SPOTLIGHT Central Europe

Europe Exhibit Huge Success

Just returned from Phoenix, Arizona and the 54th General Council of the Assemblies of God. We were there with the Europe team manning the Europe exhibit.

Hundreds visited. We served coffe and talked about our goal and passion to break the 3% barrier in Europe. Under 3% of the population of Europe are Evangelical Christians. For comparison 28.9 % of the people in USA are considered Evangelical Christian.

Here are a couple of photos from the booth. One is of the Effiel Tower. Two leggo builders were there to build Europe's landmarks out of leggos. Three out of every one hundred leggos were red. This was to signify the 3% barrier.

    

Here I am in a short video clip from the exhibit floor showing the Europe exhibit. There is also a short greeting from Dr. Greg Mundis, the newly elected Executive Director of the Assemblies of God World Missions.Thanks to Missionary Aaron Davis for editing and posting the video to Vimeo.

Jim Sabella, General Council Europe Booth 2011 from Aaron Davis on Vimeo.

 

 

New Video: Europe Wide Neworks Missionaries Sharing Resourses, Skills and Knowledge

Take a look at the new video about the Europe wide ministry networks. The Assemblies of God Europe missionaries are now connected via ten networks:

http://www.eyeoneurope.org/index.php/media/

Church Planting
International Church
Students
Children
Media
Compassion
Church Transformation
Ministerial Training
Culturally Diverse Communities
Evangelism

These networks enable the missionaries to share information, resources, skills, and knowledge with other A/G missionaries throughout Europe. This unique approach is making us more effective missionaries and leaders.

20 Years Ago Today the Berlin Wall Fell--The Voice of Freedom Ringing in Central Europe

    20 years ago today the Berlin wall fell bringing East and West together for the first time in 50 years. No one thought the the Communist regime would topple so quickly, but in a matter of days, 50 years of government oppression came to an end for those behind the wall. Freedom began to ring in Central Europe

    That day also made it possible for us to be here in Prague (former Czechoslovakia) and our other missionary colleagues to be in Berlin, other parts of East Germany, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary. We our honored to be here at this time in history.

    The voice for human rights and freedom still rings in Central Europe and a voice proclaiming freedom through Jesus Christ rings as well (John 8:36). Please pray with us for Central Europe.

Here is an interesting report from Tom Brokaw who was in Berlin when the wall fell.

Missionary Renewal / Awakening: Reawakinging Europe's Heart for God

    Just returned from Missionary Renewal in Springfield MO. Several hundred missionaries and their families gathered together at the Central Bible College campus for a time of refreshing and renewal. We had 7 families from the Central Europe area attend this year's MR. One missionary Barbara Klein was honored for 20 years of service as a missionary with the Assemblies of God World Missions. See photo left. From right to left: Barbara, Sherry, and me.

    I have also posted a photo (left) of Europe Regional Director Greg Mundis, introducing a new book titled, Again: Reawakening Europe's Hear for God. It is a book of amazing stories of how God is changing the hearts and lives of people all across Europe. The book sells for $5 but I have 10 free copies to give away. If you would like a copy and you are living in the USA. Please email me your mailing information at centraleuropeoffice@agmd.org and I will mail a copy to you (in USA only please) free of charge. One copy per family/address.

Kosovo Declares it's Independance from Serbia

   Just watched an historic event taking place. Kosovo has voted to secede from Serbia thus forming an independent state leaning toward and with ties to the west, especially the European Union. Both the United States and the European Union are expected to endorse their independence and accept them as a sovereign state.  Click here for BBC article

Happy New Year 2008!

Time: 00:01, January 1, 2008 Central Europe Time

Happy New Year 2008 from Central Europe!

Commissioning Service 2007

    At this evenings commissioning service, I had the honor of praying with the Tylers, newly appointed missionaries to Germany. This was the largest class of missionaries to ever be commissioned for full-time missionary service.

Europe Picnic 2007

    Tonight all of the Europe missionaries attended a picnic sponsored by the Europe Regional office. If you would like to see more photos of the picnic, click on the Europe Picnic 2007 photo album. The link is located on the bottom of the right hand column.

World Area Directors Meetings

    World AD Meetings were held on July 3-6, 2007 in Springfield, MO. Attending the meetings were all the Assemblies of God Area Directors from around the world as well as the Regional Directors, Executive Committee members, and Executive Director John Bueno. Sherry and I were honored to attend the meetings to represent the Central Europe Area along with the other ADs from Europe. For a list of Area Director and Region Directors, click the links below.

AREA DIRECTORS Listed by Region and Area
REGIONAL DIRECTORS Listed by Region

Missionary Associate Commissioning Service 2007

     Tonight Missionary Associates were commissioned for service. MAs work directly with missionaries on the field, and are a vital part of the missions team in Europe and around the world.
    Pictured in the top photo are all of the MAs and families standing on the platform, grouped by region. The Europe region MAs were located on the center left of the platform.
    You will notice the white markers on the auditorium seats on the right and left. These are reserved seat markers for the MAs and thier families. This years class was quite a large class.
    Pictured in the photo below is Regional Director Greg Mundis praying for Europe MAs.