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As Christian communities were
identified, assistance became building of churches, laying foundations for
helping the Christian outreach by the local churches, and establishing food and
clothing banks and tools for evangelism in the hands of Romanian, Hungarian,
Bulgarian and Ukrainian Pastors.
We
purposed to bring the hidden Christian farmhouse Churches of Communism
out into the Light to draw others…giving encouragement and tools to the
steadfast Pastors & Leaders in Eastern Europe who endured 48 years of
oppression and secrecy.
Petrosani Filadelphia Church Pastor Doru at Banlok Romania Braila 2nd Pentecostal Church Container unloaded at Barn in Jebel Pastor Serin & his six boys at Greci Field Services at Lauralie Gypsy Camp Church Service at Gestani
Sponsored primarily by a church in Upsula, Sweden, Caleb Ministries partnered to provide the nursery, four kindergarten rooms and kitchen, free medical and dental clinics, and our west Romania Caleb Warehouse in the Petrosani Filadelphia Church, now spawning 11 satellite churches and a Bible College in
Transylvania. Caleb Ministries provides support for five churches in the West Bank of Romania at Jebel, Banlok, Partos, Deta and Dena and street ministries in two villages. The Deta Church has acquired and converted an old tractor factory into a large church and printing plant. Caleb Ministries sends containers of supplies to support this ministry and its outreaches to Serbian and Bosnian refugees. A grant of $10,000.00 as seed money, the Braila Church in southeast Romania acquired a former Orthodox church and commenced what has become the 2nd Pentecostal Church, a Caleb Warehouse/Clothing/food distribution center, Kindergarten, apartment, church depository and Caleb Romania offices. At Aionca, in
Transylvania, the Mixed Romanian/Gypsy Church was constructed for $2,500.00 with a Caleb Grant in 2001. When construction began the villagers dug the foundation without
measuring any of the lengths and widths. When the authorities came to give permits for occupancy the foundation was barely 2inches longer than the minimum required for a public building. During construction the white cross appeared suddenly in the masonry on the front portal of the church. This church is the first licensed mixed Romanian/Gypsy in the country. Near Petrican in Central East Romania the Neamt Village Church was provided its roof, electrical and heating and church furnishings by Caleb
Ministries for just over $300 in 1990. Frequently the support for new churches consists of containers of clothing, food, bibles and medical supplies for the pastors to use for church growth and outreach. The Greci Church was built for $25,000.00 on a farm in the Wilderness. Serving a sanctuary village for Lepers, the facility has a well and pea patch gardens open to the community and a farm house used as Pastors Manse and infirmary for the sick. The churches frequently are heated by wood stoves and furnished with simple wooden benches. Many Churches start out as Field Evangelisms such as this one at Lonca Gypsy Village. Caleb Volunteers bring food, clothes, and The Word of God each week. Once a church community is established, a church is planned and built. Churches have been fathered by Caleb Volunteers and our partners on Moldova and Romania at Greci, Lonca, Lauralie,
Neamt, Gaesti, Petrican, Aionca, Fantaelli, Luna deJos, and countless other sites since 1990. Often the field services include healing ministry, baptisms and evangelism.
Petrosani Filadelphia Church
Sponsored primarily by a church in Upsula, Sweden, Caleb Ministries partnered to provide the nursery, four kindergarten rooms and kitchen, free medical and dental clinics, and our west Romania Caleb Warehouse in the Petrosani Filadelphia Church, now spawning 11 satellite churches and a Bible College in
Transylvania.
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