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Emanuel and Tereza Negru
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WORD OF LIFE | ATHENS, GREECE
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June 10, 2020
We hope this email finds you well and safe in our Father's protective hand, especially in these unprecedented times.
We would like to bring to your attention an unprecedented ministry opportunity that God is graciously giving us in Greece. As of May 4, after 6 weeks of quarantine, Greece has gradually experienced an easing of restrictive measures which has allowed us to make safe plans for the summer. That is how the idea of an Evangelistic Tour of Greece came about. Here are the details.
Evangelistic Tour: July 1-31, 2020 in 25 towns/cities throughout the country.
This will be a very exciting and intense effort for giving out the Gospel in open air settings as well as supporting the local churches in the area of evangelism and training and mobilizing new teenagers. We pray for the participants in this event to get an even clearer vision of what God has in store for their life and to seriously consider the mission field. Part of the plan is in the next years to send them to the Bible Institute and have them join our team if God will lead them in this this way.
Purpose: to support 25 churches from different cities/towns/villages of Greece with evangelistic outreaches/open-air evangelism in their area.
- Participants: 21 teenagers/young people from Greece + 14 Bible Institute students from the US
- Period: 31 days
- Estimate of evangelistic sketch board presentations: 270
- Estimate of people hearing the Gospel: 2,700-5,000
- Estimate of personal conversations: 2,700
- Mobilized churches: 25
Vision:
- that at least 10 of these churches will start going out to evangelize on a weekly basis
- to start Bible Clubs (weekly evangelistic & discipleship ministry, training and encouraging teenagers to reach other teenagers for Christ) for teenagers/young people in these 10 churches.
Facts about Greece:
- Greece - only 0.18% are Evangelical Christians
- It is illegal to share the gospel in any way with minors under 18 years of age
- For 99,9% of the people that we approach it is the first time someone interacts with them for sharing the Gospel.
- The New Testament was not translated in the contemporary Greek until 1987 and it wasn't available until 1995.
- During the economic crisis Greece had the fastest increase of suicide rate in Europe.
- The teenagers we disciple are the only teenagers that share the Gospel and disciple others of their age on a weekly basis.
Evangelistic Tour Needs: $25.000
We would like to challenge you to prayerfully consider the possibility of financially supporting this unique ministry opportunity through a one time donation that will make a difference in such a time as this.
As you know, this is a big financial effort in a time like this, but we strongly believe it is worth it 100%. Please let us know if you need more details.
The donations for this can be sent to Word of Life for "Emanuel Negru/Greece" with the mention: Greece Project. 1. GIVE BY PHONE: Call at 518-494-6000 to give with a credit card, debit card, or check.
2. ONLINE GIVING: USA: https://give.wol.org/emanuelnegru OR CANADA: https://www.wol.ca/giving/people
3. CHECKS may be sent with the note: “Emanuel Negru/Greece: Greece Project” to:USA: Word of Life Fellowship,
P.O. Box 600, Schroon Lake, NY 12870
OR
CANADA: Word of Life,
617796 Grey Road 18, RR #8,
Owen Sound, ON N4K 5W4
Thank you.
Emanuel & Tereza Negru
Word of Life Greece
Online giving: https://give.wol.org/emanuelnegru
We hope this email finds you well and safe in our Father's protective hand, especially in these unprecedented times.
We would like to bring to your attention an unprecedented ministry opportunity that God is graciously giving us in Greece. As of May 4, after 6 weeks of quarantine, Greece has gradually experienced an easing of restrictive measures which has allowed us to make safe plans for the summer. That is how the idea of an Evangelistic Tour of Greece came about. Here are the details.
Evangelistic Tour: July 1-31, 2020 in 25 towns/cities throughout the country.
This will be a very exciting and intense effort for giving out the Gospel in open air settings as well as supporting the local churches in the area of evangelism and training and mobilizing new teenagers. We pray for the participants in this event to get an even clearer vision of what God has in store for their life and to seriously consider the mission field. Part of the plan is in the next years to send them to the Bible Institute and have them join our team if God will lead them in this this way.
Purpose: to support 25 churches from different cities/towns/villages of Greece with evangelistic outreaches/open-air evangelism in their area.
- Participants: 21 teenagers/young people from Greece + 14 Bible Institute students from the US
- Period: 31 days
- Estimate of evangelistic sketch board presentations: 270
- Estimate of people hearing the Gospel: 2,700-5,000
- Estimate of personal conversations: 2,700
- Mobilized churches: 25
Vision:
- that at least 10 of these churches will start going out to evangelize on a weekly basis
- to start Bible Clubs (weekly evangelistic & discipleship ministry, training and encouraging teenagers to reach other teenagers for Christ) for teenagers/young people in these 10 churches.
Facts about Greece:
- Greece - only 0.18% are Evangelical Christians
- It is illegal to share the gospel in any way with minors under 18 years of age
- For 99,9% of the people that we approach it is the first time someone interacts with them for sharing the Gospel.
- The New Testament was not translated in the contemporary Greek until 1987 and it wasn't available until 1995.
- During the economic crisis Greece had the fastest increase of suicide rate in Europe.
- The teenagers we disciple are the only teenagers that share the Gospel and disciple others of their age on a weekly basis.
Evangelistic Tour Needs: $25.000
We would like to challenge you to prayerfully consider the possibility of financially supporting this unique ministry opportunity through a one time donation that will make a difference in such a time as this.
As you know, this is a big financial effort in a time like this, but we strongly believe it is worth it 100%. Please let us know if you need more details.
The donations for this can be sent to Word of Life for "Emanuel Negru/Greece" with the mention: Greece Project. 1. GIVE BY PHONE: Call at 518-494-6000 to give with a credit card, debit card, or check.
2. ONLINE GIVING: USA: https://give.wol.org/emanuelnegru OR CANADA: https://www.wol.ca/giving/people
3. CHECKS may be sent with the note: “Emanuel Negru/Greece: Greece Project” to:USA: Word of Life Fellowship,
P.O. Box 600, Schroon Lake, NY 12870
OR
CANADA: Word of Life,
617796 Grey Road 18, RR #8,
Owen Sound, ON N4K 5W4
Thank you.
Emanuel & Tereza Negru
Word of Life Greece
Online giving: https://give.wol.org/emanuelnegru