Welcome to Slovenia!

Slovenia is one of the most beautiful European countries. Although it has a population of only 2,002,275 people (2006 census), it has a bit of everything: mountains, seaside, lakes, caves, national forests and farmland.

Slovenia is a small country (only about the size of New Jersey), located between Austria and the northern tip of Croatia, bordered by Italy and the Adriatic Sea to the west, and Hungary to the East. It remains relatively unknown to most people around the world and is often confused with another European country, Slovakia.

Most Slovenes follow the traditions of the Roman Catholic Church without personally knowing Jesus Christ and the Word of God. Of its two million people, less than 700 attend the few scattered evangelical churches. Slovenia is overall a secular society.

SEND ministry in Slovenia includes partnering with Slovenians in church planting, evangelism, and discipleship aimed at helping believers grow in their personal relationship with God and their witness to Slovenians.

Church Planting Vision
Assist in Slovene Brethren church plants in Maribor and beyond.

Recruitment
2 experienced, humble church planting couples or singles
2 youth-focused church planting couples or singles
2 couples or singles to teach English or German as a second language
1 family counselor to work with the church planting team

A Believer’s story from Slovenia

Nina can tell you what at takes to wait 40 years.

Today she is 86 years old and now, for the first time in her life, she has a home church to go to. Nina is a Ukrainian, but lived in Slovenia (Yugoslavia) most of her life. In the 1960s her mother wrote her a letter and told her, that she needed to repent and become a Christian if she wanted Jesus to save her. Although the letter had its affect on Nina, she did not know how to become a Christian. 

Her mother wrote again and encouraged her to look for believers who meet in their homes. Nina walked around and looked for people who might be meeting in their homes for services, but she could not find any. Finally she started to listen to Trans-World-Radio and wrote them a letter. They took the time to explain to her how to put her faith in Christ, and Nina became a Christian.  However, there still was no church to be found. The people of Trans-Word-Radio took the time to find a Croatian pastor who visited Nina in Maribor. This was the first time Nina had met another believer in person.

Since this time, Nina has asked the Lord for a church in Maribor, her city. She saw her husband die, but does not know if he had time to repent before he died. She saw Bible studies come and go, along with frustrated or overworked missionaries and pastors from other Slovenian churches and from foreign countries.

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