Our dear sister Murl Marshall, a long-time member of the Bank Hall ecclesia in Barbados, fell asleep in the Lord on January 28, 2026. Sister Murl was in her 90th year at her death (October 4, 1936 - January 28, 2026). She spent several years in the UK, where she was a well-respected Sunday school teacher, before returning to Barbados. All those who met Sister Murl went away impressed with her knowledge of the scriptures and, most of all, her love for her God. continue reading

As I left home to make my way to the airport, leaving for Costa Rica to participate in their yearly Bible School, I thought about the many times I had done this before. This year marks 40 years since I first met the original members of the Costa Rica Ecclesia in Santa Barbara, and had the blessing of working with them to help them come to a full knowledge of the truth of the Scriptures. The Word of God took hold quickly in Santa Barbara, a small town in the province of Heredia in Costa Rica, and Santa Barbara soon became the location of the second Costa Rican ecclesia, the first being the ecclesia in San Jose. (The two ecclesias continued for a while, and eventually combined leaving just the Santa Barbara Ecclesia.) continue reading

It was about 30 years ago that Christadelphians first came to Saint Lucia and started to preach there were good results in those early days with a number of baptisms and the basis of an ecclesia. During the 10 years before we first came here in 2005 many brothers and sisters had come for extended stays sometimes for as long as six months and ecclesia was in place by the time we came here in 2005. continue reading