Call for Parents and Caregivers to Have Time of Uninterrupted Play with Their Children

As a Board Certified Licensed Professional Counselor with nearly 20 years of experience in the field of play therapy, I understand the vital importance of play in the life of a child.  With the COVID-19 pandemic which has swept the world, our children are being exposed to stressors and events that no child should ever have to endure.  Children need play in their lives now more than ever before.  Play is their only way to communicate and to process these traumatic times. A time of play allows for children to increase their emotional strength and reduces stress which in turn ...

Police surveillance of phone and internet now allowed under new pandemic law in Bulgaria

Police surveillance of phone and internet now allowed under new pandemic law in Bulgaria Those of you that are receiving our monthly printed report, already know of several proceedings in Eastern Europe and beyond as following. The new Bill on Religions voted in Bulgaria 2019, allows only “registered” ministers to minister in their respective denominations. The Social Service Act (Jan-Jun, 2020) allows social services to act upon an anonymous complaint to cease children and put them in a foster-home for up to 30-days until the legal parent is proven innocent in court. But none of these matches this current development… As of ...

BibleTech or BUST: A Decade Later

CORONAVIRUS STATEMENT by Cup & Cross Ministries International

CORONAVIRUS STATEMENT by Cup & Cross Ministries International The United Nations have just declared the Coronavirus (COVID-19) a global pandemic. Most European flights are suspended and a number of countries in our area of ministry remain closed. Alternatively, CDC has issued a detail set of resources for faith-based communities and their leaders for preventing COVID-19. As a result, churches are cancelling their Sunday services, conferences and international assemblies. Having full awareness of the above and convinced by the Bible that “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick,” according to Mark 2:17 WE HEREBY AFIRM that: Divine healing ...

Regular Attendance Is Less in 2020

How churches define regular attendance has changed in the last few decades. An active member used to be defined as one who attended at least three times a week. Now, that number is three times a month or less. This doesn’t mean they’re out of reach though.

Global Network of Bulgarian Evangelical Churches outside of Bulgaria (2020 Report)

Bulgarian Evangelical Churches in the European  Union (2019) Bulgarian Evangelical Churches in Germany Bulgarian Evangelical Churches in Spain Bulgarian Evangelical Churches in England Bulgarian Evangelical Churches in France Bulgarian Evangelical Churches in Belgium Bulgarian Evangelical Churches in Italy Bulgarian Evangelical Churches in Cyprus Bulgarian Evangelical Churches in Crete Bulgarian Evangelical Churches in America (2019 Report) Bulgarian Evangelical Churches in Chicago (2019 Report) Bulgarian Evangelical Churches in Texas (2019 Report) Bulgarian Evangelical Churches - West Coast (2019 Report) Atlanta (active since 1996) Los Angeles (occasional/outreach of the Foursquare Church - Mission Hills, CA) Las Vegas (outreach of the Foursquare Church - http://lasvegaschurch.tv) San Francisco (occasional/inactive since 2012, Berkeley University/Concord, CA) Bulgarian ...

When the Church Process Hurts our Children

Policy and procedure and process are not to be feared. Without regulation, disorder and self-empowerment become a dangerous reality. However, can we truly hear from God when we become victim to the Process; when we hide behind procedure so our earthly agenda can be met? The voice of the Process can be so overwhelming that it overshadows our judgment for Truth. Dollar signs and numbers begin to replace genuine salvation and genuine miracles and genuine Holy Ghost baptism. We become too concerned with following procedure all while hurting our brothers and sisters and our spiritual mothers and fathers. We do ...