Latest news and views

CELEBRATING GOD IN THE GYPSY CHURCHES

Martin Wade and I arrived in Sofia and spent the evening fellowshipping and encouraging George, a pastor from a Gypsy suburb of Sofia who we have known for a couple of years having taken a team to work with his church in 2009. Things have been very hard for gypsy churches over recent times with many people from their congregations being forced to work abroad due to the total lack of work available to them in Bulgaria. George is a man of faith and is seeking to teach and be an example of Christian life style to his church and the wider community. He told us of many miraculous ways in which God is looking after his family and enabling them to bless the community they are part of. On a number of occasions recently non Christian Bulgarians have given him food to distribute in the suburb, something almost unheard of in this nation where gypsies often get the blame for many of the nation’s troubles.

During Tuesday we met with another gypsy pastor who had travelled down from Viden in northern Bulgaria on the border with Romania, about a five hour coach journey from Sofia. We sought to encourage him and talked with him about ways in which we might help his people start up small businesses providing employment to help alleviate the migration.

Read More