Chisinau
Elim Christian Center (ECC), one of our vital churches located in Moldova’s capital city, Chisinau, this month will realize a big dream and vision that has been 20 years in the making. When finished, this dream will host the largest church facility in Moldova.
On October 26th, ECC will celebrate their first Sunday morning service in their newly built church sanctuary after years of meeting in a small rental space. In time, they will also complete a multilevel educational and ministry training center, as well as, open a much needed Christian kindergarten to meet practical and spiritual needs of families.
The journey has been a long time coming and not always easy. Construction on the ECC church began in April 2016, was paused from 2018 to 2020 due to legal issues, work resumed in 2020 but was slowed by COVID-19, persevered through inflation and rising construction costs, and finally, pushed forward in the midst of the regional Ukrainian-Russian war happening across Moldova’s border.
In the midst of Goliathic challenges (my new word for Webster), Pastor Sasha and the church have never stopped praying, trusting, dreaming and believing God had a big vision to accomplish through ECC. God is faithful and the best is yet to come!
In September, a hardworking team of 13 from Discover Church (Oak Creek, WI) arrived in Moldova to assist with ECC. God’s timing is perfect as the team brought much-needed help, encouragement, faith, and even fun. We feel blessed by ECC, our home church in Moldova, and Discover Church, one of our first supporting churches since becoming missionaries in 2006. We are workers together in Him!
Elim Christian Center (ECC) from the outside. To the right is the three story
multilevel educational/ministry training center and where the church kindergarten will operate. At the forefront are the steps leading into the church foyer and second floor offices/classrooms, as well as, the 1200 seat sanctuary (behind the foyer).
In the church foyer area, Pastor Sasha spoke about ECC's incredible journey and his God-given vision to share the Good News in Chisinau and Moldova and beyond. Part of the educational wing will be used for training missionaries for global outreach.
