ROMANIA
Romania is an agriculturally rich region that has enjoyed steady progress since overthrowing its communist regime in 1989. Its Black Sea coastlines have become a popular tourism destination while the Carpathian Mountains tower over the west.
Beginning in 1947, Romania became an independent communist state with a highly oppressive regime. The secret police were among the most ruthless and invasive in Eastern Europe. Under communist rule, the Church faced widespread persecution. Christians endured forced labor, torture, exile, and even death.
In December 1989, a swift and bloody revolution swept through Romania following the government’s attempted ousting of pastor László Tőkés in Timișoara. Protests turned into riots that eventually led to the arrest and execution of President Nicolae Ceaușescu on Christmas Day.
Since the fall of communism, a significant revival has swept through Romania. The pain endured by so many Christians has set the stage for an amazing new chapter in the Church’s history and you can be a part of it.
Today, there are nearly 6,000 churches established across the country. With Europe’s fourth largest evangelical population, Romania has become a strategic focus for missions agencies who are planting churches in the country’s unchurched villages. Still, 67,000 people remain completely unreached within Romania and countless communities are still without a local church.
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In 2022, e3 Partners' work has seen 89,000 churches planted. Yes, you read that correctly, 89,000 churches planted in one year. It is amazing to see how God is expanding His Kingdom around the world and He is using the long-term missionaries of e3 Partners, short-term trips led by e3 Partners nonresident missionaries and the labor of e3 Partners US staff. While we are overwhelmed by the rapid expanding of the church around the world, there is one thing about this number that brings our e3 Partners family pause. Most of these churches planted have been planted outside the borders of the United States. This fact breaks my heart. This is my family and I's home, This is the country we love. This is the country that God has used to bring so many blessings that we enjoy. We love America. But so many in America are far from God.
With this Brutal Fact in view, e3 Partners asked me to lead the Made to Multiply initiative. Made to Multiply is a strategy for North America. With this strategy we will see over 1,000,000 believers in this country trained with simple, biblical, reproducible tools for sharing their God-story, sharing God's Gospel and making disciples who will do the same. And by equipping the U.S. church to make disciples and starting disciple making groups many will be envisioned to take the beautiful Gospel to the places in this country and around the world who are starved for it.
We cannot wait to see what God will do through this endeavor and we need supporters like you to join us in prayer and financial commitment. Thank you for any consideration and generosity.
Joshua Spinks
Director of e3 Partners
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