Desiring God recently partnered with Yeni Yaşam Yayinlari (New Life Publishers) in Turkey to translate Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ into Turkish.

It's very exciting to have this book translated, because ministering to Turkish-speaking people involves many nations, not just Turkey. Bulgaria, Germany, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Moldova and other countries all have large populations of Turkish-speaking people.

We chose to translate Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ because it's accessible to both unbelievers and new believers.

It was written so that people would see Jesus for who he really is and come to enjoy him above all else. Pray with us that God would use this new t…

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The Christians in India’s east coast region of Orissa, largely the Dalit, are still struggling to recover from the devastating anti-Christian violence that occurred in 2008.

During the sudden attacks from August through October, about 54,000 Christians were displaced from their homes. Only a few thousand have been able to return.

Most of the violence was in the Kandhamal District where about 3,000 people are still in government relief camps. Some victims have moved out of the state to start new lives, but the majority still live in tents only a short distance from their former homes.

As the local government continues to downplay the seriousness of the attacks and provides mi…

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