POLAND 2009 - Euangelion Concert

Piotrków-Trybunalski, Poland
Saturday, May 9, 2009
.Euangelion ConcertWell, today marked another day in history for the evangelical church here in PT, as they put on their first Christian Rock Concert that was held outdoors, in public. The concert was held at the Cultural Center very near the Old Square. Andrzej really went all out in promoting the concert; from t-shirts to radio commercials. I am finding that he is really gifted in doing PR work and DEFINITELY has the heart of an evangelist. The turnout was fairly good and there were people who came and went throughout the concert. Many stayed for the whole thing.

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Euangelion is a great band out of Warsaw. I know that Christian rock bands are scarce here in Poland as well. All of the guys in the band are really cool. There was NO MISTAKING the gospel being presented through the lyrics in their songs. Jacek, the lead guy for the band, has an awesome testimony and is ON FIRE for Jesus. They played for about an hour. I opened up for them taking about 20 to 25 minutes, playing four songs and giving a short testimony in between. The last song I sang was “Dzięki Ci,” which is the Polish translation of my original song, “Thanks To You.” I was pretty nervous trying to pull it off, but I think it went fine. Anyway, you can watch the video of that song, with English subtitles above if you would like.

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God only knows what sort of impact these evangelistic outreaches have in the lives of the people in Poland. My prayer is that the seeds of the gospel fell on good soil, and that people went home that day, really thinking about all they had heard at the concert. I could definitely feel a tension in the air, and although no one outright said or did anything against us who are born again at the concert, there was still this sense of resistance. It is definitely a spiritual battle we are facing here. Thank you for all of your prayers around this concert.

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Christian Young