Timisoara Report

We would like to briefly give you an update concerning the Lord’s ministry in Timisoara, Romania. We are so grateful to God for His faithfulness and abundant grace in sustaining the church plant ministry here and for all those of you who have faithfully prayed for us!
After almost six years of church plant laboring we are still praying and continuing to prepare in great expectancy to become a local church. For this purpose we keep preaching the Gospel first to ourselves and then to our community.
- We continue to have our weekly meeting for Bible study and prayer with our team members – at present our material for Bible study is Gospel Transformation.
- In the process of leadership training we are going to complete the study of the foundational doctrines based on A Faith to Live By [Temelia credintei] by Donald MacLeod. The biblical formation of future elders is quite challenging for us and we need to be faithful and patient, waiting for God’s timing.
- The weekly ladies’ Bible study and prayer time is going well and we are so grateful to see their growth in faith.
We have already started to plan and prepare for the Christmas event and would like to approach it as a great evangelistic opportunity for our community, being able to share the Good News of Christ’salvation with our friends and neighbors.
Prayer requests:
1) Please pray for us as a church plant team to be faithful and Christ-minded in our relationships and ministry approach.
2) Please continue to pray for our potential elders (Gabi, Adi and Marius) that they may become Spirit-convicted and empowered in regard to God’s ministry calling in their lives.
3) Please pray for Silvia Ficiu (one of our sisters in the Lord) who was diagnosed with breast cancer. She needs our prayer and encouragement support. May the Lord be glorified in the midst of her suffering and use it to have a Kingdom impact for her family and others.
4) Please pray for our national election on the 30th of November. May the Lord raise new political leaders in our parliament, men who are God-fearing, just, and trustworthy.
5) Please pray for the Christmas time to be a great spiritual refreshing time for our church and a grand Gospel proclamation occasion.
6) Please pray for our kids who are now at school and they have made new friends. May the Lord use them as little missionaries and Christ witnesses in the midst of their school context. Also the Lord may grant us the opportunity that through them we would be able to build relationships with the parents of their friends.

Again our gratitude in the Lord for your partnership in the Gospel with us through your prayers. May the Lord receive all glory and praise!