Moldova for Christ Sports Ministry organized a baseball game between the Cupcini and Balti baseball teams on Saturday, September 17th. The teams played on a sports field at the Medical College in Balti. Since baseball is generally unheard of in Moldova, it attracted number a large of people who wanted to see what is going on.

The Cupcini team won the game, which was expected to some degree, since they have been playing baseball for five years and the Balti team is just starting.

Our Sports Ministry offers a great opportunity to build new friendships, get involved in the lives of people who do not know Christ and helps with physical conditioning. Also, it is good training experience in learning cooperation with others while achieving a goal, and training people to sacrifice their interest for a team’s success. It is a great asset for young people as they become missionaries, ministers, Christian leaders and promoters of God’s Kingdom on the earth.

We were very glad to see parents of some young players and people that simply came to support both teams in this tournament. God gave us a perfect opportunity to witness to these people. We were able to share with them about God’s work in our lives and in the lives of those that came to know Him when they came to baseball clinics and camps.

We thank God for the people that, in spite of the fact that they never attend any church, came to the event and were touched by the Word of God. They saw their friends and relatives that love the Lord, follow Him on the “narrow path” and live under the direction of Jesus Christ.

Our Lord can use many means to reach out to the unsaved, whether it be door-to-door ministering, crusades, puppet shows or sports events. He remains faithful to those who choose to follow Him no matter the venue.

Barbara Nave, associate pastor at Sanibel Community Church on Sanibel Island, FL, USA shares her impressions after spending a week at Creation Camp 2011.

You can read more about the camp we had in 2011 on the Creation Camp blog.

God is at work in Chisinau Logos Christian Church. Proclaiming the Gospel by conducting Bible studies, children’s programs, Puppet shows, orphanage work and through church planting, six people recently joined the church through water baptism.  Everyone celebrated in this joyous occasion, when we saw the results of the work from our brothers and sisters serving our Lord there.

“It is a special day for us as a church and for these new brothers and sisters that are following our Lord’s command and getting baptized today. It is a very special day for every one of them, a day they were looking toward and prayed for. We need to have this kind of celebrations more often, at least each Sunday,” – Pastor of Logos Christian Church, Vasile Rusnac said.

Two people that were baptized, Nina and Tatiana, came from the city of Comrat, where a new church plant is underway. It is a city in Southern Moldova with a predominately Turkish population. God put His light in that city through a congregation committed to studying and proclaiming His Word.

Ivan is from Chisinau and was also baptized. He heard of the Lord from his wife who was saved and baptized last year. Since then he started attending our church, and just one year later made the decision to follow Christ.
Artyom and John are orphans that heard about Jesus from our people who worked in their school and invited them to attend the church and our Summer English Camp. One day John came to the church and said, “Pastor, I want to repent and to trust Jesus with all my heart and to follow Him.”  We prayed with him and he trusted Jesus for his salvation.

Artyom trusted Jesus when we were talking with him in our van about his life. He said he wants to believe in Christ and follow Him in water baptism.

Eudokia was saved when our youth went door-to-door visiting people in the village of Tirnova, in Northern Moldova. Bible study groups were started and new people were introduced to Jesus.  Eudokia has six small children. Her whole family, including her husband, started visiting our church regularly.  She became part of our church body and is ready to serve the Lord.

After the baptism we had an hour of fellowship and celebration.  Everybody personally congratulated the new church members and got to know them better.  We are looking forward to see how God will use these brothers and sisters as they serve Him by proclaiming the Good News of Jesus Christ to others!

You can see more pictures from the baptism on our Facebook page.