Free at last!

Jonathan Stephen  |  Features
Date posted:  1 Mar 2003
Share Add       

Ian Stillman, deaf and disabled himself, has a Christian ministry among the deaf in India. He spent two years in prison there on false charges of drug-smuggling. He was released and came back to the UK in December 2002 after a vigorous campaign for his release.

JS: Most Christians want to know how you managed to cope spiritually during your long term of imprisonment.

IS: I had a copy of the Bible and was able to read a wide range of books and magazines both secular and spiritual either brought in by people visiting or sent in by post. Nearly everything was censored by the prison guards, so I don't think that everything got through. However, sometimes it was so cold or I was too exhausted or having bad phantom pains, so that it was too difficult to concentrate to read or write.

Share
< Previous article| Features| Next article >
Read more articles by Jonathan Stephen >>

Left in the Cart?

What amazes me is not that Jimmy Carter still holds to the same, tired, truthless ecumenical agenda that one had …

The current crisis in evangelicalism

Nearly a decade ago, a book was published called The Coming Evangelical Crisis (Moody Press). It spoke of ‘disturbing theological …

Looking for a job?

Browse all our current job adverts

Search

Subscribe

Enjoy our monthly paper and full online access

Find out more