Monday, May 01, 2006

Welcome!

Thank you for visiting our mission blog. We want to use this website to provide information and the latest news to those who are supporting our work in Poland through prayer and donations. Also, we hope that you too will be encouraged by the stories and thoughts we share here at Passion for Poland.

God has afforded us an amazing opportunity to join in His work on the other side of the globe. On July 5, we will be leaving the United States for a 12-day missions project in Poland in cooperation with the Illinois Baptist State Association and the International Mission Board. In particular, we’ll be assisting the local churches and missionaries by working in their coffee house ministry and sharing the gospel with as many as we meet in the city of Lubin.

The Polish people have long been familiar with the name of Christ. In fact, Poland is viewed as the most active Roman Catholic nation in all of Europe, perhaps even the world. For many Poles, however, their religion is tied to their cultural or national identity and has little to do with their faith in God. The ravages of World War II and the atheistic influences of communism have left many Poles with empty religion and no true knowledge of Jesus Christ as Savior.

God has given us the desire to proclaim the gospel in this nation. We seek to be used by God to rekindle a pure and holy passion for Christ in the hearts of the Polish people.