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BUI LDI NG C H R I S T S C H U R C H IN E U R O P E

To you aione, 0 Lord, toyou

alone, and

not tousglory must be given (Ps. 115).

As we

begin

2007, we would like to remind

ourselvesand our friends ofthe purposeofGMM s ministry.

Lastyear it was apparent in manyofour church gatherings,

conventions and church

publications,

thatweare one

Body,

t he C hu rc h

of ou r Lord Jesus Christ. W e wish to continue

working

with

this emphasis, Together

n

Christ,

for

this

is

GMM s vision.

Global Missionary Ministries

wasstarted

during

the

days when countries of Central and Eastern Europe were

ruled by an atheistic communist regime. t was a time of

imprisonment, persecution and underground church activity.

During thisperiod of

time

wewereableto reachthese people

groups with the

Gospel through

radio messages and the

printed

page. We

visited

and encouraged them with our

presence and benevolent

involvement.

Now thispartofthe

world is free. The Gospel is being preached by younger,

better educated, national preachers. We are gladly

partnering with them in establishing new, non-

denominational, self-supporting,

self-propagating,

Christian

churches,

which

effectively

reach out to the younger and

older sector of today s changing world.

This

is GMM s

strategy.

t

wasgreat tohostseveraloftheseyounger

church

leaders

from

Europe during the last National Missionary

Convention

n

Indianapolis. Among

them was Dema and

Lenaofthe Good NewsChurch

n

Minsk, Belarus.Recently

theystarted two newchurches, and their

vision s

to

plant

reproducing

churches

in all

ofthe

major cities

of

Belarus.

National

Missionary

Convention

Indianapolis IN,

with g u e s t s

from ela rus and oland a t GM M and P C M exhib i ts

From

Poland

we also ha d a sizable

groupofpeople.

Andrew

and hisson,

Luke, Bajenski, of ProEcclesia,

presentedus theirdream

for

a

vibrant

church movement that would result in

a

healthy multiplying

church in every

major Polish

town. Kazik and

Dorota

Barczuk

of

Here

Am I Messianic

Outreach, Maui and Ewa Dwulat of

PROeM Ministries, also presented

their unique and exciting areas of

service.

We tha nk t he Lord for these ne w

European

church

leaders. We

look

forward

to another year of

working

together

with

our European partners

and

you,

our North American

friends,

in

building

the Church by leading

people to

Christ, both

younger and

older.

Outreach in Central and Eastern Europe January-February 2007

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BACK TO THE FUTURE - RUSSIAN ROOTS

Much is beingsaid lately about

New Tes tament

Christ ian

Churches in Eastern

and

Central Europe. Weare happy

to hear this. It is a unique

situation that all three GMM

missionaries have

firm

family

roots in this region. We

rememberour fathers' prayers

for those left behind. As

we

look

forward

to things

which

are

before us, let us be reminded

what wonderful things

God hasdone in thepast.

t

was

in

the

mid-1920's that John K

Huk, father

of Vera Bajenski,

immigrated to Canada. The Repetski

family

arrived

in

the

1940's.

They all

lived andworked in thiswonderful free

land,

never

forgetting

the people left

in spiritually dark Russia.

They prayed

for

freedom

and a spiritual awakening toccme

totheirpeople, andGod answered.

n

1963 John K Huk, whowas ministering at that

time

to a Russian

Evangelical Christian

congregation

in

Toronto, invited

Gene

Dulin,

of

TCM (Toronto Christian

Mission), to

join him

and visit churches

behind

the

iron

curtain. Brother John

knew

these churc hes and

the

conditions

under

which

they

were

working.

t

washere,

while

in

his teens, that he was

influenced

by the teaching of a

compelling Evangelical Christian movement led by a

well

known Russian leader, Ivan Prokhanov. John accepted

Christ, and later became a minister and influential church

leader,

both

in Russia and North America. Jacob Repetski,

(George Repetski's father), had a

similar

experience. He,

too,was greatlyaffected by Ivan Prokhanov'sministry.

While

living

in Pinsk, Belarus, Jacob served with the Evangelical

v an rokhanov

111

iiiiii

-

Jacob

George

Repetski Warsaw

1991

Outreach in Central and Eastern Europe

Christian

Church as a youth leader. He faithfully served the

Lord

for many years. One

of his

most poignant memories

was from

1943

when hebaptized 233 people ononeoccasion in thecity of

Slutsk, while Belarus

was

still

under

Nazi

occupation.

Yes,

Mr

Prokhanov

left

a deep

mark

onthe

spiritual

lives

of countless Russian

people. He was also known and highly

respected among many Christian Churches

in North

America.

However, itwas

not until

the

memorable trip

of

1963, when

John

K and Gene visited the Soviet Union, that

regular

contact

between North American Christian

Churches/Churches

of Christ

and Russian Evangelical Christian Churcheswas established.

Sincethis

time,

thousands of

people

havebeen reached

with

the

Gospel. Humbly, wecan

say, 'thank

you Lord,' for all

those

who

opened this door,

including

ourfathers, who started this ministry

(GMM), and became

instruments

in restoring

a

relationship

between

Christianmovements in the

Eastand West.

Gene Dulin

John

Huk

boarding

plane for fi rs t

trip

to

USSR

1963

Concerning

the

future

ofGMM's ministry, weare full of

optimism,

because the

Church

weare building belongs to

Christ,

and we are just his instruments. We would like to recall a

quotation from Ivan Prokhanov's autobiography. Inthe Cauldron

ofRussia, Almost all

my life

Ihave lived

in

Russia, the

country

of

the greatest sorrows. From the human standpoint pessimism

would be

fully justified

in thosewho

live

in Russia. But owing to

the accepted light from Christ I have lived more than half a

century in Russia,under

both

former and presentconditions, with

the radiant heartofan

optimist.

Here wewould also like to say

with Brother Prokhanov, the best isyettocome

January-February 2007



B AC K T O THE FUTURE

-

POLISH ROOTS

Mr .

M rs

roshev ich

Another place, where

GMM s missionary commitment is

greatly

contributing

in

present-day

Church growth in Europe, Is

Poland. Hereagain is a situation

where ou r contact with local

churches isenhanced bytheclose

family roots of one of our

missionaries.

T he C hr is tia n C hu rc h

/Churches ofChriststarted their

work

in Poland in 1921,when

Konstantin

Yaroshevich,

a graduate ofJohnson Bible

College

inKnoxville, TN, returned to his homeland

with

the Good News

ofChrist. God

blessed

his

ministry

and in a

short time many

new

churches

were

established. Most of his work

was

concentrated

in the rural eastern

parts

of the

country,

today s western

Belarus, Lithuania, Ukraine.

I

(George Bajenski) would like

to

recall onefactwhich

greatly

influenced

my

life.

My

father, Paul

Bajenski,

accepted

Christ during

one such

village service

conducted

by

Mr Yaroshevich. Later my father

became a

preacher and

joined

others in spreading the

Good News

of

Christ

across the

land.

By the time the Second

World War

started

(1939),

there were 85 new churches

functioning in

Poland.

The 1950 s were

difficult

years

in

Poland;

churches

were closed, ministers arrested, but the

Lord

was

with

us.

Gradually doors

were

being

opened and

ministers,

including

my father,

returned

home

to

their ministries. Life

was

returning

to

normal. This

wasthe

time

thatGod spoketo

me.

Iopened

my

heartandaccepted Jesus as

my

personal

Savior.

One

Sunday,

during

amemorable open-airservicein

Warsaw

onthebanksof

theVistula

River,

my father baptized me. twas

exactly

50years

ago,theyearof1957.

G. Bajenski s

baptis m


p. Bajko G. Bajenski K.

J akoniuk

in USA 1960

Another important

development in

church

life in

Poland

during this

period was increasedcontact

with

American

churches.

Paul

and

Adela

Bajko,

new

immigrants

to the

USA,

were re-establishing themselveswith newcontacts

in Europe

after

yearsofwar and separation from family and friends. God

used these faithful servants to become spokespersons on

behalf of the Church in Poland. Thanks to their efforts, Kostek

Jakoniuk an d I

were

able to come in

1959

to th e United

States

to

study

at Eastern Christian and Lincoln

Christian Colleges.

n

the

middle

ofthe 1960 s, one

could

observe

definite

changes

in

the life of churches in Poland. There was more music, more

youth involvement and greater numbers of people

coming

to

services. The 1970 s and 1980 s

brought major political

changes

in

Poland,

which

caused

much

social unrest.

This,

in

turn, motivated our greater

involvement in

benevolent

(Christians

ofEncouragement) and evangelistic activities. God

usedall of

this

to

build

andstrengthen his

Church.

n

the1990 s

the

Warsaw

Church under

the

ministry

of

Andrew Bajenski grew

to become the largest independent Christian Church

in

the

country with over600attending Sundayservices.

Through all of these stages GMM has been closely

involved in

th e

lifeof Polish

churches.

We

t hank t he

Lord for all

He

has done

in

thepast.

Now

weare looking into the

future

with

optimism.

We

believe

each generation has an

obligation

and

holds

the

key

to reach

their

own

generation and people and

lead

them toChrist. Yes,

things around

usare changing, butthe

Truth,

Jesus

Christ

and

His Gospel, remains

unchanged

forever

(Heb. 13;8). n GMM s

missionary

outreach

to

Central

and

Eastern Europe

we

want

tobe relevant tothechanges, but

above

all,

we

want

tobe

faithful

tothe

Lord

(Matt.

25:21).

Aswe

look backto ourroots,wewantto se ewhatthe futureholds,and

the

future looks bright, indeed.

Jesus is

coming Maranatha

Outrcuch in (Centraland Mastern iEurope



NEWS-ANNUALBOARD MEETING

GMM will be

holding

its Annual

Meeting

for the

American and CanadianBoardsof

Directors

in Mississauga,

Ontario onthe17th of

February,

2007.Weare

happy

to

report

that we

finished

the year of 2006with all bills and

mission

commitments paid in full. Thank you, Lord One important

item

fordiscussion

will

be

future

plans.Aswe informed you in

our earliercorrespondence,

all

three GMM missionaries are

already in the 6thdecade ofour

lives.

Weare not retiring just

yet,

butwe

would

like to bring

new

and

younger

leaders

into

ou r

midst with

whom

we could work

an d wh o

would

lead

this

ministry

into

the future. We

would

ask

you

toprayfor the Lord

to lead u s in t hese crucial matters.

NEWS - INFORMATIONAL EVENING WITH GUESTS

FROM EUROPE

Prior

to the

Board

Annual Meeting,

GMM

will

be

conducting

an informational evening February 16, 2007 for

interested

friends

in theToronto/Mississauga area.

Time

and

place

will

be announced in the next correspondence to

friends

within the area. Thosewhoare notonourmailing

list

an d

wish to

attend ca n

call or write

us

for information.

There

will

be surprise guestsat this meeting.

Come

and be

informed

ofwhatGod is

doing

in Belarus and other

places.

N E W S - F R O M TH E MISSION FIELD

January 7,2007

will

inaugurate an

important

phase

for

Polish

Christian missionary

outreach. n the auditorium of

the Warsaw-North

Christian

Fellowship church a new

evangelistic

project,

called

Realna Nadzieja ( Real Hope ),

will

be

officially

launched. This

ambitious,

seven-year

project

will

be coordinated by Luke

Bajenski.

He writes: We want

Polish people to se e that

Christ

is notmerely a historical or

religious figure that belongs on a cross or a stained-glass

window, butthe veryreal hopeforcontemporary people. Only

He

can bring true transformation

Into

the

life

of every

individual.

We

pray that Lord

will

provide the wisdom and

strength

for

the leadership ofthis undertaking.

GMM

plans to

be involved in different phases of this

project,

and

will

be

keeping

you informed.

l^lMmaualsy

I will turn their mouring into gladness... Jer. 31:13)

In

memory

of I

Given

by

Pau l

F. Nourse

Nancy

Gary

Vessell

Har a s im

Sacha r

Anastasia Sacha r

Benjamin Bajenski

Suzann Warren Rogers

Janice Larry

Snyder

Joseph

Clara Smith Betty Trumpore

Clar1< G l en n i e Tanner

Victor

Ev ely n K n o wies

Diane

Terry Beettam

Pat ri ci a

Brunsman

GM M Miss iona r i e s

T e n a Joe F o r s i u k

Olga Forsiuk

Pe t e r

Fors i uk

Nady

Fr e d Pos nikof f

Alice Humeny

Tom Shaw li n s kr

W a l t e r

S h a w l i n s k i i

E d w a r d S h a w li n s ki

A- N, Fo rs i u k

Donald W

Mac

Quarrie |

Ethel D o na ld G . M a c Q u a rr ie

Th e primary mission of Global

Missionary Ministries is to

proclaim Christ s

unchanging

message

of salvation to

th e

people

of a chang ing pos t-

communi s t

Ce n tr a l and

Ea s te rn Europe .

Amer i c an

George

Bajenski

Jim Gr-gofy

J i m G r e ll a

R o d H u ro n

Davii] t v l cFad d en

H a r ol d S m i t h

K en

Wood

George Repelski

Vera George Bajenski

John

K. Hu k

Betty Trumpore

Lauri P a ce l la , P au l N o ur s e, D e bo r ah N o u rs e

Emma Mi ch ael Pacel la

Ou r p a r en t s a n d d a u gh t er

Ruthann

Vi M i ke Tarasuk

Joe Red lich , John H uk, Jr.,

Rev.

Mrs.

Egnat

Sidorchuk

Sa r ah Redlich

Terry

Tanner, J a me s

MacDonald

E i l een

T a n n e r

Canadi an

E r n i e A t k i n s on

Phil Dempster

Mic ha e l

I saac

Ji m Tune

L e eWood

Global Missionary Ministries

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