Kreider, Derek & Catalina

After meeting on the mission field in Mexico City, Derek and Catalina always knew that long-term missions would play a large role in their life together. Now is the time that the Lord has called them to move their family and serve in Brasov, Romania.  

Derek and Catalina desire to reach post-Christian cultures. They enjoy responding to intellectual barriers to the faith, and they are saddened by the abundance of institutionalized and legalistic state churches in Romania. Many young people are leaving the Romanian Orthodox Church, and the Kreiders are convinced that this current generation of post-Communist, post-Christian Romanians can play a pivotal role in awakening their country to the gospel of grace. Working with a team of Americans and Romanian national partners, they will serve a current church plant with a vision to help identify, train, and resource young leaders for a nationally-led church-planting movement. Their service will include English as a Second Language (ESL), leadership training, and university ministry.

Please pray for the Kreiders to fully rely on the Lord as they prepare their family to serve in Romania. Most importantly, pray that Christ would usher in his kingdom and awaken the Romanian people to the love of Jesus Christ!