SPOTLIGHT Central Europe

New Testament Study Bibles Presented to President of Warsaw Theological Seminary

   Today we presented 37 New Testament Study Bibles to the President of Warsaw Theological Seminary Peter Nowak. These Bibles were donated by Highway Tabernacle Assembly of God Church in Youngstown, Ohio as a gift to the graduating class. Pictured in the photo are--from left to right--A/G Missionaries Rich McLane and Dennis Holcomb; I am presenting a Study Bible to President Peter Nowak.

Preaching at Capital City Church in Warsaw / Poland Field Fellowship

    This morning I had the honor of preaching at the Capital City Church in Warsaw. The church was founded in 1947 though persecuted, It survived under communism. In 1982 Rev. Edward Czajko began the construction of the present building. It was built on land that the communist allowed them to purchase because the land was considered one of the worst building places in all of Warsaw.  Today that land is the most valuable land in all of Poland. Rev. Edward Kuczynsky is now the pastor of the church. 
    This evening we held a Poland field fellowship. We met for a time of fellowship, prayer and planning. Pictured in the photo to the left are A/G Missionaries: Rich, Lori & Josh McLane (Warsaw); David, Michele, David Jr. & Peter Lewindowski (Wroclaw); Dennis & Diane Holcomb (Szczecin) and I. Curt, Sara, Daniel & Beth Hobbs (Krakow) are a part of the Poland team but not in the photo. They are presently on iteneration and will return to Poland in April.

Warsaw Tehological Seminary Construction Site

    I arrived in Warsaw today. Beautiful weather--sunny and warm. Was greeted at the airport by A/G Missionary Richard McLane. We Went directly to the Warsaw Theological Seminary to meet with  missionary seminary president Peter Nowak and to tour the new building construction site. The construction of the building has gone ahead largely because of the many MAPS and construction teams that have come from the churches in the USA. And because of there continued help, the building is soon to be completed.
     Also at the seminary was General Superintendent of the Swiss Pentecostal church Rev. Max Schläpfer. Rev. Schläpfer was teaching a course on the Pastoral Epistles and pastor board relationships. Pictured in the top photo-from left to right--A/G Missionary Rich McLane; Jim Sabella, General Superintendent Max Schläpfer; seminary President Peter Nowak. Below is a photo of the new seminary construction project.

A/G Missionary Field Fellowship-Budapest, Hungary

    On Monday March 12th, the Assemblies of God Missionaries from Hungary, joined together with Greg Mundis (Europe Regional Director) his wife Sandie, Sherry and me for a field fellowship. The fellowship was held in Budapest. Pictured are from left to right: Dave & Karmi Buckley; Greg & Sandie Mundis; Rick & Lori Wislocky; Paul & Jocylen Gracza; Sherry and I.

Europe Regional Director Visits Three Countries / General Superintendents Meet in Budapest, Hunagry

   On March 7th, Greg Mundis (Europe Regional Director) and his wife Sandie arrived in Vienna. For the next couple of days we (Sherry, Greg, Sandie and I)  had meetings in Vienna with the Vienna Christian Center team and with the missionaries living and ministering in Austria.
   They toured the new building that was purchased by VCC and had a field fellowship with all the AGWM missionaries in Austria (see earlier post).
   On Saturday the 10th we traveled to Kosice, Slovakia and on Sunday the 11th, Greg preached at the church in Kosice. It is a church of about 600 people one of the biggest Pentecostal churches in Central Europe. From there we travels to Budapest Hungary where we met with the AGWM Missionaries to Hungary for a field fellowship.
   We also sponsored the yearly Central Europe Superintendents' Conference held March 12-14 at the Hotel Bara in Budapest. Pentecostal Church General Superintendents and church leaders from the Central Europe area attended. The photo (Upper Left) is a picture of the group attending the conference. It was taken at a place called the Citadel, in the city of Budapest.

Austria Field Fellowship Welcomes Regional Director Greg & Sandie Mundis

    The Austria field was host to Assemblies of God Regional Director Greg Mundis and his wife Sandie.
    The field met at the Stand Cafe in Vienna for a field fellowship. Assemblies of God missionaries from all over Austria attended the fellowship. The photo was taken during the field fellowship.