Who can bury their dead in Kyrgyzstan? The government is ensuring Christians can’t participate.
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Who can bury their dead in Kyrgyzstan? The government is ensuring Christians can’t participate.
Read moreWhat are the limits for Christian life and witness in Central Asia.
Read moreWhile the overall rate of HIV in Kyrgyzstan is low, it is rising, and the country is now among the top seven countries in the world for rapidly increasing HIV rates.
Read moreThe Central Asian Republics are concerned about the impact on them of growing militancy as the end of NATO’s role in Afghanistan draws near. This has implications for the church as well.
Read moreUnrest in Kyrgyzstan raises the spectre of instability as the government reacts rather than responds to the cries of the people.
Read moreAlthough bride kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan has primarily happened in the countryside, the illegal activity is taking place in Bishkek as well. As rural migrants flood into the city, young men too poor to afford the pageantry of a traditional wedding
Read moreThere are many Kyrgyz and Russian-speaking churches. A big issue, however, is the discipling of new believers. So often, people who have been in the faith for a long time haven’t really grown and are stuck in their old patterns.
Read moreThe anticipated pullout of troops from Afghanistan will have a significant, even severe, political, social, economic and religious impact on Central Asia. The return of those who have fought alongside the Taliban, the expected increase in the flow of drugs
Read moreA 2011 study on homeless people in Bishkek introduced ins report in this sobering way: “In spite of being a small city with less than a million population, the number of homeless people in Bishkek exceeds 3500 and according to
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