Bełchatów, PolandMonday, June 29, 2009.
Church Planting in Bełchatów
Quite a few months ago, I met a man named Krzystof from the Pentecostal Church in Radomsko. He had actually come to the concert we held in the church in Piotrków-Trybunalski, and brought some youth from Radomsko. It was there I found out he was planting a church in Bełchatów.
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We have had a place in our heart for Bełchatów ever since our friend Damian took us there and showed us around after we first arrived in Poland toward the beginning of this year. We felt as though there was a spiritual darkness over the city and wondered at the city slogan, being Adam, Eve and the Serpent. “Be Tempted! Come to Bełchatów” was a popular slogan used by the city. Sure enough, in talking to Krzystof, it has been an uphill battle trying to plant a church in Bełchatów, and it seems that any evangelical or Pentecostal church that has attempted to do so in times past has failed.
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Krzystof and his team from Radomsko have been doing warfare prayer in the city for some time now, and every Friday and Saturday afternoon, their team hits the streets to do outreach, weather permitting. This is a great strategy in church planting, being in the community, meeting people, evangelizing and praying with people. They invited me to come and play some of my original worship on the streets as part of their outreach. I gladly took their offer for assistance in this and last Friday, the same day we got back from the Ukraine border, Jonas and I went to Bełchatów to help with the outreach.
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I just played some of my original songs through a microphone and small sound system that was powered by a small generator. It was an interesting sight to see the response to the music, as well as to Krzystof and his team handing out Bibles and trying to start conversations. Most people walked by disinterested, and even disgusted it seemed. But there were people who stopped and listened, bought CDs, took Bibles and talked with the team. I would take breaks from playing guitar and singing, hand out Bibles and start conversations as well. I was able to connect with a few younger people, and even give them some of my CDs. They were grateful and were glad to talk to me. I think that there is such a huge spiritual battle here in Bełchatów. I also spent time on that street corner just praying for a spiritual breakthrough in the area. It was a great day of reaching out to people in the name of Jesus, and assisting Krzystof’s team. I have an open invitation to help out more over the next couple of months before we leave. I’m sure I will be back some more.
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I just played some of my original songs through a microphone and small sound system that was powered by a small generator. It was an interesting sight to see the response to the music, as well as to Krzystof and his team handing out Bibles and trying to start conversations. Most people walked by disinterested, and even disgusted it seemed. But there were people who stopped and listened, bought CDs, took Bibles and talked with the team. I would take breaks from playing guitar and singing, hand out Bibles and start conversations as well. I was able to connect with a few younger people, and even give them some of my CDs. They were grateful and were glad to talk to me. I think that there is such a huge spiritual battle here in Bełchatów. I also spent time on that street corner just praying for a spiritual breakthrough in the area. It was a great day of reaching out to people in the name of Jesus, and assisting Krzystof’s team. I have an open invitation to help out more over the next couple of months before we leave. I’m sure I will be back some more.
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Christian Young
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