the taxes.

The Power of the Printed Page

A man turned up at the Vieira de Leiria dispensary one day saying that on the previous day, when on the neighbouring beach, he had noticed a bottle floating on the waves. Having got hold of it and opened it, he discovered it contained papers in a foreign language – or languages. However, as he turned them over, he came across something in Portuguese, which was John 3:16, on a sheet entitled ‘Good News in 20 Languages...

High Street Outreach: Two Stories From Carlos Cunha

CLC Portugal started an evangelistic programme as a follow up to the counselling ministry already offered in the bookshop to non-believers. We called the programme ‘Chronological Bible Study’; it was Bible teaching, evangelistic in purpose, to give people a panoramic view of the Bible, taking into account all different perspectives...

Publishing Progress by Gary Chamberlin

For the past four years we have been steadily working on growing our CLC publishing, and we are delighted to have released 20 important titles in that time. Evangelicals in Poland make up less that 1% of the population, so print runs need to be small, and this puts even more pressure...

It All Started With Books by Tomasz Kalisz

In 1989, the first non-communist government was appointed in Poland. It was then that I visited CLC UK, together with a friend (who later became a CLC Board member), and met the UK Director at that time, Roger Page, and John Silk who was the International Director. As a result, a research trip to Poland was made in 1990 and...

Bishop Llana & CLC’s Oldest Piece of Technology by Deedah Macinas

I want you to meet Bishop Catalino Llana. He is in his 80s and was one of the first CLC workers in the Philippines. He is still a very active member of many pastoral associations in the Philippines. I also want to introduce you to the oldest piece of CLC technology...

A Ministry that will be Remembered by Vere Babona

The work of CLC in Papua New Guinea started in 1959. Maurice and June Thomas from New Zealand pioneered the work under the guidance of CLC Australia. The first bookshop, in Port Moresby, was located at their home, which was known as ‘HAUS THOMAS’.

Memories We Cherish: Reaching Out

A customer was interviewed and explained how she had been converted. One of her sons had been playing in the street near the bookshop in Amsterdam and was given a booklet which he took home. After reading it, his mother came into the shop and looked around and...