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.
Open Doors
Posted by Forever Grateful, CLC 75 on 26.04.2019
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
Posted by Forever Grateful, CLC 75 on 26.04.2019
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
Posted by Forever Grateful, CLC 75 on 26.04.2019
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
Posted by Forever Grateful, CLC 75 on 26.04.2019
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
Posted by Ronela Micula on 26.04.2019
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
Posted by Forever Grateful, CLC 75 on 26.04.2019
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
Posted by Forever Grateful, CLC 75 on 26.04.2019
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
Posted by Gary Chamberlin on 26.04.2019
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
Posted by Forever Grateful, CLC 75 on 26.04.2019
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...