Thanks for visiting Croatia4Christ.com. We pray that through this site you will get a true vision and burden for the needs of a forgotten people in Croatia. 

About Us

Croatia4Christ is an Independent Baptist organization with the goal of reaching Croatia4Christ one soul at a time.

We are endeavoring to help Independent Baptist missionaries with the call to come to Croatia. We are prepared to help with visa's and locating homes and language schools.

Spiritual Warfare Conference
During the first part of April we had the priviledge of having Dr. Bill Smith for our Spiritual Warfare conference. Bro. Smith did a wonderful job and our church is stronger because of his coming. He will be returning next year and we are already looking forward to it. Thank you Bro. Smith!

Guest Speakers
We are delighted with so many people coming to Croatia to see the work. The end of May Pastor James Rasbeary and his wife will be coming to Croatia accompanied by a dear church member, Bro. Pecelant. We can't wait to share with them the miracles God has done here in Croatia.  

Reaching the Roma Community
Croatia's most vulnerable minority is the Roma people. Officials suggest there are as many as 30,000 Gypsy people in Croatia. Each year we try to go into a particular Roma (Gypsy) village here in Croatia and deal specifically with the children. While many times the adults are very difficult to reach the children are usually very willing to listen and accept Jesus. Please pray for workers for this outreach and for safety.  Pray that God would bless the reading of each tract that is passed out and each Gospel presentation given. We will be in the village from August 3rd till the 5th, please join us in prayer.  To see photos of last years day in the Gypsy village click here.

We were blessed to have a group of 12 from the church go to  Zagreb to pass out tracts. We went into one of the very busy outdoor markets and managed to pass out about 2500 tracts. While no one was saved on that day (that we know of) the Gospel was still placed in well over 2000 hands. Please pray that these tracts will continue to deliver the life change message of Christ to those who are searching.

Thanks to the faithful support of God's people the Croatian Bible Project is going full steam. With the books of John and Romans being completely finshed we are wasting no time in getting the Word to the people.
Thanks to the faith and work of the people at Harvest Baptist Church in Ft. Dodge, IA, there are 100,000 John and Romans on their way to Croatia.

One of the greatest needs in Croatia is a complete copy of God's Word in the Croatian language. While we have many translations we do not have a reliable copy that we can call the Word of God.  Currently there is a translation underway that will be comparable with the KJV Bible. Please pray for the finances needed to complete the Old and New Testaments of the Bible. It is going to talk many dollars to complete this project properly. Please pray that God will supply all the needs during this process. Also pray for the men who are endeavoring to accomplish this monumental task.

At this point Heritage Baptist Church in Ft. Worth, pastored by Eric Crawford has promised $500 at month up to $10,000. Trinity Baptist Church, Dr. Bob Smith has also given $10,000 and Countryside Baptist Church pastored by Claud Sutton is supporting the Bible project at $100 a month. We praise the Lord for these men and the desire to see the Bible come to Croatia in a complete copy. Please consider supporting the Bible project for the next 7 years. Have a part in putting God's complete Word in the hands of the Croatian people.

Please continue to pray for Sister Emily as she daily grows stronger.  We have heard that Emily is progressing good after surgery. She rides her recumbent bike for 30 minutes now and is doing much better. Please continue to pray that God will intercede and Sister Emily's recovery time will be short.

Please pray that God will use our church to reach Croatia 4 Christ in 2006. Time is short and many Croatians are dying without ever hearing a clear presentation of the Gospel. Please pray that He would send missionaries to Croatia. There is currently only one IFB missionary family in Croatia. The need is so great and the laborers are so few.

Please pray for Bro Rajko Telebar and his wife Ljubica. They are sacrificing to serve the Lord and are expecting another precious child in August. Also Bro. Rajko is one of the men working of the Bible translation project. He is trusting the Lord to meet his family's needs. Please pray for the Telebar family and their needs as they serve in Croatia. This family makes many sacrifices and many times they do without for want of money. Please pray for this dear family and consider supporting them with a small monthly offering. Without them the Leslie family would be serving alone in Croatia. If you would like to be colaborers with the Telebar Family in Croatia, please e-mail us at missionarywife2003@yahoo.com