EMF missionary Stefano Mariotti, along with 24 other Italian pastors have joined together in an evangelistic video event, organised by the Italian Christian publishing house Coram Deo. Each day, from 1st until 25th December they will present a evangelistic meditation on the theme of Christmas taken from John Piper's book 'Good News of Great Joy: 25 Devotional Readings for Advent'. The videos will be transmitted online through various social media platforms. To view the videos click on link provided.

Dr Dan Strange (Director with Crosslands), Daniel Grimshaw (Pastor of Dewsbury Evangelical Church), and José Moreno Berrocal, EMF missionary in Spain, will be considering the place of apologetics in our fulfilment of the Great Commission, not as a substitute for gospel proclamation, but as a preparation for and partner of that proclamation. Why not join us and find out more?!

The Legatio publishing house in Poland. led by EMF missionary Krzysztof Rutkowski, has recently published, in Polish, Edgar Andrews' book 'Who Made God?'. Pray that this book may help in the debate with atheists and those who struggle with the question of science.

José Moreno Berrocal celebrated his 30th anniversary as pastor of the evangelical church in Alcázar de San Juan. Special services were held to mark the occasion. Andrew Birch, EMF Mission Director, preached at both services.

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The video recording of the EMF 2021 autumn conference, Evangelising in a Hostile World: How to fulfil the church's great mission in today's anti-Christian world, is now available for viewing.

‘Tent-Making’ in Germany! Tim and Deb Brooks have been in Utzenfeld for over twenty years now, and run Haus Barnabas, a Christian guest house. Utzenfeld is a small village in the Black Forest area of Germany, with a little over 600 people living there; the area is predominately Roman Catholic. The ministry at Haus Barnabas involves the proclamation of the Gospel through preaching, literature, and personal witness. To read more, visit our website.

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A new video is available in our 'Meet our Missionaries' series introducing the work of Volodia & Oksana Kostyshyn, EMF missionaries based in Ternopil, Western Ukraine.

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The title for this year’s ‘Theological Days’ event run by the IFED organisation based in Padua was ‘Prayer, this unknown’ (La preghiera, questa sconosciuta). This was essentially a two-day conference, held on 10th and 11th September 2021, exploring the great theme and many aspects of prayer. There were approximately 200 people in attendance, including many pastors and church leaders. Read our article, IFED THEOLOGICAL DAYS 2021.

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A new video is available in our 'Meet our Missionaries' series introducing the work of Leonidas & Irene Kollaros, EMF missionaries based in Ioannina, Greece.

The video recording of the recent EMF webinar entitled: Engaging eastern Orthodoxy is now available. Panagiotis (Giotis) Kantartzis considers Eastern Orthodoxy from an evangelical perspective: Are there areas we would agree on, areas we where we would disagree? He particularly focuses on the area of the doctrine of salvation. But he also shares his experience of how to share the gospel with people from an Eastern Orthodox background, who are often suspicious about evangelical Christianity.

EMF missionary, José (Pepe) Moreno Berrocal pastors an evangelical church in the town of Alcázar de San Juan in the centre of Spain. As part of his preaching and pastoral duties he has been ministering to prisoners in the local prison since 1999. To find out more about this important work click on button provided.

A new video is available in our 'Meet our Missionaries' series introducing the work of Dawid & Agnieszka Kozioł, EMF missionaries based in Żywiec, Poland.

Xavi Pérez Patiño and his wife Paty have a passion for others to know the Lord Jesus as Saviour. Together they are working in the heart of Spain, in the enormous region of Castilla-La-Mancha, whose arid landscape is dotted with towns and villages that are still relatively untouched by the gospel message. Click on button provided to find out more about what this couple are doing in the three towns of Cuenca, La Solano and Ciudad Real.

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Pál Borzási is an EMF Missionary and pastor of the Hungarian Baptist Church at Pericei, in the region of Transylvania, Romania. In addition to his pastoral responsibilities, Pál lectures in the Hungarian Baptist Seminary in Oradea. We interviewed Pál about the seminary and his involvement in it. You can read this interview by clicking the link provided.

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Nearly three years after the church in Zywiec, Poland, began their important building project under the leadership of Dawid Kozioł, the work is nearing completion. Click on link to find out more.

EMF Missionary Antonio De Noia's latest book has just been published. It is a biography of the famous Italian Reformer Galeazzo Caracciolo who came from Vico del Gargano, the town where Antonio came to faith in Christ and where today he ministers to a small congregation of believers. To learn more click on link.

Manuel López Franco and the church in Almuñécar, Spain, are about to renew their radio outreach project. This is just one of their evangelistic initiatives, but since COVID-19 it has become a key ministry. Pray that God will bless this ministry so that many people from Almuñécar and the surrounding area will put their trust in Christ.

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José Moreno Berrocal is a prolific author and his latest book, 'In the Day I Fear', has just been published. This book is on a subject that has been on José's heart for some time, the fear of God, but he has presented it in a certain context. This book explores how there is only one fear that conquers every other fear - the fear of the Lord.

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EMF missionaries Stefano and Jenny Mariotti translated Stuart Olyott's book, 'Preaching: Pure and Simple' a number of years ago. Stefano finds it very useful for discipling and training of young men in his church in Budrio, Italy. Funds have been found to publish the book in Italian with the Coram Deo publishing house and we are pleased to announce that the Italian version of the book has now been published.

EMF missionaries Antonis and Viki Topaloglou are opening a new coffee shop called Moses Cafe on their premises at the Kipseli Community Centre. The idea is to use this as a means for outreach to the local community.

EMF missionary, Rogério Ramos, serving in the evangelical church in Sines, Portugal, is launching a mini theology school online via Zoom. The seminars are being run twice a month. The school is reaching people not only in Portugal but also in Brazil and Angola.

You can now pray for EMF throughout the year using the PrayerMate app. Click on link provided

With the normal ways of doing things no longer possible, this is an opportunity to be creative in how we engage with one another. We are in the process of launching 'Face to Face' 1 to 1 chat and group meetings via online video conferencing. For more information go to the 'Get Involved - Face to Face' page on the EMF website, or click on link provided.

Adam Urban, EMF missionary in Siedice, Poland, is pleased to announce the launch of a new website ministry called 'The Gospel in the Centre'. The web-site will make available all manner of theologically sound and also culturally relevant materials via e-books, interviews, podcasts, articles, sermons, book reviews, etc. Please pray that God will use this website in a great way among Polish evangelicals.

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Antonis & Vicki Topaloglou, EMF missionaries in Thessaloniki, Greece, are using the Kipseli Community Centre, situated in a needy area of Thessaloniki, in various ways for gospel outreach to the people of the city. Please pray for God's blessing on this work.

Be Partners in the Gospel

A short booklet describing the urgent need of the gospel in Europe, EMF's vision and approach, and the all-important partnership needed between UK churches and the missionaries in Europe.