A Spiritual Phenomenon

Five hundred years ago a tremendous phenomenon took place in Central Europe.  Most historians date the dawn of the Reformation of both the church and theology to a single day in 1517.  On October 31 of that year an Augustinian monk and professor of theology at the University of Wittenberg named Martin Luther nailed ninety-five theses (points for debate) to the cathedral church door in the city where he taught.  His theses implied that the only official church of Western Christendom—the church of Rome—was in serious error.  Within months, all of Europe was reading Luther’s theses.  Pope Leo X read them and declared that the Saxon monk must be drunk.  Later he called Luther “a wild boar in the vineyard of the Lord” and excommunicated him.  But Luther’s Reformation train had already left the station and there was no stopping it.

A Tragic Turn of Events

v  Now five hundred years later this same part of the world has taken a 180 degree turn and is now living in utter spiritual darkness.

v  Missiologists are conceding that Europe is not only post-modern but post-Christian and it has deteriorated to the point that it has become the darkest continent in the world spiritually.

v  Gallup reported that 48 percent of Western Europeans almost never go to church, and the figure for Eastern Europe is just a little bit less, 44 percent.

v  64 percent of Czechs regard God as not mattering at all.  There are more alcoholics in the Czech Republic than evangelical Christians.

v  Europe has a population of approximately 750,000,000 people with an evangelical rate of 1% or less.

v  Europe is a tragic paradox—an empty appearance of Christian symbolism that masks a reality of spiritual darkness.

v  More than 200,000 villages, towns and cities in Europe do not have a gospel witness.  In many countries more than 98% of those who walk the streets are headed for eternal damnation.

v  Europeans have searched and searched to find ways to bring happiness and purpose to their lives but they continue to live unfulfilled.  They have a SILENT CRY that will be only be quieted by the grace and forgiveness of Jesus Christ.

A Sovereign Act of God

·         We believe God desires to give Europe a second reformation, but it will take a sovereign act of God; an outpouring of the Holy Spirit.  Men and women being obedient to God’s call will also be a key ingredient in seeing this region converted.  We need a church that is praying, a church that is humble, a church that is repentant, and a church that is reaching beyond its own paradigms and borders to touch the lost.

                                                 -Adapted from Greg Mundis, European Regional Director

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