4 Men = 1 Mission

Harvest Bible Fellowship

What happens when three Romanian Harvest pastors assemble to receive a pastor from stateside? Harvest Hickory meets Romania—and Harvests Braila, Brasov and Ploiesti welcome Kurt Gebhards.

On a mission to renew his own global vision of God's work, the Senior Pastor of Harvest Hickory had “a wonderful time of fellowship" with his Romanian brothers in ministry.

Traveling to Bucharest, Romania, Kurt spent an afternoon with fellow Senior Pastors Marius Mezin (Metanoia Braila), Adi Stanciu (Metanoia Brasov), and Cristi Pana (Metanoia Ploiesti). Kurt initiated the visit, desiring to learn more about these Harvest Metanoia churches and thus more about how to support them...

What he found left an indelible impression: three "very impassioned and equipped" men who are faithfully shepherding relatively small congregations through formidable obstacles with few resources—and marked by selflessness and wisdom. (As almost a case in point, two men made three-hour journeys just to meet for the afternoon.)

The face-to-face connecting quickly transcended differences in background, country, and continent. In-depth sharing of ministry concerns cultivated their hearts to continue upholding one another, across the ocean, through prayer.

Recounting his visit, Kurt could not emphasize enough the blessing these men were to him: “I was impressed with the absolute dedication. Second Corinthians 12:15 is so reflected in these men.”

I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls.

Returning to their respective locales, each now has a better understanding of how different their regions, needs and resources are—and of their shared devotion to building up Christ's kingdom. Their common goal is to seek ways to leverage this unique encounter toward stronger relationships between Harvest's North American and international pastors...

One afternoon ignited a renewed mission, vision, and passion in four Senior Pastors—an overseas investment that's bearing eternal dividends.

Therefore encourage one another and build up one another, just as you also are doing. 1 Thessalonians 5:11

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