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Hampers of grace: witnessing to local businesses

Trevor Ramsey  |  World
Date posted:  18 Dec 2024
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Hampers of grace: witnessing to local businesses

The English Church with their hampers

Approximately 50,000 English speakers live on Spain’s Costa Blanca. Many of them operate small businesses, cafes, bars, and restaurants, or provide other legal or residential expat services.

Their lifestyles are not just laid back and easygoing, as you may imagine. That may be the lot of the ‘retiree,’ but for the business owner, life is just as challenging as running a small business anywhere.

In the Rincon area of Benidorm, there are many such businesses. Here also is the building used by The English Church, an evangelical light in the darkness, a place where the gospel is taught, worship is given, and community is found for many lonely people.

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