Three lively churches, two in Croatia (Dubrava and Varaždin), and one in Bosnia (Novi Travnik), aim to start planting a total of 10 new churches over the next 5 years - a great undertaking. In order to do this they intend to mobilise 12 Brazilian missionaries and 4 Ukranian missionaries, who will greatly speed up the process. They are planning special worldwide prayer evenings for ‘Revival in the Balkans’, during Pentecost (8th-12th June) when they will seek to encourage and facilitate evenings of prayer, and hope to have people participating from Korea to Ukraine, Britain to Brazil, America to Australia, and everywhere in between! Pray for many new Christians and new churches, for finances and vision of the workers from Brazil and Ukraine, and for both the existing church planting zones (Dubrava and Varaždin from Croatia and Novi Travnik in Bosnia) and the possibility of identifying more in Croatia, Slovenia and Serbia. (ECM - May 2012)

There are few activities available to young people in Dobrinja, Bosnia. Knowing this, The House was launched recently: a comfortable space for teens complete with a PlayStation 2, sound system, books, guitars, snacks and a projector. During the first week, only a few teens showed up, but now about 10-15 young people, mainly guys, come to The House. Pray that this space would be a refuge for young people who have nothing else to do, and that they would be led to Christ through what they find there. (Gospel for Asia - March 2012)

Bosnia sits on the cultural divide between East and West. The country’s population consists of relatively even numbers of Bosnians, Croats and Serbs, and consequently it suffered terribly during the civil war in the 1990’s. It is estimated that 250,000 people were killed in the fighting and ethnic cleansing. This has left deep scars - all the more because this took place among communities that had previously lived together and even intermarried. For centuries Bosnia has been predominantly Muslim and before 1991 there were only three known congregations in Sarajevo. Now there are around thirty, some in places where the worst atrocities had taken place, with about 700 people attending services. These infant fellowships are evidence that there is no place so dark that God's love cannot shine. (ECM - August 2010)

More than a decade after the civil war ended, the political situation in Bosnia Herzegovina is still complicated and in need of change. Whilst in some areas positive steps have been taken toward unity, nationalism is still a problem for many people. Above all, Bosnia and Herzegovina needs Jesus Christ, His power and His light to shine through. Bosnia Herzegovina needs His Spirit to bring healing, to destroy the works of the enemy that desires to steal, kill and destroy through corruption, drug abuse, alcohol abuse, apathy, lack of hope, religiosity, fears, false beliefs, confusion, misunderstandings, hatred, and nationalism. Please pray for the evangelical Church which numbers less then 800 members in the whole country. Pray that it will be strong in the power of the Holy Spirit and will be rooted in the truth of God's word and love. Mathew 16:18: “And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.” (Novi Most - November 2009)