Field Ministry: Christ for Romania
A Few Pictures
Romania is a country in Southeastern Europe, bordering Hungary and Serbia to the
west, Ukraine and Moldova to the northeast, and Bulgaria to the south. Romania has a
stretch of sea coast along the Black Sea, and the eastern and southern Carpathian
Mountains run through its center. It has seen numerous empires come and go from the
Roman, to the Ottoman, to the Austro-Hungarian. After World War II the country was
under communist rule although the leadership pursued a foreign policy independent of
that of the Soviet Union.
The capital of Romania and largest city is Bucharest, the sixth largest city in the European Union. Romania joined NATO on March 29, 2004, and the EU on January 1, 2007. Romania has the seventh largest population and the ninth largest territory in the EU.
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The Romanian Christians are eager to receive theological training. Will
you be part of that effort of equipping reliable national Christian leaders as
the doors of opportunity are still open?
ITEM supported Maranatha Bible College (Campina Romania) meets in
the facilities of Maranatha Bible Church. Students are drawn from many
churches in the Campina area. Some of them travel up to 25 kilometers to
attend classes.
Since 1998, Maranatha Bible College, in located in Campina, Romania, has been
offering pastoral training through the efforts of
ITEM, with about 25
sincere and regularly attending students.
Mealtime at Maranatha Bible College. Training is rigorous with traditional lunch hour break for a communal meal at the church that houses the Bible College. This is where one feels home away from home.
The Romanian Christians are eager to dig into Scripture discovering their own bounty as noted
by Rev. Jim Carmichael on his recent trip to Campina Romania..


ITEM has been providing invaluable ministry resources to pastors and lay leaders in the former Soviet Bloc for over a decade.