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CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE
REGIONAL OFFICE
Welcome to our 2006 Key Partner Consultation!
The Regional Leadership Team of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) greets you in the name of
our Lord Jesus. We are excited about the meeting this year and are so glad that you have come.
Through this conference we hope to facilitate your joining or continuing with our region as a
partner.
CEE is a region consisting of 25 countries with a total population of about 400 million.
Currently 62 IMB strategy coordinators and their teams seek daily to share the hope of salvation
with the lost of our region, but without your partnership millions will continue to die without
hope.
Thank you for giving us the privilege of sharing God’s work in CEE with you and to introduce
you to our vision, opportunities to serve, and strategies. We also look forward to learning more
about you and your ministry and sense of calling. Thank you as well for your prayers and
generous support and giving through the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering and Cooperative
Program!
Sincerely in Christ,
Rodney Hammer, Regional Leader
Central and Eastern Europe, IMB-SBC
“HOPE FOR EVERY HEART, A CHURCH-PLANTING MOVEMENT FOR EVERY PEOPLE”
IMB Richmond, 3806 Monument Avenue, P. O. Box 6767, Richmond, VA 23230-0767, telephone (804) 353-0151
International Board s.r.o. • Španělská 10, 120 00 Praha 2, Czech Republic • Telephone: 42/(0) 2 2118 0200
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Table of Contents
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What is a Key Partner Consultation? 1
Help Desks 2
Campus Map 3
Leadership Team 4-6
An Additional Who’s Who 6
Schedules 7A-7E
Baltic Field 8
Belarus, Ukraine and Satellites Field 9-10
Central Europe Field 11-12
Russia Field 13-16
South Europe Field 17-19
CEE “Quick Facts” 20
CEE Fields Countries 20
CEE Vision, Values and F.I.R.S.T. Priorities 21
Some Helpful CEE Definitions 22-24
Existing Partnerships in CEE 25
Existing VSCs in CEE 26
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What is a Key Partner Consultation?
Strategic Partnering in CEE
Learn how God is at work in the Central Eastern Europe Region of the IMB
Be challenged to seek the Lord on what He would have you your church do
Meet with missionaries from your area of interest
Discuss the details that surround getting involved
Student ministry sub-track available
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Hear reports of how God is at work and how he might be calling you to join in the
effort of reaching this vast region for Christ. Take part in these sessions and learn
how you can partner with our missionaries. The following topics will be discussed:
Hope Communications—Using Media to See Christ Glorified in CEE
Get insight on the communications strategy for reaching CEE
Find out what it takes to package media for misstions
Discover what Hope Communications is and how you can be involved?
Learn how you can help us engage unreached people groups with media
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Are you a Christian working in the media profession? Would you like to use your
gifts and talents to help bring the hope of Jesus Christ to the lost in Central and
Eastern Europe? Consider joining us as you look over the topics that will be
discussed at this year’s KPC:
Accelerate Hope through Virtual Strategy Coordination
Join us and learn how your church or ministry can serve as a virtual strategy
coordinator and help facilitate a church-planting movement in an area where there
is currently no IMB personnel. The following topics will be discussed:
Get an explanation of how strategy coordination works on the field
Learn what is involved in virtual strategy coordination (VSC)
Get an overview of intentional church planting
Unpack all that it takes for your church or ministry to be a VSC
Hear some real examples from VSCs
Receive an introduction on how to develop intercessory prayer networks
Dialog with regional and field leadership about a possible commitment for your
church or ministry becoming a VSC
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Pray FIRST—Prayer Advocacy Training
Prayer is a vital ministry that is at the top of the list for all strategies used by IMB
missionaries in Central and Eastern Europe. Stateside prayer advocates (those
that seek to increase prayer) are key partners in these efforts. The Pray FIRST
sessions will help explore what these strategies look like and how a stateside
advocate can work strategically to see prayer increased for a missionary, a
missionary team, and the people groups that these missionaries are reaching with
the Gospel.
Encounter CEE – Special One-Night Event
Encounter CEE is a time of God stories, prayer and worship for the Central and
Eastern Europe Region of the IMB (CEE). Close to twenty-five missionaries,
including all of the leadership from CEE, will join and interact with you during this
special service to praise God for how He is at work and to seek how God may
be leading His people to reach the lost of the vast region of CEE.
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Have any Questions?
Check out one of our Help Desks!
IMB resources Church Services
IMB representatives will be available to
answer questions concerning IMB church
services and resources.
KPC Information
Got a question concerning any aspect of
this Key Partner Consultation? Want to
know more about the Central and Eastern
Europe region? Don’t know who to see
about further involvement? Just ask!
Reaching the Former Soviet Union
The International Mission Board begins
a focus on the former Soviet Union in
the spring of 2007, giving Southern Bap-
tists a look at how God is working in this
area. If you have a question about what
this emphasis will mean for you or your
church, please just ask!
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Immanuel Baptist Campus Map
Large Group Meeting – Building A - Chapel
KPC Tracks – Building A - 2nd Floor
Strategic Partnering - Room 208
Accelerate Hope - Room 201
Pray FIRST - Room 205
Student Reaching Students - Room 206
Hope Communications - Room 206 (Saturday)
Field Breakouts – Building A - 2nd Floor
Rooms 206B, 208, 208A, 208B, 208C (see signs)
Encounter CEE/International Banquet – Building B - Worship Center
Breakfast Lunch – Building C - Fellowship Hall
Help Desks – Building A - Room 202
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Leadership Team
CEE Regional Leadership Team
Rodney Hammer rodham@everyheart.net
Regional Leader stateside cell 623.910.8463
Prague, Czech Republic
Lynn Terrill lcterrill@pobox.com
Administrative Associate
Prague, Czech Republic
Mark Edworthy markedworthy@pobox.com
Baltic Field Strategy Associate Richmond Associate stateside cell 804.439.3977
Richmond, Virginia
Mick Stockwell mickstock@everyheart.net
Belarus, Ukraine and Satellites Field Strategy Associate
Kiev, Ukraine
Mark Aderholt aderholt@pobox.com
Central Europe Field Strategy Associate
Budapest, Hungary
Ed Tarleton edtar@everyheart.net
Russia Field Strategy Associate
Moscow, Russia
Marc Byrd marbyr@everyheart.net
South Europe Field Strategy Associate
Thessaloniki, Greece
CEE Regional Mobilization Team
Mick Stockwell mickstock@everyheart.net
Regional Mobilization Coordinator
Kiev, Ukraine
Keith Byrd keibyr@everyheart.net
Regional Personalization Strategist stateside cell 870.421.5287
Mountain Home, Arkansas
Mike Pineda mikpin@everyheart.net
CEE Advocate
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Skipper Perryman skiper@everyheart.net
Regional Volunteer Strategist
Kiev, Ukraine
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Key Partner Consultation
Leadership Team
CEE Strategy Leaders
Buck Burch bucbur@everyheart.net
Cluster Strategist
St. Petersburg, Russia
Tim Berry timanddanna@pobox.com
Church Planter
Karlovac, Croatia
Bruce Cassels brucas@everyheart.net
Strategy Coordinator
Bulgaria
Don Combs doncombs@juno.com
Strategy Coordinator
Astana, Kazakhstan
Randy Covington rancov@everyheart.net
Cluster Strategist
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
Shannon Ford sford@pobox.com
National Strategic Partnership Strategy Coordinator
Kiev, Ukraine
Darrel Hathcock darrel@pobox.com
Church Planting/Student Work
Belarus
Andy Leininger andyl@everyheart.net
Cluster Strategist
Novosibirsk, Russia
Aura Opris kingzkiid@yahoo.com
Student Evangelism
Bucharest, Romania
Joe Ragan joeraga@everyheart.net
National Missionary Sending Coordinator
Kazakhstan
Steven Reece warsaw@everyheart.net
Strategy Coordinator
Warsaw, Poland
Tim Wicker timwic@everyheart.net
VSC Director for Russia
Moscow, Russia
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An Additional Who’s Who
Sally Hinzie sallyhinzie@ubahouston.org
Union Baptist Association, Houston, TX / IMB Virtual Strategy Coordinator
Ignatius Nena Meimaris ignatios_meimaris@post.harvard.edu
Director of the Inter-Balkan Institute
Todd Golden ilkak@pobox.com
Global Development of South Europe
International Mission Board Participants
Mike Lopez mlopez@imb.org
Student Mobilization Consultant - IMB
Larry Riley
Group Leader, Church Services Group - IMB
Ken Winter
Vice President, Church Partner Services - IMB
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Leadership Team
CEE Regional Support Team
Preston Pearce prepea@everyheart.net
Regional Training Coordinator
Prague, Czech Republic
Jerry Barnwell jerrybarnwell@mac.com
Regional Communications Team Leader
Regional Prayer Advocate
Prague, Czech Republic
Ed McKeown edmck@pobox.com
Regional Services Coordinator
Scott Wood scowoo@everyheart.net
Regional Communications Team
Regional Prayer Advocate
Prague, Czech Republic
Steve James stemjam@everyheart.net
Regional Communications Team
Prague, Czech Republic
Michelle Johnson
Administrative Assistant to the Regional Leader
Prague, Czech Republic
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Wednesday, January 31
Keith Byrd - MC
7:15 Leaders Meeting - Keith
8:00 Breakfast
8:30 Worship - Ed
9:15 CEE Vision Values - Rodney
10:00 Break
10:30 CEE Video - Steve
10:35 CEE Overview/Strategic Needs - Strategy Associates
10:35 Baltic Field
10:52 Belarus, Ukraine and Satellites Field (BUS)
11:09 Central Europe Field (CEF)
11:26 Russia Field
11:43 South Europe Field (SEF)
12:00 Lunch
1:00 The Impact of Volunteers - Keith
Students Reaching Students - Mike Lopez
1:30 Current Partnership Activity - Keith
Students Reaching Students - Mike Lopez
1:45 IMB Church Services - Ken Winter Larry Riley
2:30 Break
3:00 FIRST Priorities
3:00 Intro Ed Tarleton
3:10 Fervent Prayer Jerry Barnwell
3:17 Intentional Church Planting Mick Stockwell
3:24 Reaching New Peoples Tim Wicker
3:31 Spiritual Vitality Andy Leininger
3:38 Training Preston Pearce
3:45 Room Transition
3:50 Breakout Sessions with CEE Leadership - SAs/CSs/SCs
4:30 Conclusion
5:00 Dinner with appointees - Jerry Rankin
7:00 Appointment Service
Thursday, February 1
7:15 Leaders Meeting - Keith
8:00 Breakfast
8:30 Spiritual Warfare - Jerry Rankin
9:30 Breakout Sessions with SAs/CSs/SCs
10:00 Break
10:30 Asians in Prague Video - Steve
10:35 Partner Testimonies - Keith
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Dialogue Partnership Planning with CEE Leadership -
SAs/CSs/SCs (Breakouts) - pass out KPC evaluations
2:00 Break
2:30 Next Steps - Mick
3:00 Time of Commitment - Keith
3:30 Prayer for CEE - Scott Jerry
4:00 Conclusion
Schedule
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Schedule
Wednesday, January 31
Preston - MC
7:15 Leaders Meeting - Keith
8:00 Breakfast
8:30 Worship - Ed
9:15 CEE Vision Values - Rodney
10:00 Break
10:30 CEE Video - Steve
10:35 CEE Overview/Strategic Needs - Strategy Associates
10:35 Baltic Field
10:52 Belarus, Ukraine and Satellites Field (BUS)
11:09 Central Europe Field (CEF)
11:26 Russia Field
11:43 South Europe Field (SEF)
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Group Introductions - Preston
2:30 Break
3:00 The Strategy Coordinator - Buck
3:45 The “Virtual” Strategy Coordinator (VSC) - Tim
4:30 Conclusion - Preston
5:00 Dinner with appointees - Jerry Rankin
7:00 Appointment Service
Thursday, February 1
7:15 Leaders Meeting - Keith
8:00 Breakfast
8:30 Spiritual Warfare - Jerry Rankin
9:30 Question Answers - Preston
10:00 Break
10:30 Intentional Church Planting in CEE - Preston Marc B.
12:00 Lunch
1:30 The VSC Ministry Development Phases - Preston Mark A.
3:00 Break
3:30 Strategic Processes - Mark E.
5:00 Conclusion - Preston
Friday, February 2
7:15 Leaders Meeting - Keith
8:00 Breakfast
8:30 Worship - Ed
9:15 A Word from the Regional Leader - Rodney
9:30 Question Answers - Preston
10:00 PLEA Prayer Networks for VSCs - Scott
(pass out KPC evaluations)
10:15 Break
10:45 Stateside Issues for the VSC - Skipper
11:15 Testimony from Experienced VSC - Sally Hinzie
12:00 VSCs in CEE - Ed
12:15 Lunch
1:30 Next Steps (Breakout Groups with Field Leadership) - RLT
3:00 Conclusion
3:30 Debriefing Time for KPC Facilitators - Rodney
6:30 Encounter CEE/International Banquet
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Wednesday, January 31
Scott- MC
7:15 Leaders Meeting - Keith
8:00 Breakfast
8:30 Worship - Ed
9:15 CEE Vision Values - Rodney Hammer
10:00 Break
10:30 CEE Video - Steve
10:35 CEE Overview - Strategy Associates
10:35 Baltic Field
10:52 Belarus, Ukraine and Satellites Field (BUS)
11:09 Central Europe Field (CEF)
11:26 Russia Field
11:43 South Europe Field (SEF)
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Why Pray FIRST? - Scott
2:30 Break
3:00 Prayer Testimonies - Scott
3:30 Pray for the Countries of CEE - Scott Jerry
4:30 Conclusion - Scott
5:00 Dinner with appointees - Jerry Rankin
7:00 Appointment Service
Thursday, February 1
7:15 Leaders Meeting - Keith
8:00 Breakfast
8:30 Spiritual Warfare - Jerry Rankin
9:30 Increasing prayer Advocacy - Scott
10:00 Break
10:30 Pray for the Field Teams of CEE - Scott Jerry
11:00 PLEA Prayer Networks - Scott
11:30 Holding the Rope - Scott
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Dialogue Partnership Planning with CEE Leadership -
SAs/CSs/SCs (Breakouts) - pass out KPC evaluations
2:00 Break
2:30 Next Steps - Scott Jerry
3:00 Time of Commitment - Scott Jerry
3:20 Transition
3:30 Prayer for CEE - Scott Jerry
4:00 Conclusion
7C
Schedule
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7D
Friday, February 2
Rodney Hammer - MC
6:00 Music Videos/CEE Videos - Steve
6:28 Prayer by Pastor
6:30 Dinner
7:12 CEE Video - Steve
7:17 Intro by Pastor
7:22 Worship by song - Worship Leader
7:32 Intro to Scripture Theme - Rodney
7:40 Batlic Field Story - Mark E.
7:45 CEF Story - Mark A.
7:50 BUS Story - Mick S.
7:55 Worship by song - Worship leader
8:02 SEF Story - Marc B.
8:07 Russia Field Story - Ed T.
8:12 Udmurt Testimony Day of Prayer Fasting - Rodney
Vaysa Video - Steve
8:15 CEE Vision Challenge - Rodney
8:23 Invitation to commitment - Rodney with Pastor
8:30 Conclusion/Tent Time
Schedule
Global Outreach
Celebration Schedule
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
12:00 - 3:00pm Registration (Light Lunch provided)
4:00 - 5:00pm GOC Participant Orientation (Chapel)
4:45 - 6:00pm Connection Dinner (Fellowship Hall)
7:00 - 9:00pm Celebration Service- (Worship Center)
IMB Appointment Service – Jerry Rankin
9:00 - 10:00pm Reception in Fellowship Hall - please stand under your flag
8:00 - 8:30am Continental Breakfast Fellowship with Participants
8:30 - 9:00am Worship in the Chapel
9:00 - 12:00pm Join in KPC where needed
12:00 - 1:30pm Senior Luncheon (Fellowship Hall)
Evening Dinner with host (meet at chapel)
8:00 - 8:30am Continental Breakfast Fellowship with Participants
8:30 - 9:00am Worship in the Chapel
9:00 - 12:00pm GOC Missionaries on Community Prayer Walk
12:00 - 1:30pm Lunch (Fellowship Hall)
1:00 - 3:00pm GOC Missionaries on Community Ministry Project
6:30 - 8:30pm International Banquet/ Children’s International Event
8:30 - 9:30pm Displays open in tent
9:00 - 10:30am Women’s Ministry breakfast (men eat with host home)
11:00 - 7:00pm Free Time - Trip to Hollywood/Victoria Gardens or on your own
7:45 - 8:45am Sunday School (1st Hour)
9:00 - 10:20am Sunday School (2nd Hour) 1st Worship Service
10:40 - 12:00am Sunday School (3rd Hour) 2nd Worship Service
5:30 - 7:00pm Evening Worship
7:00 - 8:30pm Displays Open in tent
8:00 - 9:00am Continental Breakfast Fellowship with Participants
Wrap up and departure of Participants
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
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Saturday, February 3
Jerry- MC
9:00 Breakfast
9:30 “You are the light of the world” - Scott
10:00 CEE Overview - Jerry
10:15 Break
10:30 CEE Communication Strategy - Jerry, Steve Scott
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Packaging Media for Missions - Steve
2:00 The Hope Communications Network - Jerry
3:00 Break
3:30 How Can I Be Involved Right Now? - Steve
4:30 Questions Answers - Jerry
5:00 Conclusion
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Schedule
Saturday, February 3
Scott- MC
11:00 What is Pray FIRST - Scott
11:30 What is a prayer partner - Scott
12:00 How can you get involved? - Scott
12:30 Conclusion - Scott
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Baltic Field
The Baltic Field is seeing a new generation of believers—and
a new generation of leaders. Surprisingly, in this Catholic
and Orthodox dominated field, it is the Protestant churches
that are growing and beginning to reap a harvest, and
Southern Baptists are sharing in this harvest. In the largest
and most strongly Catholic country, Poland, innovative
ministry ideas such as coffee houses have been the catalyst
for church starts by reaching university students who are
disillusioned by the tenets of their faith. In the other Baltic
countries—Finland, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia—religion
has typically played a much smaller role in shaping society.
But, they too, are responding to the Gospel. Will you and
your church join us in reaching those who are seeking in
the Baltic Field?
Mark Edworthy
E-mail: markedworthy@pobox.com
Top Needs:
Code Blue
(IMB strategy coordinators needed)
1. Poland
2. Russians of Estonia
3.
Accelerate Hope
(virtual strategy coordinators needed)
1. Deaf (Baltic Field)
2.
Volunteer Requests
(volunteers needed)
1. Baseball Outreach (Poland, Latvia)
2. Gospel Choir (Poland)
3. Street Evangelism (Lithuania)
4. Roof Project (Finland)
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Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland
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Belarus, Ukraine and Satellites (BUS) Field
The Belarus, Ukraine and Satellites (BUS) Field is comprised
of several former Soviet republics. They are very similar
in many ways. The most common factor is the Russian
language and the Soviet culture that was imposed on
these peoples for over 70 years. There has always been
a deep influence of the Eastern Orthodox Church and a
sense of being a ‘Christian’ culture. Many of the holidays
and cultural celebrations are much the same throughout
this vast territory.
There are also drastic differences that are beginning to
surface as these countries come out of the Soviet structure
and regain their identity. The two main differences are
the freedom of religion (or lack thereof) and the influence
of regained Muslim culture in several of the countries in
Central Asia. Ukraine has the most liberal and inviting laws
to protect the work of mission organizations and churches.
The work in Ukraine is almost completely unhampered by
government officials. Churches can be planted and open
work among the people is a daily occurrence.
On the other hand, several of the other countries have some
of the strictest laws forbidding work or severely hampering
the work of outside missionaries and organizations. In some
countries this may vary from petty government bureaucracy
and visa problems to total loss of access. Several of our
national partners are already suffering for their faith as
they are being scattered from meetings by local police and
arrested or beaten by family members.
God is as work as we see people coming to Christ, new
believers being baptized, new converts being discipled,
leaders being trained and new churches started. We also
enjoy very good relationships with local church-planting
partners and Baptist Union leaders. We sincerely invite you
to join us in reaching the 70 million people in our field who
are still without hope in Christ!
Mick Stockwell
E-mail: mickstock@everyheart.net
Top Needs:
Code Blue
(IMB strategy coordinators needed)
1. Kyrgyzstan
2. Dniperpetrovsk, Ukraine - intern
3. Kharkov, Ukraine - intern
4. Lviv, Ukraine - intern
5. Nikolaev, Ukraine - churchplanter
Accelerate Hope
(virtual strategy coordinators needed)
1. Please discuss options with
Mick Stockwell
2.
Volunteer Requests
(volunteers needed)
1. Please discuss options with
Mick Stockwell
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Armenia
Georgia
Ukraine
Belarus
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
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Belarus, Ukraine Satellites Field
Top Unreached People Group and City Descriptions
Nikolaev, Ukraine
Nikolaev is a city of about 600,000 people. The local Baptists in the area have begun to awaken to
the great need there. There is a plan to plant 4 new churches in the city, but we presently have no
personnel on the ground. Nikolaev is a regional administrative center as well as a transportation
hub in Southern Ukraine. With a sea port, commercial port, river port, highway and railway junction
and airport, this city is bustling with people who need to know Christ.
Western Ukraine
Western Ukraine is home to three distinct people groups--Hungarians, Roma and the Hutsulies, a
Slavic mountain people that were not recognized as a separate ethnic group under Soviet control.
These peoples are unique in culture and religion and need to be reached with the gospel of Christ.
One missionary couple has recently been appointed to focus on this area of the country, but with
1.3 million people as their target group, they need others to come along side them and share their
vision.
Astana, Kazakhstan
Astana is the newest, most modern capitol in the world! The city has grown from 300,000 to over
700,000 in the last ten years and has boulevards and buildings to rival the best the rest of the
world has to offer. It is the center of business and government for Central Asia and in many ways
represents the Kazakhs hope for the future. Sadly in a city this size, with such potential to reach
all of Central Asia, there is only one Baptist church.
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Central Europe Field
The Central Europe Field (CEF) consists of five countries
and many different cultures. Ministries here target not only
indigenous peoples, but also Roma (Gypsies), Chinese,
Russian, and Deaf. There has been a great response to the
gospel in Moldova, among the Roma (Gypsies) and also among
the Deaf. The Romanian and Moldovan churches have caught
a real vision for indigenous church planting and missions within
their borders – and beyond. Much still needs to be done to
reach this field for Christ. Please consider joining us in God’s
work among the more than 60 people groups of CEF!
Mark Aderholt
E-mail: aderholt@pobox.com
Top Needs:
Code Blue
(IMB strategy coordinators needed)
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2.
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Accelerate Hope
(virtual strategy coordinators needed)
1. Virtual Team Leaders in
Gagauz Turk work in Moldova
and South Romania
Volunteer Requests
(volunteers needed)
1. Slovakia
2. Chisinau, Moldova
3.
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Romania
Hungary
Moldova
Slovakia
Czech Republic
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Central Europe Field
Top Unengaged People Group and City Descriptions
Roma (Gypsies) in Slovakia
More than 4 million Roma live within the five countries of Central Europe, but only half of that
number are currently receiving multiple opportunities to hear and respond to the Gospel. In the
westernized countries of Hungary, Slovakia and Czech Republic, more than 2 million Gypsy men,
women and children reside. IMB strategies are currently targeting Roma in Czech Republic and
Hungary, but the 400,000 Roma of Slovakia remain unengaged with a Gospel presence. The
Roma in CEF have proven responsive to the Gospel – but more laborers are needed to share!
Chinese of Prague
Living and working within the confines of Prague, Czech Republic, are thousands of ethnic Chinese
waiting to hear the Gospel message. Though such open opportunities for evangelism may not
exist in their country of origin, their migration to the “West” for better economic, education and
employment opportunities provide opportunities to meet their deepest need, a relationship with
the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Will you consider partnering with our Strategy Coordinator in
Prague to impact the lives of thousands of Chinese – and turn the tide and offer hope to thousands
of generations of ethnic Chinese?
South Romania
A great deal of passion, evangelism and church-planting effort has been poured into the Romanian
people by Southern Baptists (and many others) since the collapse of communism in Romanian
in December of 1989. The majority of these efforts have been concentrated on the Northern and
Western portions of the country, with much less focus on the Southern portion. IMB strategies
are currently targeting the Eastern portion (including the capital city of Bucharest) with personnel
and church-planting strategies, but the Southern portion remains unaffected. Will you consider
partnering with our Strategy Coordinator for Romania in sharing the Gospel message with the
thousands of towns and villages in this area?
Chisinau, Moldova
This city of 850,000 people serves as the cultural, political and social capital of the poorest country
in Eastern Europe. Though a great deal of evangelism focus has taken place in the smaller villages
of Moldova, the capital city remains largely unreached. Child prostitution, gambling, alcoholism,
corruption and poverty in the capital city lends credence to the fact that a fresh spiritual awakening
is needed if every heart in Moldova is to receive an opportunity to hear and respond to the Gospel
message of Jesus Christ. We are asking the Lord to link us with committed partners who will focus
on taking the urban challenge in Moldova and partnering with national Baptists and others to win
this key city.
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Russia Field
The Russia Field is immense in every way, encompassing
11 time zones. The strategy to accelerate hope in this vast
land is based on three primary ministry areas. Mega-Cities:
There are 14 mega-cities in Russia including Moscow, St.
Petersburg, Volgograd, Ekaterinburg, Ufa and Novosibirsk.
Minority People Groups: These groups include Deaf,
Jewish people, Buryat, Tuvin, Altai, Udmurt and the Small
People Groups of the North. Major Cities: The amazing
“urbanization of Russia” is dramatically highlighted by the
fact that there are 150 cities that have between 100,000-
900,000 people. From Khabarovsk and Vladivostok in the
East to the Golden Ring Cities of the West to the resort
areas of Sochi in the South, millions are still waiting to hear
the good news. Please consider joining us on mission in
this vast and diverse land known as Russia.
Ed Tarleton
E- mail: edtar@everyheart.net
Top Needs:
Code Blue
(IMB strategy coordinators needed)
1. Perm, Russia
2. Vladivostock, Russia
3. Chuvash People Group
Accelerate Hope
(virtual strategy coordinators needed)
1. Arkangelsk, Russia
2. Koryak People Group
3. Kurgan, Russia
Volunteer Requests
(volunteers needed)
1. Reach Moscow With Prayer -
July 7-14, 2007
2. Ekaterinburg, Russia
3. Ufa, Russia
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Russia Field
Top Unengaged People Group and City Descriptions
Arkhangelsk, Russia: Major City (Population 343,500)
Arkhangelsk - meaning “The Arkangel” is a northern major seaport in Russia on the White Sea
open to fishing and timber industries. About 75% of the population lives in this cold city, so
a virtual strategy coordinator is needed to reach the people living here. There has never been
IMB work in Arkhangelsk.
Blagoveshensk, Russia: Major City (Population 211,200)
Blagoveshensk – The good news of Jesus is being proclaimed to Russians as well as Chinese
in this major city in the Amur region whose name literally means “good news.” On the opposite
banks of the Amur River from Blagoveshensk rests the peaceful Chinese city of Khe-Khe.
Chinese immigrants cross the river to work in the Russian market in the center of the city.
Russian Baptists need assistance in reaching out to all ethnic groups living in this city.
Irkutsk, Russia: Major City (Population 600,000)
Irkutsk is a city in Siberia with a few traditional Baptist churches. The IMB had a missionary
presence there from 2000 to 2003. It is an industrial center, a port, the site of a hydroelectric dam,
and a major stop on the Trans-Siberian Railroad. Manufactures include aircraft, automobiles,
machine tools, textiles, chemicals, food products, and metals. Founded as a Cossack fortress
in 1654, Irkutsk became the capital of Eastern Siberia in 1822. The winters are bitterly cold but
the summers are surprisingly warm and sunny. The Baptist churches there are more traditional
and weaker than other areas. There is a great need for some committed people to advance
the Gospel through relational evangelism, intentional disciple making, and reproducible church
planting.
Kaliningrad, Russia: Major City (Population 955,300)
Kaliningrad - once called Konigsburg has been occupied by Poland and Germany as well as
Russia. Full of medieval architecture, Kaliningrad is home to about a half million Russians.
Kaliningrad is an enclave north of Poland, not connected to the rest of mainland Russia. Some
suggest that Kaliningrad will break off and become part of the European Union. Work is
needed in Kaliningrad to reach the multitudes of Russians living there as well as the hundreds
of thousands of transients coming through this seaport, as church planting is only beginning
in this area.
Komi-Permyat People Group (Population 371,000)
Extreme! Most of the residents living in Kudymkar, in the “Komi-Permyatiski Okrug” consider
themselves either Komi-Permyaks (80,327 or 59%) or ethnic Russians (51,946 or 38%). The
rest identified themselves as belonging to 55 different ethnic groups. In Dec 2005, the Kom-
Permyaki Independent Region was united with the Perm oblast to form the Perm Krai. There
is very little known about the Komi-Permyat people in the Perm oblast. They may have been
much more widespread in the past. Scandinavians knew of prosperous Permyaks (Bjarmians)
that were settled in the area of modern Arkhangelsk. The Komi language is written using the
Russian alphabet, adding two extra letters. We do not know the evangelical situation for the
Komis but God knows them. We need to take the first steps to reach them.
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Koryak People Group: Kamchatka Peninsula (Population 10,000)
Koryak People Group – Kamchatka: The Koryak people live in the northern half of the Kamchatka
peninsula in the Russian Far East. One of 26 tribes that live across Russia’s cold northern
hemisphere, these people are simple reindeer herders and fishermen. Numbering less than 10,000
in population, Koryaks are basically untouched by the Gospel message.
Kurgan, Russia: Major City (Population 326,500)
Kurgan is the capital city of the Kurgan Oblast and is one of the oldest cities in Siberia. It was
founded in 1553, then called Tsaryowo Gorodishche and renamed to its present name in 1782.
Kurgan is on the Trans-Siberian railway line, between Yekaterinburg and Omsk. The IMB has
never had a missionary presence in this historic link of Russian history.
Kyzyl, Russia: Major City (Population 105,400)
Kyzyl is the capital of the Tuva Republic, in southern Siberia along the Yenisei River. It services
motor transport and has brickyards, sawmills, furniture factories, and food-processing plants.
Founded in 1914, the city was called Belotsarsk until 1917 and Khem-Beldyr until 1926. It has a
Tuvan language, history, and literature research institute (founded in 1953) and a Buddhist temple
complex. The IMB has a family working with the Tuvans in the oblast but no one is targeting the
large number of Russians living there. There are a few Baptist churches in the area but not enough
to reach the city on their own.
Lower Mari People Group (Population 258,200)
Loskar-Ola is the major city in the Republic of Mari Al. The Mari people established their
autonomous republic, Mari-el, in 1920. However half of the Mari live outside of the republic,
which has a population of roughly 800 thousand. Since coming under Russian control in the
16th century, the Mari converted (partly by force) to Russian Orthodoxy, but to this day they also
observe animist traditions based on a deep reverence for nature, especially trees. Religious rituals
and animal sacrifice are performed. There are a few evangelical missionaries targeting the Mari
people, but the work is just beginning and has focused on helping children and orphans. We need
to plant churches among the Mari people so they too can know Jesus as their transforming Lord
and Savior.
Surgut, Russia: Major City (Population 295,800)
Extreme! Surgut is located along the Ob’ River in the West Siberian Plain. It is a major processing
center of crude oil and natural gas extracted in the region, with a gas-processing plant and a
motor fuel refinery. Surgut was first settled in 1593. In the 17th century it was part of the system of
frontier fortresses that helped expand the Russian Empire into Siberia. From 1922 to 1991 it was
part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). Because of the city’s location in a region of
important petroleum deposits, its development coincided with the major Soviet buildup of oil and
gas industries in the 1970s and 1980s. The city experienced rapid population growth with an influx
of workers that migrated to Surgut for employment. Its population more than tripled between 1970
and 1979, rising from about 34,000 to about 107,000. By 1989 it had reached about 248,000.
Population (1995) 287,047. The strongest Baptist work in the Tyumen oblast is in Surgut, which
has three Baptist churches. They are ready to cooperate with the IMB to plant new churches.
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Vladivostok, Russia: Major City (Population 750,000)
Vladivostok – meaning “the Jewel of the East” is the major port city of the Russian Far East. It is
the gateway to East Asia and the nations of the Pacific Rim. Once a closed city which harbored
Russia’s Pacific Naval Fleet, Vladivostok is now open to the Gospel message as three Russian
Baptist congregations are attempting to reach this strategic city for Christ. The foundation
has been laid for the establishment of cell groups, and partners are needed to assist with
evangelistic projects.
Chuvash People Group (Population 2,000,000)
The Chuvash are a gentle Turkic people located mainly in the Republic of Chuvashia in Russia
They originate from the Volgo Bolgar tribes; possibly a predecessor to those in Bulgaria. They
speak Chuvash, Russian and some Tatar language. With one of the highest suicide rates in
Russia, the Chuvash people desperately need the hope of the Gospel.
Sakhalin Island (Population 673,100)
Sakhalin is one of the largest islands in Russia. The island stretches nearly 1,000 km north
to south, and the maximum width is approximately 160 km. Nearly two-thirds of Sakhalin
is mountainous terrain. Located due north of Japan, the island has long been a source of
dispute between Japan and Russia. Known for its oil reserves, Sakhalin has been a magnet
for international petroleum developing companies. It also contains one of the richest salmon
fishing grounds along the Pacific Rim. Baptist work in church planting was going well a few
years ago when a dispute among the leaders divided the leadership and instantaneously halted
the movement. A strategy coordinator is needed to work with the Central Church in Yuzhno-
Sakhalinsk in developing a new strategy for planting churches in every village on the island.
Perm, Russia: Major City (Population 1,000,000)
Perm has been settled since the thirteenth century by fur traders and Christian missionaries
and later by soldiers, merchants and peasants. Today it has grown into a mega city of 1 million.
Perm was developed by Peter the Great alongside Ekaterinburg as a manufacturing hub of
Russia. It’s factories from every major industry employ 80% of the city’s workforce. There are
seven Baptist churches in Perm and a desire to start more.
Additional Priority Concerns:
Major Cities: Rostov, Saratov, Voronesh, Orenburg, Penza, Tver, Lipetsk
Minority People Groups: Altai, Kalmik
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South Europe Field
The South Europe Field (SEF) is a conglomeration of
cultures, gods, and ideologies—un-natural bedfellows that
often erupt in violent confrontation. With 10% Catholic,
25% Muslim, and 60% Orthodox, religion is very popular;
but true followers of Christ are a tiny minority. SEF is
made up of 9 different countries, half of which have been
involved in war within the last decade. Hope and healing is
needed and is being warmly received in many areas. Work
among indigenous peoples as well as among the Roma
(Gypsy) population of this field is reaping a harvest, though
our missionaries there often face hostilities and security
concerns. Will you or your church be willing to help bring
the only true hope that can heal this land?
Marc Byrd
E-mail: marbyr@everyheart.net
Top Needs:
Code Blue
(IMB strategy coordinators needed)
1. Greek Cypriots (Cyprus)
2. Montenegro
3. Thessaloniki, Greece
Accelerate Hope
(virtual strategy coordinators needed)
1. Serbs of Bosnia
2. Albanian Gheg People Group
3. Bosniak People Group
Volunteer Requests
(volunteers needed)
1. Business Education/Development
2. Agriculture Consulting/Outreach
3. Theological Education - Albania
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Cyprus
Greece
Bulgaria
Serbia
Croatia
Slovenia
Kosovo
Albania
Macedonia
Bosnia-
Herzogovina
Cyprus
Montenegro
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South Europe Field
Top Unengaged People Group and City Descriptions
Serbs of Bosnia (Population 800,000)
Civil war and ethnic cleansing ravaged Bosnia for many years. The Bosnian Serbs found themselves
caught in the rift between the Serbs of Yugoslavia and the rest of Bosnia wanting to break from
Yugoslavia. Fighting divided the country along ethnic borders. These divisions have left lasting
scars on Bosnian Serbs. There is very little evangelistic Christian presence among these people
whose tie to their Orthodox roots has become the dividing factor between them and their Catholic
and Muslim neighbors. In a nation divided by religious tensions, a great need exists for the peace
that transcends human understanding. The only hope is that the people would be unified as one
body through a growing, inclusive church-planting movement and a spiritual revival that will bring
light into the lives of so many.
Croats of Bosnia (Population 600,000)
One of the three constitutive peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina is the Croat population (also the
smallest). Though ethnically they are related to the Bosniaks and Bosnian Serbs, the reign of the
Turkish Empire split the three groups along religious lines: Croats are Roman Catholic, while Serbs
are Orthodox, and Bosniaks are Muslim. The three nations live together but separate in this volatile
region with different religions and different dialects of a similar language. The largest numbers
of Croats live in the western part of Herzegovina, though many more are scattered throughout
Bosnia. Bosnia underwent a particularly bloody war fought between the three religious groups;
ethnic cleansing and other war atrocities characterized much of the fighting. The people are now
searching for peace. They need true followers of Jesus Christ to show them where and in whom
they can find that peace.
Roma (Gypsies) of Bulgaria (Population 418,000)
There are 418,000 Roma in Bulgaria, with a small number of Roma believers with no discipleship
or training currently taking place. This would be a place where a virtual strategy coordinator could
begin a two-pronged effort – evangelism outreach, plus locating and training the existing believers
in (personal) discipleship, evangelistic outreach, and leadership training. The Roma in Bulgaria
could become a missionary-sending field to other Roma in South Europe. The Roma in Bulgaria
are mainly of Islamic influence, but appear to be very responsive to the gospel. This R.O.S.E.
(Roma of South Europe) field is ready for sowing, and for the initial harvest.
Virtual Strategy Coordinator - The Dalmatian Islands of Croatia
Not one church exists among the thousands of people living on the 15 Dalmatian Islands of
southern Croatia. While a handful of known evangelical believers is spread out over several of the
islands, transportation issues from the mainland and distances between the islands create logistical
difficulties when trying to engage the population with the Gospel. The people of the Dalmatian
islands are culturally Roman Catholic, yet do not hold to the need for a personal relationship and
salvation through faith alone. Work would begin with prayerwalking these beautiful islands and
seeking God’s will for future opportunities and open doors.
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Virtual Team Leader - South Serbia
Team Serbia is looking for partners in ministry to share the hope of Jesus with the close to 4
million people of South Serbia. While most Serbs consider themselves Serbian Orthodox, less
than .04 percent are evangelical believers. South Serbia has just 13 Baptist churches and a few
outreach groups. Adopt one of six unique regional areas of South Serbia, committing your time
and resources to lead multiple volunteer teams every year over a period of years. More can be
seen about current and past ministries here by looking online at pray4serbs.org.
Virtual Team Leaders - Bulgaria
The 3 key cities of Bulgaria are Sofia, Plovdiv and Varna. They are also the 3 largest cities in
Bulgaria, as well as gateways to the regions of the country in which they are situated. Impacting
these cities with the Gospel will greatly impact the people of Bulgaria. Virtual team leaders will be
able to make a difference through volunteer projects that will result in the formation of small groups
and churches. Volunteer projects can consist of prayer and distribution, professional training,
sports and community development or training for local Christians.
Virtual Team Leaders - Albanian Ghegs
Nearly 4 million Albanian Ghegs are located in the southern Balkan region - primarily in Kosovo
(2.6 million), Macedonia, southern Serbia, northern Albania and Montenegro. Over 60 percent of
the Albanian Gheg population is under 30 years of age and predominately Muslim, although their
Muslim religion is mostly a heritage and way of life - very few have ever been inside a mosque.
People are open to hearing the Gospel, but slow to act on it. Contact the IMB and learn how to
adopt a segment of the Gheg populations and increase your church’s mission’s awareness and
involvement through prayer, understanding and engagement.
Virtual Team Leaders - Bosniak-speaking People
Approximately 2.5 million Bosniak-speaking people are located in the central and southern Balkan
region - primarily in Bosnia (2.2 million), but also in Montenegro and Macedonia. They are Slavic
Muslims who were converted to Islam nearly 600 years ago during the Ottoman Empire. Currently
more than 400,000 known Bosniak-speaking people are completely unengaged with the Gospel.
Today many young Muslims are seeking for truth and are open to hearing the Good News, but
slow to act on it. Contact us and learn how to adopt and engage a segment of these people for
Christ, with the goal of planting churches.
Bible Professors/Volunteers - Albania
The Albanian Bible Institute trains leaders in the Bible, theology, church planting and missions.
The church-planting/missions track is a new addition to the school curriculum, which begins
September 2007. Teachers - particularly long-term - who are retired pastors or Bible teachers and
who can come and invest in the lives of these young people are needed to give at least a year to
our school. Guest teachers can also be used for assignments between one to three weeks. This
summer volunteer teams are invited to come and work on the school building as we add a third
floor to the current structure.
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CEE “Quick Facts”
Total countries across 12 time zones 25
Total population 372,153,163
Unreached target groups 234
Mega cities 40
People groups 189
Total target groups 440
Evangelical church count 25,075
Baptist church count 8,882
Evangelical Christian count 1,765,548
Baptist member count 519,927
Percentage of population that is lost 99.5%
Total number of IMB missionaries (Sept. 1, 2006) 410
CEE Fields and Countries
Baltic Field
Belarus,
Ukraine and
Satellites Field
Central Europe
Field
Russia Field
South Europe
Field
Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland
Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Ukraine, Russian
speakers in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and 2
Central Asian countries
Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Romania,
Slovakia
Russia
Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia,
Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia
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CEE Vision, Values and
F.I.R.S.T. Priorities
Vision
Hope for every heart, a church-planting movement for every people
Core Values
Commitment (Mark 12:28-30, 1 Cor. 9:19-27)
Excellence (Col. 3:17, 23-24)
Servanthood (1 Cor. 9:19-27, Mark 12:31)
F.I.R.S.T. Priorities
Fervent Prayer (2 Chron. 7:14)
Intentional Church Planting (Matt. 28:19)
Reaching New Peoples (Rev. 7:9)
Spiritual Vitality (Eph. 4:1-2)
Training (2 Tim. 2:15)
FERVENT
PRAYER
REACHING
NEW
PEOPLES
SPIRITUAL
VITALITY
TRAINING
INTENTIONAL
CHURCH
PLANTING
FIRSTHOPE
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HEART priorities
a church-planting
movement for
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Some Helpful CEE Definitions
Church-planting Movement (CPM) Foundation
A church-planting movement (CPM) foundation is a climate conducive to the emergence of
a CPM in a people group or segment; consisting of (a) intercessory prayer, (b) massive seed
sowing of the Gospel, and (c) a church effectively multiplying disciples, leaders, and groups
and committed to multiplying new churches. A potentially emerging CPM is defined as when
church-planting multiplication has taken place to the 4th generation.
Strategy Coordinator (SC)
A strategy coordinator (SC) is a missionary that takes responsibility for developing a
comprehensive master plan aimed at initiating and nurturing a church-planting movement
(CPM) among an unreached people group or population segment. Within the framework of
this master plan, the SC is responsible for building a prayer network, a church-planting team,
and partnerships with existing Great Commission Christians (GCCs) that will help initiate a
CPM.
Virtual Strategy Coordinator (VSC)
A VSC is a person, team, ministry or church that accepts the task of becoming the SC for a
people group, but lives in another location. The VSC will receive training from CEE-IMB and
form a task force to be trained. The VSC will research and write a people group profile, take a
vision/research trip to their people group, develop a specific ministry strategy, and implement
the strategy in ongoing and regular consultation with CEE field leadership.
Key Partner Consultation (KPC)
These are orientation and training events held in America with partners and/or potential partners
ofCEE.Thisyear,participantsinthemeetingswillchooseoneoffourtracks:StrategicPartnering
in CEE, Accelerate Hope through Virtual Strategy Coordination, Hope Communications: Using
Media to See Christ Glorified or PrayFIRST: Prayer Advocacy Training.
Hope4CEE
Hope4CEE is the overall awareness campaign that has been and is continually being developed
to help bring hope for every heart, a church-planting movement to every people in CEE. This
campaign is designed to lead people to get involved in one of the many opportunities to serve
in CEE through prayer, giving and going. The Hope4CEE newsletter and hope4cee.org are
just two examples of media that are being used for this purpose. Note the graphic below.
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Accelerate Hope
Accelerate Hope links participating churches or ministries as virtual strategy coordinators to
unengaged people groups or cities where there are currently no CEE-IMB missionaries. After
an on-location vision trip the church(es) or ministries will form a strategy coordination task
force. The task force then works with CEE leadership to develop and implement a master plan
to facilitate a church-planting movement. See Virtual Strategy Coordinator (VSC) above.
Code Blue
A code blue emergency indicates a life or death situation. Ninety-nine percent of the people in
CEE do not know the Lord Jesus Christ. We have an urgent need for strategy coordinators to
develop and carry out plans that will initiate and nurture church-planting movements so that
every person in CEE will hear the life-saving Gospel of Jesus Christ. Code Blue is the regional
campaign emphasis to recruit SCs to serve as full-time IMB missionaries for the fulfillment of
the goal of 122 emerging CPMs.
Hope Communications – hopecommunications.org
Hope Communications is a growing network of graphic designers, Web developers,
photographers, videographers, writers, and communicators, living outside of CEE, that desire
to partner with CEE missionaries to produce professional quality media for bringing hope for
every heart, a church-planting movement for every people.
Pray FIRST
Prayer is a vital ministry that is at the top of the list for all strategies used by IMB missionaries
in Central and Eastern Europe. Stateside prayer advocates (those that seek to increase prayer)
are key partners in these efforts. Pray FIRST explores what these strategies look like and
how a stateside advocate can work strategically to see prayer increased for a missionary,
a missionary team, and the people groups that these missionaries are reaching with the
Gospel.
Students Reaching Students
This is a mobilization campaign designed to encourage students and student ministries
to partner with CEE. Interested advocates can work with CEE missionary teams through
existing projects. Students or student ministries could also go a step farther by taking on the
responsibility of becoming virtual strategy coordinators by adopting an unengaged people
group or city where there are currently no CEE missionaries. See Virtual Strategy Coordinator
(VSC) above.
Journeyman
The Journeyman Program is available for single, twenty-something college graduates who will
commit to two years of international cross-cultural missionary service.
International Service Corps
Singles, couples and young families who are willing to accept an assignment from two to
three years are making an eternal impact on an ever-changing world. The International Service
Corps or ISC Program began in 1990 to provide an opportunity for Southern Baptists to serve
alongside long-term missionaries in a variety of assignments all around the world.
Masters
Those 50 years of age or older who are available to make a two or three year commitment
to overseas service may utilize the maturity, skills and experience they have gained over a
lifetime. Designed especially for people who want to serve God through international missions
as their next career, the Masters Program enlists Southern Baptists who have invested their
lives in business or another field, have retired early, and now can offer IMB long-term personnel
support and encouragement in a variety of ways.
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Missionary Apprentice
An initial apprentice term of 3 to 4 years provides the opportunity for long-term missionaries to
study the language, experience the culture, and develop a rapport with a specific people group.
The apprentice gains valuable field experience alongside veteran personnel that facilitates
integration into the people group and the strategies of the evangelism/church planting team.
Missionary Associate
Those who have successfully completed an apprentice term may be considered for missionary
associate service if they do not fully qualify for career service or when a four-year assignment
is preferred. They must have the gifts, skills, and training needed to fill a specific associate
assignment. Salary and benefits are the same as those of a career missionary.
Career
Career missionaries are the foundation of our mission efforts. They invest a lifetime in cross-
cultural evangelism, church development, and church planting movements. They are gifted at
using their professional, vocational, technical, and ministerial skills to share the Gospel and
lead the lost to Christ, which is our primary goal and purpose.
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Existing Partnerships in CEE
Baltic Field
No official partnerships listed.
Belarus, Ukraine and Satellites Field
State Convention of Baptists in Indiana with Eastern Ukraine
First Baptist Church, Hurst (Texas) with East Central Ukraine
Colorado Baptist General Convention with Belarus
Alabama Baptist Convention with Ukraine
Oklahoma Baptist Convention with Armenia
Central Europe Field
Pikes Peak Baptist Association (Colo.) with Central Slovakia
Georgia Baptist Convention with Moldova
Missouri Baptist Convention with Romania
Arkansas Baptist Convention with Hungary
Parkwood Baptist Church (N.C.) with Targoviste, Romania
Florence Baptist Association (S.C.) with Piatra Nearnt, Romania
Gibson Baptist Association (Tenn.) with the Roma people of CEF
North Greenville College (S.C.) with Budapest, Hungary
First Baptist Church of Forney (Texas) with Central Europe Field
First Baptist Church of Callahan (Fla.) with Budapest, Hungary
First Baptist Church of Dallas (Texas) with Budapest, Hungary
First Baptist Church of Jacksonville (Fla.) with Central Europe Field
Russia Field
Swift Creek Baptist Church (Va.) with Moscow, Russia
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary with Russia (still not official)
South Europe Field
Baptist Convention of New England with Greece
Richardson Heights Baptist Church (Texas) with Bulgaria
First Baptist Church, Woodstock (Calif.) with Bosniaks
Georgia Baptist Convention with Pomaks in Bulgaria (still not official)
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Baltic Field
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Belarus, Ukraine and Satellites Field
Crimean Tatar - Houston Northwest Church (Houston, Texas)
Central Europe Field
Deaf of Moldova - Aric Randolph, New Life Deaf Fellowship (Ft. Worth, Texas)
Deaf of Romania - Aric Randolph, New Life Deaf Fellowship (Ft. Worth, Texas)
Eastern Slovakia - Three Rivers Baptist Association (Illinois)
Russia Field
Nizhny Novgorod - Sally Hinzie
Smolensk - Tom McLendon
Novokuznetsk - Brian Krebs
Khakass people group (Khakass Republic) - Danny Griffin
Tomsk, Russia - Ray Leininger
Udmurt people group (Udmurt Republic) - Tim Wicker
Murmansk, Russia - Tim Wishon
South Europe Field
Pomaks Turks (Muslims) of Northern Greece - Dogwood Trails Baptist Association
(Texas)
Pomaks of Bulgaria - Gulf Coast Baptist Association (Texas)
Roma of Bosnia - First Baptist Church, Charlotte (N.C.)
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