Russians are only now re-learning Christmas. There was no official Christmas holiday in Russia between 1925 and 1992. Its reintroduction also is greatly hampered by
Billy Kim is pastor emeritus of Suwon Central Baptist Church and was the first Asian to serve as president of the Baptist World Alliance, a
Mauricio Vargas has lived in the United States about 20 years but has family in El Salvador and visits three or four times a year,
Anna Maffei is president of the Christian Evangelical Baptist Union of Italy, which includes 116 churches and 6,200 members. Christmas is the feast of the
Rod Benson is an ethicist and director of public theology for the Tinsley Institute, based at Morling College in Sydney, Australia. He is a former
Daniël Trusiewicz of Poland oversees the European Baptist Federation’s Indigenous Missionary Project, an effort to facilitate evangelism and planting new Baptist churches in Europe, the
Isaac Mwase is currently a cancer-prevention fellow with the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Md. Previously he taught at Tuskegee University and Ouachita Baptist University
Lois Mitchell is justice initiatives coordinator for Canadian Baptist Ministries, a national partnership of four Baptist conventions and unions serving more than 1,000 Baptist congregations
