Greece | Hundreds of Refugees Baptized and Multiplying (Copy)

In their efforts to reach refugees coming into Europe, Tommie and Jonas (part of Novo’s partner organization in Europe and the Middle East, NEO Leaders) began to pray over their base city of Thessalonica. They prayed that God would open new connections and networks to them amongst the refugees. During that season of prayer, Jonas was given the phone number of a refugee from Iran. They met together, and the refugee confessed that he needed a change in his life. “Let’s start to read the Bible together, like once a week,” Jonas said, “and if you have any friends who are interested, you can bring them as well.” The next week the refugee brought eight friends to read the Bible. Within three months, 30 refugees from Iran were baptized.

Tommie and Jonas now have a traveling ministry that extends across Europe, to all the places where the refugees have relocated. The good news is traveling along relational lines as the refugees share about the Kingdom of God and Jesus wherever they go. Several refugees are now part of the gospel movement team with Tommie and Jonas, including some of those initial Iranians, and Kurds, Syrians, and Iraqis who came to study the Bible. There have been about 400 Iranians baptized and many others of different nationalities were also baptized. It has been a great blessing to see how these refugees are also reaching nationals of the countries they are setting in. Tommie and Jonas’s team are actively engaged in ministry in Greece, Germany, France, England, the Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Iran, Syria, Eastern Europe, and the Balkans.