You may have seen this one on the Internet, but we were just imagining what would happen if people tried avoiding bathing with the same excuses they use for avoiding church.

It is that time again! Pastor Lon Solomon is preparing to lead his 25th tour to Israel. Many of you know that Pastor Solomon is a Jewish believer in Jesus who has been serving on our Board of Directors since 1987. We always have readers inquiring about tours and are happy to recommend that you contact Lon Solomon about his.

From time to time you see the city of Dnepropetrovsk mentioned in our Bits from the Branches. We've reported on evangelistic campaigns there as well. Now we'd like to introduce you to this small, but very active missionary branch in the heart of Ukraine.

When you think of Japan, you probably don't think of Jewish people. And when you think of missionaries to Japan, well, again Jewish people probably do not come to mind. But a Jewish believer in Jesus named Bernard Jean Bettelheim has the littleknown distinction of being the first Protestant" missionary to Okinawa.