Project: CE0001-63101

This project supports Mission Field National Pastor Sorin Trifa’s efforts​ within Romania and with church plants in Eurasia’s Balkan-Pontic​ Subregion, a mission field which spans the geographic area presently​ including Romania, Greece, Bulgaria, and Moldavia, with a goal for further​ expansion. This is the land in which the Roman Empire existed two ​millennia ago. It is the land of the Holy Apostles, and a place watered​ with the blood of the martyrs of Christ in the first Centuries.

But this​ region is spiritually dominated by churches in which the Gospel of Christ​ is no longer proclaimed as a means of Grace, but as a tool of the Law.​ Because of this, millions of Christians in this region live their lives in​ spiritual despair, trying desperately to find their way to salvation guided​ by the Law, and not by the Gospel. Rev. Trifa planted the Evangelical​ Lutheran Church of Romania in Bucharest and later expanded his church​ plants into Suceava, then Braşov. Through his zeal by the Holy Spirit, Trifa​ has helped the Eurasia region branch out from Romania to new mission​ fields further east and south within​ the Balkan-Pontic sub-region. Now​ accompanying Trifa’s mission efforts​ in the region are LCMS missionaries​ Rev. Dr. David Preus (Regional​ Director), Associate Regional Director Rev. Charles Ferry, and Rev. Jordon Andreasen.​ The main objectives include Bible​ classes and workshops with Ukrainian refugees, translation of sermons​ into Russian, procuring Russian language Bible class resources, an after-school​ youth program with the locals in Brașov, and a clothing drive to​ distribute to poor families on the outskirts of Brașov. Rev. Sorin Trifa​ regularly makes A7-TV appearances—an opportunity to speak the gospel​ to more than 200,000 viewers. Soon they will be joined by Ella and Ben Goehring, who will spread the Gospel by teaching English classes. The annual goal and opportunity to​ connect with this project through a voluntary act of giving is $100,000.​

Project ID: CE0001-63101

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Church Planting in the Balkan Region

Checks should be made out to: LCMS Memo line: CE0001-63101

Mail to:
The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod Mission Advancement
P.O. Box 66861
St. Louis, MO 63166-6861