Capitol Ministries

International | CM 2017 39 FTER PRAYING EVERY DAY FOR TWO YEARS FOR HIS COUNTRY'S LEADERS and for God to reveal a way to serve them, Samuel Mitrofan has planted the first Capitol Ministries® western Europe discipleship Bible Study in his home country of Romania. "e mission of Capitol Ministries® is my heart's desire — to teach our lead- ers from the Bible and go deeper in the Word," Samuel said. "Aer two years of daily prayer, Capitol Ministries® came at the right time to help Romania with sound doctrine and teaching." With the second largest number of Evangelicals in Europe, Romania is ripe for the CM ministry. "People are secular in most European countries, but in Romania, most people still fear God. Yet, even here, many tra- ditional churches teach very little about the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Many who call themselves Christians do not have a relationship with Christ," Samuel said. Samuel is a preacher's kid who worked as a chemical engineer and a business- man until deciding in his early 30s to de- vote his life to full-time ministry. Earlier this year he told a politically-connected friend about his desire to minister to national leaders and his friend told him about Capitol Ministries®. Aer attending CM's Spring Train- ing Conference in Denver, CO, Samuel was named Capitol Ministries®' Western Europe Director. He also serves as CM's Ministry Leader to the Romanian Par- liament. He is working closely with Mir- cea Rosca, former Romanian Parliamen- tarian and former vice chairman of e Parliamentary Group of the National Liberal Party, who is also affiliated with Capitol Ministries®. Samuel has translated into Romanian a number of CM Bible studies as well as Capitol Ministries®' book, Rebuilding a Nation, e Biblical Blueprint so leaders may read the material in their own lan- guage. Samuel is working to create Bible studies in Hungary, England, and Swit- zerland. Working with Mircea as well as Ro- manian Parliament members, Samuel helped plan a meeting of Christian po- litical leaders who gathered for the first time in Romanian history for meetings in October and a National Prayer Break- fast in November. Samuel is also working with western European leaders who wish to promote CivicReach®, which is CM's ministry to local political leaders. Discussions are already underway to translate into Ro- manian Capitol Ministries®' new book, Oaks in Office, the 52-Bible study cur- riculum for U.S. local leaders that is cur- rently in production. "Capitol Ministries® is the way to bring the knowledge from God's Word to political leaders so they understand how God has placed them in this posi- tion of power and what He expects of them," Samuel said. "Please pray along with us as we reach more leaders in more countries with the Gospel of Jesus Christ! Like all of us, they desperately need it." A Samuel Mitrofan Western Europe Director Romania Panoramic view of the University Square in Bucharest, Romania western europe

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