It was great to hear exciting news from Stephen Bell, pictured below, who is now working for the European Christian Mission in Croatia having moved on from Albania.
Stephen’s story of how he became a Christian, his call to work in Albania and when he was one of the first missionaries into the country after they opened their borders in 1991 is told in God’s Secret Listener.
He and his wife Tabita and family are working in Zagreb where tonight they are hosting a Balkan Conference in Croatia for 100 people.
Eleven Brazilian and five Ukrainian Christian leaders are joining members from churches in Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and hopefully Serbia to look at church planting in the Balkans with the Operation Fifty Years in Five project.
They will be joined by ECM’s Johan Lukasse and Stephanie Shackelford and also by the Rev Paul Kingman, the vicar of Christ Church in Stone, who flew out today for the conference.
Stephen said the aim of the conference was to seek to mobilize 12 or more Brazilian missionaries plus six or more Ukrainians to start the project next year.
After it finishes on Monday three minibuses will travel more than 2,000 kilometres on a vision trip from October 10-17 so the overseas leaders can meet and travel with the seven Balkan church planting project overseers.
“We will have meetings in six churches and church plants, as well as praying over six envisioned new church plants,” added Stephen.
For more details contacts the European Christian Mission, 50 Billing Road, Northampton, NN1 5DB, or email ECM.GB@ecmi.org or go to www.ecmi.org/revivalinthebalkans
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