Creative Ministry Opportunities. One of the creative avenues God has given us as a part of this project is an annual gathering for families in the beautiful Macedonian mountains. (Some years, we can even host two of these events.)
A volunteer team comes from the U.S. to lead a Bible-based kids’ program, and we organize sessions for the parents about marriage and parenting throughout the weekend. This camp gives us ample opportunity to live out the gospel and share with those who attend. By building community in this setting, the families feel Christ’s love and grace being poured into their lives, away from the stressors of city life.
Impacting Macedonia One Family at a Time. We pray these meaningful events would feed into existing Bible study groups that lead to healthy local churches. This year, we shared the gospel clearly multiple times throughout the weekend. We praise God for these opportunities to share with many and make lasting memories with these precious families God has brought together. His plans are good and perfect, and we praise Him!
Through your generous giving, God is graciously moving in Macedonia among people in many towns and villages, and we praise Him for His great faithfulness in their lives. Individuals are growing in their walks with Christ and are reaching out to their relatives, friends, and neighbors by God’s grace. God is using our social media outreach initiative to sow the gospel broadly and see who is interested in knowing more about Christ. Thank you for partnering with us to bring the gospel to this beautiful country through various creative avenues.
Thank you for your generosity and prayers. Your sacrificial gifts and intercession truly transform lives as we partner together to solve the world’s greatest problem, lostness. 
Recently, two women connected with us through the social media project and were matched with local believers as mentors. They came to an all-city women’s event dealing with grief, and the gospel was shared with them. These two women had recently lost their husbands.
Many people throughout the country requested Bibles through this online effort. When a lady from southern Macedonia asked one, a new believer excitedly gave her a Bible. For this new believer, it was her first time sharing her faith in this way.
Prayer Requests:
With 810 million people, 51 sovereign states and 200 spoken languages, Europe is rich in diversity and character. These distinct cultures create a continent of global influence through language, politics, finance, fashion, and food. Though diverse, the peoples of Europe do have one thing in common—more than 98% do not follow Jesus.
Instead of seeing Europe’s decidedly post-Christian culture as a hindrance, IMB teams see the potential of what God wants to do on and through this influential continent. Not only do Europeans need the hope of the gospel, making it a primary place for ministry, but the global reach of its cities also makes it a strategic place as well. Immigrants comprise more than 15% of the population of gateway cities such as London, Paris, Madrid and Vienna.
Through dreaming big and taking faith-filled risks, IMB teams are connecting with European nationals, sharing the gospel and training local leaders. Their aim is to develop strong local leadership in every city and province who will lead biblically faithful and reproducing churches. Churches that plant new healthy churches will send the gospel to the nations of the world from every borough, town and village of the beautifully diverse continent of Europe.