Church Growth in Serbia-Montenegro

JUNE 13, 2005

The Pastor of Podgorica Since becoming a nation in 2003, Serbia-Montenegro has struggled to rise out of the ashes of the former Yugoslavia. According to Grady and Janet Smalling, missionaries to Europe, relief funds provided by U.S. churches and individuals for the nation's internally displaced people have resulted in open doors for ministry and church growth. Congregations in Kraljevo and Podgorica have outgrown their meeting places.

pastor and associate pastor of Podgorica with Area Director, Craig Mathison Relief efforts started last December, followed by a Convoy of Hope outreach in early 2004. Since then 10 new families have been added to the church in Kraljevo. Pastored by Sasha Vitakic, this church is the only Pentecostal work in the city of 100,000 people. When Vitakic went to Kraljevo in 1997, no evangelical believers lived there.

The church in Podgorica is the only Pentecostal congregation in Montenegro Province. Pastor Jovica Bacvanski's vision is to send church planters to help reach the city of 120,000 people and all of Montenegro for Christ. He is currently mentoring six young preachers.

Sixty-five Pentecostal churches and preaching points and 9,000 members and adherents live in Serbia-Montenegro, a nation of 10.6 million people. Pray for AG missionary efforts in this part of Europe.

From Assemblies of God World Missions
"Intercessor and World Report"