Brad,* a Central Eurasia team member living in Turkey, met a young man, Cem, at a coffee shop in Istanbul. During the conversation, Brad told him a parable from the Bible. When Brad opened his Bible to show Cem the same parable he had just related, Cem’s eyes grew wide. “You actually have a Bible!” he exclaimed. “I’ve always wanted to read one of these!” That day Cem eagerly received his very first Bible. Across Turkey, the vast majority of people have never read God’s Word. Many of them have never even seen a Bible. Turkey has no official state…
