Greece Part 3
One final stop: the Evangelical Greek Bible College in Pikermi (near Athens). This is the only evangelical college in the country, and we had the blessing of staying here for an entire week. On our way to church the first morning, we passed sheep heads on the grill. The cook insisted on a selfie :) We worshipped with one of the very few evangelical churches in the area. The pastor of this small congregation served in Papua, Indonesia before becoming a missionary to Greece. He walked in wearing a Papuan shirt for the first time in a while, and the Indonesian student from our group excitedly connected with him. He pointed out a large picture on the wall of his father ministering as a missionary among a Papuan tribe on the student's home island! The pastor, Jonathan, also directs Hellenic ministries; he shared with our team about the persecution they have faced: beatings, imprisonments, arrests and ostracization. They receive this pushback from the Greek Orthodox church and some mem...