CLC News, Updates, Articles

A Moving Story from CLC Kenya

Since CLC Kenya started in 2007, the main bookshop and wholesale outlet in Nairobi has had to move twice! Praise the Lord that God led Patrick Omukhango and the rest of the team to an ideal new location which so far has served us well and has also accommodated the new Print on Demand (POD) system that CLC Kenya is making good use of.

Partnerships in Mozambique by Liz Patten

CLC Mozambique first opened in 1966, but closed again due to the civil war. When it reopened in 2001, it was evident that in its second phase, there would be a need for partnerships. Commercial rents were out of range, so we reopened in a Baptist church garage! The garage was...

Maputo Shop: Tackling Termites

In 2011, we discovered a problem with the fixtures we had — termites, lots of them, had been eating bookshelves and books! Most shelves had to be burned, heavily damaged books were thrown out and the shop was fumigated. God provided for our need for new shelving through the help of many people; it was a long journey...

The Early Days by V.M. Abraham

In 1990, a young Burmese interested in involving himself with literature evangelism. Jacob Mung, then 26, was given intensive training for about a year under our personal supervision and guidance and, in 1991, he was commissioned by ELS for the work of the Lord in his own country, Myanmar.

Back in 2012, CLC France made a gift of some books to CLC Burkina Faso, and many of these were distributed as an outreach to those in need of Christ. Prosper Weda, Director for CLC in French West Africa, wrote at the time...

Online Orders in CLC Cyprus

The bookshop first launched its website in 2005 with the help of Alexis, a brother from our local church. It was slowly populated with a catalogue of products by copying and pasting product descriptions and images from other supplier websites ...

On-Going Relationships

Over the years, the bookshop has built an ongoing relationship with many local churches and missions. Being the only non-orthodox Christian bookshop in Cyprus, we have been blessed in being the sole provider of literature and other necessary materials for a variety of church groups and missions as well as individuals.

We’ve been here much longer than this! by Sotos and Eva Photiades

CLC opened in Cyprus in 1981 but, in fact, as with CLC in some other countries, our links with a Christian bookshop here go much further back than this. Since 1964, CLC was associated with ...

Bookfairs by Martine Foto

CLC Côte d’Ivoire actively took part in the first ever International Christian Book and Publishing Fair in July, 2015. This was a very enriching experience which brought together...

A woman came to one of our bookshops in search of a book for her daughter and a member of staff suggested Created to be His Help Meet, by Debi Pearl. The book made such an impact on the woman...

Among many stories, there is one that touches our hearts, reminds us of God’s faithfulness and reaffirms the purposes that he has put in our hearts. It has to do with the missionary Sophie Müller who, in the 1940s, dared to brave the dangerous journey through the Colombian interior...

CLC Colombia has a social arm to its ministry that is committed to helping the most vulnerable in society: defenseless children; single mothers; victims of violence; persons deprived of liberty; and the elderly and ethnic minorities, among others. We do this through...