40 Days of Prayer | Day 27 Hungary

Day 27 – Hungary

Date entered by ABWE as a mission field: 1988
Major ABWE ministries: Church planting, leadership training, MK education

Religious liberty was restored to Hungary in 1990, ending more than 40 years of intimidation, discrimination and infiltration by Communist leaders. Hungary is a spiritually needy country, and traditional Catholic Christianity offers many challenges to missionaries.

Budapest is the headquarters for ABWE’s ministries in central and eastern Europe. From the outset, ABWE’s strategy has been to focus on the training of national Christian leaders to promote a national church-planting movement.

Missionaries work closely with Hungarian partners in the work of evangelism and discipleship. A resource and training center is now operating on the outskirts of Budapest, and is being used by ABWE missionaries to prepare workers for the spiritual harvest field of Hungary.

Prayer Requests

Field Requests

Please pray for Pastor Jozsef, who recently attended the ABWE Missions Roundtable with pastors and Christian leaders from surrounding countries. Pray he would catch the vision to see Hungarians going as missionaries to less-reached people.
Please pray for Gyöngyi, an outgoing young woman who is a new believer with a passion for missions. She is attending Bible school with the desire to serve as a missionary wherever God leads.

Chris and Debbie Johnson

Chris serves as the Hungary team leader.
Pray for growth and unity in the Érd Liget church plant where they are working.
Pray for Chris’s mom, Sammie Johnson, whose cancer may no longer be dormant.
Pray for perseverance, wisdom, personal walks with God, physical and emotional health.

Kevin and Joy Phillips

They served for two years in Hungary and were appointed full-time in 2010. They are nearing completion of their prefield ministry.
Pray that they will soon receive the support needed to return to Hungary and resume ministry, including working with the youth in a church plant.

Ruth Rust

Ruth began a full-year furlough in early October.
Pray for ESL ministry opportunities to be involved in during furlough, as well as continued wisdom and direction for the ESL outreaches in Hungary.

Chris and Darcy Alexander

Appointed last summer, Chris and Darcy and their family have assisted with children’s ministry at CEEMed regional conferences.
They will be making a survey trip regarding serving at International Christian School of Budapest Nov. 19-27.

In addition to the Hungary team, which focuses primarily on church planting and missions ministry in Hungary, we have a regional team that serves the whole Central & Eastern Europe and Mediterranean (CEEMed) Region. Several of the regional team members live and serve in Budapest, where the regional office is located.

Prayer Requests

Pat and Tina Curby

Pat serves as the business administrator at International Christian School of Budapest, and Tina teaches high school English and journalism. They teach English through the outreach of Érd Baptist Church.
Pray for them as they continue to minister to students and families through their school involvement, as well as develop relationships with Hungarian students and friends.

Joel and Debbie Dicks

Joel serves as central Europe coordinator, encouraging and working with the central European country team leaders. He is also serving as interim team leader for Czech Republic and Slovakia. Pray for new leaders for these two teams.
Pray for Joel and Debbie as they minister to team leaders and their wives, serve in ESL outreach at Érd Baptist and develop relationships with Hungarians.

Kelly and Sherri Fath

Kelly serves as the CEEMed regional administrator. He and Sherri are currently living stateside and raising support to relocate to the region.
Pray for their remaining support to be committed and their anticipated move to central Europe in spring 2012.
Pray for wisdom and direction as they lead the entire CEEMed team toward the goal of facilitating church planting and missions movements in each country of the region.

Beth Hafer

Beth serves as the administrative assistant for the CEEMed region. She is also involved in ESL outreach through Érd Baptist Church.
Pray for her as she coordinates information and facilitates communication among the team region-wide, and assists with conferences and projects.
Pray for her as she seeks to build relationships with Hungarian students and friends.

Steve and Cheryl Winget

Steve is heavily involved in theological education in many countries around the region, particularly those where we do not yet have resident teams. He also assists with researching opportunities for ministry and opening new countries.
Cheryl heads the Supplemental Services Department at International Christian School of Budapest, assisting students with special learning needs.
Pray for them as they balance their busy schedules and travels and carry out ministries, and for Cheryl as she completes her doctorate.