The United Methodist Church in Lithuania

by David Markay

The United Methodist Church of Kaunas, Lithuania

The Rev. David Markay and his wife, the Rev. Kristin Markay, work with the reemerging United Methodist Church in Kaunas, Lithuania.

When the statues of Lenin and the Lithuanian Communist leader Kapsukas fell, the doors to organized religion swung open. Some of the former Methodist Church property has been reclaimed, and more congregations are being formed in the new and emerging church.

David Markay writes of crippling poverty, high unemployment, the effects of long-term isolation and alienation, and a growing, vital church in spite of it all.

Kristin Markay plays the guitar at church. Her daughter Hannah is in the foreground

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Photos courtesy David and Kristin Markay. Unless otherwise noted, all photographs are copyright © The General Board of Global Ministries, The United Methodist Church and courtesy, New World Outlook magazine.