Statement of Faith
What we believe...
GOD
That He exists eternally in three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit; that these three are one God; that He is sovereign in creation, redemption, providence and judgement.
THE BIBLE
Its divine inspiration and infallibility as originally given; its authority and sufficiency not only as containing but in itself being the word of God and our sole authority in matters of faith and conduct.
MANKIND
The sinfulness of human nature as a consequence of the fall in Eden; the necessity of all to be born again.
OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
His true and proper deity; His virgin birth; His real and perfect humanity; His vicarious sufferings and death; His bodily resurrection; His ascension into heaven; His present priestly intercession for His people.
SALVATION
The justification of the sinner solely by faith in the atoning work of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and His death on the cross.
THE CHURCH
That the local church consists of all those who have been born again by the Holy Spirit and made new creatures in Christ.
THE SACRAMENTS
In the observance of believers baptism as a divinely ordained institution, but not as conveying any regenerating grace; the observation of the Lord’s Supper as a commemoration of our Lord’s death, but not as being a sacrifice for sin, nor as involving any change of substance of the bread and wine.
ESCHATOLOGY
In the resurrection of the body; the judgement of the whole world by our Lord Jesus; the eternal bliss of the righteous; the eternal punishment of the wicked; the personal return of our Lord Jesus Christ in glory.
About Us
How did the work of Romanian Ministries begin? Well, somewhat unexpectedly…
Adrian Carey-Jones was pastor of a church in Bristol, which one Sunday morning in January 2007 was visited by a new arrival from Romania, Cornel Pelea.
The two men quickly became good friends, and, as is the wont of hospitable Romanian Christians, many invitations for Adrian to visit Romania followed. All were politely declined.
Adrian felt called to pastoral ministry in the UK, and often rued the fact that he had minimal interest in the Lord’s work overseas.
Nevertheless, persistence on Cornel’s part won the day. Adrian reluctantly agreed to a five day visit, hoping inwardly that this would bring an end to his experiences of Romania.
The Lord had other plans.
During the stay, the Lord wove a deep fascination with the country into Adrian’s heart. Almost his first words to his wife on arriving home were to the effect that he must start learning the Romanian language!
The two men returned to Romania in April 2009, and then again in October the same year. During the latter visit, they travelled to Aiud in central Romania to visit a pastor-friend of Cornel’s, Doru Decean.
Doru’s quiet, godly demeanour was deeply impressive. A tea-time discussion revealed that his wife, Luci, was working up to seven days a week at a local hospital in order to make ends meet.
Sensing the burden of this, Adrian and Cornel offered financial contributions from then on so that Luci might decrease her number of shifts and accompany Doru on Sundays.
Romanian Ministries had begun.
The ways of our God are in accordance with His own perfect wisdom and understanding. He fashions a path for His people in keeping with the callings He gives them. His is to lead, ours to follow!
So it was with our origins in Romanian Ministries. So it continues in our vision and aspirations today!
