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VALERIU GHILETCHI , a seminary-trained Baptist pastor and for mer Moldovan
Parliamentarian has a track record of making disciples in the political arena. Pastor
Ghiletchi is CapMin's ministry leader to members of the European Union. Pastor
Ghiletchi is tasked with building discipleship Bible-study ministries to members of the
European Parliament (EP), the legis lative branch of the EU which meets alternately in
Brus sels, Belgium and Strasbourg, France. He has already begun his work. When the
EP is not in session, Pastor Ghiletchi works closely with Slavik Rimski, CapMin's global
director for Eastern and Western Europe, to plant and build ministries in Capitols of
nations across the continent. As a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council
of Europe (PACE), Pastor Ghiletchi was the chairperson of the Committee on the
Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights. He was also the rapporteur
of several reports adopted by PACE, one of which was: "Tackling intolerance and
discrimi nation in Europe with a special focus on Christians." He served as a member of
the Moldova Parliament from 1998–2001 and again from 2009–2019. Pastor Ghiletchi
and Marina, his wife, have three children and six grandchil dren. He holds freedom very
dear, having suffered reli gious persecution while growing up in Moldova, which at
that time was a Soviet Bloc nation. His grandfather became the first Christian in their
village and he estab lished a strong Christian foundation upon which the family built
their faith. "I believe that serving members of parliament, praying with them and for
them, helping them to study the Word, and having fellowship with them will be a great
encouragement and will help them grow spiritually. ese efforts will also strengthen
them to fulfill their mandate and to become strong leaders of their nations," he said.
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