Greetings from the Athenian-Greek family!

We feel honoured to write a short portrait for all those who so generously support the European fellowships, but also for those who have the Paul-like heart of building stronger bonds by sharing victories, struggles and prayers with fellow workers around the globe.

The Athens church was founded in 1995, by a mixture of mostly American and later German saints who either had some Greek blood, or just the desire to see the truth of the gospel preached back to the Greek blood, like the good old times!  Leaders and mission teams kept changing.  People kept fighting for God, all with their different personalities and skills, but with the sole purpose to help this movement grow in this city.  This was and has been a task that many found hard, as Athens holds a vast history, something which in the years we found hard to penetrate.  The simplicity of The Word can be a stumbling block to people who grow up in a country of deep Wisdom, Science and Philosophy.

The ancient gods sustained this country as a gem in their hands - making the sea, the sun and the Aegean breeze a selling point to many tourists nowadays.  Life is relatively comfortable - with coffee-shops, restaurants, resorts & islands packed of life, especially during summer.  This is something that, however grateful we are to our Father about, can many a times add up to the fights we as disciples have to face.

In more recent history (the 1700s and 1800s), Greece, during wars and their occupation by the Turks, in their distress and need for divine intervention, bonded strongly with the Orthodox Christian religion, making it nowadays the only accepted dogma to the Greek mentality, but also to the laws of state (Ortho=right, doxa=worship).

We as God?s people strive towards deeper relationships with one another, as a small family that we are (around 10 disciples), hoping that the love between us will be the cornerstone and a ray of hope for those who seek to find the godly lifestyle, in the midst of all the destructing influences around them.

Our prayer is for the eyes of the Greek population to open, for the hearts of the few disciples here to grow in zeal and love for this perishing population and for God to grant us healing in our health problems so we can serve Him with more joy and focus.

Thank you for all you do for us.

Christ?s Love and Peace in abundance.

Α?ήν