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Political Crisis in Romania Threatens the
Catholic Minority
Friday, 09 October 2009 14:41

The current political crisis in Romania is amplified by the
Orthodox Church, the majority religious group in the
country, which lobbies for a law to keep properties taken
from Eastern Rite Catholics, who are a religious minority.
Los Angeles, CA/October 9, 2009 - Religious tensions
have amplified the current national political crisis in
Romania. With the collapse of the country's governing
coalition last week and the presidential election less
than two months away, the Orthodox Church is pushing
for members of the Romanian Parliament to pass a law
that would grant the Orthodox Church permanent
ownership of churches and other properties that were
seized from the Greek-Catholic Church by the
communist regime in 1948.
The Romanian Orthodox Church released a political
statement on September 29 proposing that the
Greek-Catholic properties should be split between the
two Churches "based on the current number of believers
that each Church has within the local community."

Read more at:
http://www.byzcath.org/index.php/news-mainmenu-49/279
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Pray for Romania

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Let us pray for the churches of Romania. God

has ordained for the churches to set the moral

standard for cultures. May the Christians rise up to

point out sin, give a hand-up to the weak and cry out

daily to the Lord to cleanse the land.

Lord we ask You to visit every group in Romania

that calls itself a church. ( Orthodox - 86.8%; Roman

Catholic - 5%; Reformed - 3.5%; Protestant - 3.5%;

Greek Catholic, Unitarian and others - 1.2%) Let them

know they are the back-bone of the country. May they

daily pray and ask for Your mercy.

Lord we thank You for moving in Romania.

There are many fires of revival. Lord, may Your grace

be seen throughout the land.

Lord we ask for your grace to be reported

through the media. Raise up men and women that will

see the good things You are doing and would write

stories and take the cameras and report the good

news.

Let us pray for the Word of the Lord to spread

out across Romania. May the pastors and the priest be

bold and proclaim the good news. Lord, You broke the

yoke of communism off the land and now the church

has freedom. Lord may they not waste this time of

opportunity.

Lord, we pray for every intercessor that is called

to pray for Romania. Protect them, may they dwell

close to Your throne and have the ears of their hearts

tuned to hear Your voice. Show them the joy of waging

spiritual warfare over Romania. Lord, we stand and

declare victory.

Let us pray for the government of Romania.

Lord, we ask for the lifting up of faithful citizens and the

tearing down of corrupt politicians. May the people of

Romania be blessed with good government.

We pray for President Traian Basescu and

Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu. Lord, we ask

that You surround these men with righteous advisors.

Lord, we ask for Nehemiahs to be raised up in

Romania to rule. Nehemiah 5:14-15 “Moreover, from

the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the

land of Judah, … neither I nor my brothers ate the

governor’s provisions. But the former governors who

were before me laid burdens on the people, and took

from them bread and wine, … Yes, even their servants

bore rule over the people, but I did not do so, because

of the fear of God.”

10.

Let us pray for a missionary named Michael

Lundell in Bucharest. He was very much used of God in

the youth camps of 2009. Youth camps are very

important for evangelizing young people throughout

the Balkans. Let us pray that Michael would stay on the

cutting edge of God’s plan for Romania and would

have much favor in the culture.

The Iasi connection

Dear Friends,

As I reflect on many of the blessings that God

bestowed upon my ministry in the past year and begin

to think of what this all means for the new year, I

immediately thought of the city of

Iasi, Romania.

Last year I was privileged to work with a group of

adolescents from Iasi in a camp organized by our youth

leadership network. In fact, because I was able to

relate so well with this group of

adolescents, their youth leader invited me in November

to come and speak at their youth meeting. Despite

having a fever that weekend, I thoroughly enjoyed

interacting with this group of teens on fire for the Lord

and eager to be God’s disciples in the city of

pretending and just be yourself.” The idea being that

many adolescents often pretend and try to be

someone they are not in order

to be more popular,

garner attention, etc. The youth pastor at this

particular Brethren C

hurch in Iasi has requested that I

work more closely with this group of adolescents by

exchanging ideas, Bible studies, etc., in addition to

coming to Iasi to give a message once in a while. I am

also hoping that this group will take a trip to my church

in Bucharest in the near future. I have already seen

some of these teens come to know the Lord personally

for the first time—and that’s truly exciting stuff! I

consider it a huge privilege to work with this group, and

can’t wait to tell you all that the Lord is going to do

through them.

It’s going to be an exciting year. Wishing you a blessed

2010!

From your “Romaniac,”

Michael Lundell