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Relevant - Inspiring - Intimate - Authentic - Supernatural
These are keys to the new youth church
planting movement in Romania.
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Mission Connection Founder
Paul Grimes, "Everywhere I have been lately, whether in America, Poland,
Slovakia, or Romania, I am hearing a cry from the new generation of believers
and young church leaders. Their cry is for a church that is relative to
their generation. A place where they can bring their unsaved friends and
neighbors and know that they will be accepted. A place where they can freely
worship God, where they can come as they are. But most of all, a place where
there can find intimacy with God without wading through church policy and
traditions.
It is my firm conviction that we are about to see a major explosion of church
planting all over the world! Most of the new church plants will be made
up of a new generation of young people. Most will have no religious background
and these churches will be designed to meet the needs of the modern man.
Every aspect of these churches will be contemporary in nature.
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The Gospel must
be communicated with relevancy
The gospel
is always relevant to hurting people who need God in their lives. However,
the vehicles we use to reach each new generation with the gospel of Jesus
Christ must be different. Today's youth need solutions to their problems.
The church must be culturally relevant. Youth need to understand
that the Bible applies to their life. This is why Mission Connection
desires to see hundreds of youth meeting centers established throughout Romania.
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Why are we focusing
our ministry on young people?
The youth
of Romania wander the streets. Some may be fortunate to still live with
parents. Most are lost, hurting, and without hope or direction. Romania’s
govenment has released countless youngsters from 12 to 18 from orphanages
in response to the Europen Union’s dissatisfaction with the orphan situation
in Romania. Where do these young people go? Some stay on the streets.
Others are sold into trafficking. Many turn to drugs and prostitution.
The opportunity to reach these young people searching for answers is huge! Statistics
tell us that 80% of Christians became Christians before they were 15 years
old, 90% before they were 21 years old, and a full 97% of believers become
believers before they turn 30 years old. Therefore we must utilize our
resources and focus our energy on planting churches that effectively reach
them.
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Mission Connection adheres
to the Indigenous Church Principle. This principle states that for the
National Church to grow and prosper according to scripture, it must become
self-supporting, self-governing, and self-propagating. Support begins
with inception and diminishes as the church becomes well established.
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Targoviste
- Read testimonies
from Missionaries Allan & Linda Taylor about how lives are being changed.
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Read our
recent newsletter
from Pastor Mihai Tarnaveschi at "Hope of Life" church in Targoviste. (pdf
format)
News of the recent Hope
of Life and Mission Connection camp. 35 new brothers and sister in the
Lord during the camp. God is awesome!
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For more information
on how you can particpate in church planting or if you would like to send
a missions team to help with a church plant, please send an email indicating
your interest to info@missionconnection.org |
