Publishing Reformed Theological Literature in Poland's Heart Language (VIDEO)
In much of Eastern Europe today, even if young people can speak English, it’s mostly limited. They may know enough to get around or have a friendly conversation, but when it comes to theological terms, that vocabulary is just not there in English. But it is there in their native language or “heart language.” Eastern Europe has long faced a theological famine, with few Christian resources available in believers' native languages.
When Ukrainian church planter Sasko Nazamutdimov came to faith in western Ukraine at 12 years old, the only church resources his church could share with him were in Russian, because nobody wanted to invest into publishing in Ukrainian. Now pastoring a church in Poland, Sasko recognizes the vast need for resources in Polish. In addition to other things the church is doing, they’ve opened a publishing house, which publishes a couple dozen books a year of sound Reformed Christian literature.
“We wanted to have something to give to people,” Sasko says. “And we started translating primarily from English into Polish.” They’ve seen this ministry affect even the wider national church in Poland. “We get responses from people from other denominations, Christians from other churches. It's even affecting them, how it's affecting their preaching and some of the things that their ministers are now saying. I think we filled a niche that was needed to be filled because the need was great.”
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SEE MOREPray that believers in Poland would get theological materials they need in their heart language through a new publishing ministry.
Pray the newly formed denomination, the Presbyterian Church in Poland, and the establishment of a new multicultural, biblical, Reformed church in Krakow. Poland is a new field for MTW, borne out of the crisis in Ukraine.
Give thanks for and pray for MTW's ministry in Krakow, Poland. Thank God for the opportunity to open a field there.
Pray for the English Club ministry in Sofia, Bulgaria, and the Bible study that has sprung out of it. Pray that God will use this ministry to draw many to Himself.
Pray for the 15 Ukrainian churches planted with support from MTW, as many pastors and congregations still face very-real dangers amidst the war with Russia.
Pray for Boris and Niki, two national partners from Bulgaria, as they move through a pastoral internship and into a new stage of ministry. Give thanks for God's work in their lives.
Pray for the Roma people in Slovakia, that God would draw them to Himself, and grow the young body of believers there.
Give thanks for the aid given through Crates for Ukraine and pray that God would mobilize people to participate in the next iteration that has just launched. www.cratesforukraine.com
Pray for MTW's work in a part of eastern Norway considered to be the most secular region of the country. Pray as our missionaries and national partners seek seek to be salt and light, and to plant biblical, God-centered churches.
Pray for the new believers God is drawing to Himself in Ukraine, and for those returning to faith in the wake of war.
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