New EU Vaccination Certificates Create Risk
Missionaries without COVID vaccine at a high risk of travel ban Vaccination Certificates Create Risk of Two-Tier Society, Indirect Discrimination Covid-status certificates being considered by ministers to help open up society could amount to unlawful indirect discrimination, the government’s independent equalities watchdog has advised. As ministers decide whether the documents should be introduced as passports to certain events later this year, the Equality and Human Rights Commission has told the Cabinet Office they risk creating a “two-tier society”. The watchdog also said employers should not be allowed to hire workers on a “no jab, no job” policy until all young people had been offered a ...
Pentagon: US Should Deploy More Troops in Bulgaria as Tensions Rise between Ukraine and Russia
Former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper says the United States should deploy more troops along the Black Sea in Bulgaria and Romania to deter potential aggression from Russia as tensions between Moscow and Washington heat up. Esper, now a fellow at the McCain Institute for International Leadership at Arizona State University, said "I think we need to continue to stand up to Russia and trying to deter their bad behavior." Washington should look to reassure European allies and boost the NATO alliance by deploying more forces in Poland, "into the Baltics, if it makes sense, and places like Romania and Bulgaria, if not on a permanent - on a rotational basis," ...
BULGARIAN ELECTION: Bulgaria: Prime Minister and Cabinet Step Down
Government Elections in Bulgaria (2005-2021): 2005 Parliamentary Elections 2006 Presidential Elections 2007 Municipal Elections 2009 Parliamentary Elections 2009 European Parliament elections 2011 Presidential Elections 2011 Local Elections 2013 Early parliamentary elections 2014 Early Parliamentary Elections 2015 Municipal Elections 2016 Presidential election 2017 Parliamentary elections 2019 European Parliament election (23-26 May) 2019 Bulgarian local elections 2019 Municipal Elections 2021 Parliamentary elections AS WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY PROPOSED, THIS PUTS BULGARIA BACK ON THE “RED LIGHT OF 30 YEARS OF COMMUNISM…” AS IN 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 AND 2020… According to Article 111(2) of the Constitution of the Republic of Bulgaria, Prime Minister Boyko Borisov submitted to the newly elected 45th National Assembly the resignation of the Council of ...
ALIVE, ALIVE once again!
For almost two decades now, we have published this Easter article without the proper picture. When Church of God World Missions first published it around 2002, I could only find one of the late-in-life pictures of my late grandmother. However, with our current research for the 100th anniversary of Pentecostalism in Bulgaria for Brill, SPS and EPTA, new historical evidences have been discovered related to this article. Beside pictures of my grandmother from the early age as one of the first Sunday School teachers in the Bulgarian Assemblies of God, the British Library published a number of early minutes and ...
An Open Letter about the Global Crisis of Civil Society since 2020
An Open Letter about the Global Crisis of Civil Society since 2020 Darin Stephanov, Ph.D. (historian, Harvard) Bistra Strechkova, microbiologist (formerly with Novartis Pharmaceuticals Dear friends, colleagues, and acquaintances we have crossed paths with at some point in life: My wife Bistra and I hereby commence this long and difficult letter to you, which we consider our civic duty. We wish to share our reflections about various aspects of last year’s (and ongoing) crisis, as well as to express some well-justified misgivings about the future on the basis of all that has come to pass over the course of the past year and to ...
Cup & Cross Ministries Offers Ministry Leadership Table
Parts of Leadership Table will be available on Gumbo Podcast. For more information visit www.CupandCross.com
8 Facts about Giving and Tithing in 2021
Okay, so this is going to be a bit of a depressing church statistics. During the Great Depression, Americans gave 3.3% of their income to their church. Today, it’s only 2.5% of their income. Less give to church in 2020 than during the Great Depression 1. Small Portion Of Tithers Despite growing your church’s membership, you might find tithing doesn’t automatically increase. In fact, only 10% to 25% of church members tithe regularly. 2. Online Tithing Boosts Tithing What church doesn’t want to increase tithing? The same Nonprofit Source study as above shows that offering online tithing increases tithing by 32%. This means it’s well worth ...
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Christmas Book Sale: Psychological Exploration of Communist and Post Communist Bulgaria
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Cooking Traditions of Bulgaria (now on Kindle)
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The Unrealized Spiritual Harvest of Bulgarian Churches in North America
….A closer examination of the ministry and structure of the network of Bulgarian...
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New EU Vaccination Certificates Create Risk
April 15, 2021
Missionaries without COVID vaccine at a high risk of travel ban Vaccination Certificates Create Risk of Two-Tier Society, Indirect Discrimination Covid-status certificates being considered by ministers to help open up society could amount to unlawful indirect discrimination, the government’s independent... [Read more]
Pentagon: US Should Deploy More Troops in Bulgaria as Tensions Rise between Ukraine and Russia
April 10, 2021
Former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper says the United States should deploy more troops along the Black Sea in Bulgaria and Romania to deter potential aggression from Russia as tensions between Moscow and Washington heat up. Esper, now a fellow at the McCain Institute for International Leadership... [Read more]
BULGARIAN ELECTION: Bulgaria: Prime Minister and Cabinet Step Down
April 5, 2021
Government Elections in Bulgaria (2005-2021): 2005 Parliamentary Elections 2006 Presidential Elections 2007 Municipal Elections 2009 Parliamentary Elections 2009 European Parliament elections 2011 Presidential Elections 2011 Local Elections 2013 Early parliamentary elections 2014 Early Parliamentary... [Read more]
ALIVE, ALIVE once again!
April 5, 2021
For almost two decades now, we have published this Easter article without the proper picture. When Church of God World Missions first published it around 2002, I could only find one of the late-in-life pictures of my late grandmother. However, with our current research for the 100th anniversary of Pentecostalism... [Read more]
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