God is moving in the Czech Republic today! He is using the remnant that stayed faithful during Communism to now raise up a new generation of believers. This series is focusing on the ministries of Honza Kuklinek through Josiah Venture. In part one, we talked briefly about the history of the church in the Czech Republic. This part will focus on the ministries going on currently.

God has opened up a door in the Czech Republic that is closed for the vast majority of countries in the world–public schools! This access is allowing youth to have an opportunity to hear the Gospel in a way that just 3 decades ago was not even remotely possible. Listen to this from Honza, “I was visiting the secondary school classes and young people were listening actively to the program about the Bible. They shared that their favorite books are criminal stories and fantasy. Later we read about Solomon’s wisdom when he judged ‘who is the mother of the child’ and students were excited that the Bible contains such a story. During the break they came to me and asked if they could have a copy of the Bible. It was my privilege to give them a copy.”

Folks, programs such as this will have ripple effects across the country. A whole new generation that has never heard the Scriptures is waking up to Christ. Right now, Honza estimates that 10% of the high schoolers in the country have been influenced through the Czech Christian Teachers’ Network. There are currently around 70 Christian Lecturers–Honza is responsible for 17 of them–throughout the country that are bringing the message into the school curriculum.

In addition, a faith-based Ethics curriculum (that was the government’s idea) is implemented currently in around 550 elementary and middle schools. This means around 15% of pre-teens and young adolescents are hearing about what a Christian life looks like when lived out.

These are incredible numbers! Honza is also being used by Christ to raise up Christian teachers. There are over 200 teachers in the Czech Christian Teachers’ Network. A key weekend for that group will be an upcoming Daniel Weekend from March 20th through the 22nd where teachers in secular schools will be richly trained and have an opportunity to talk with one another about how they can use their talents to further the Gospel.

I have to be honest, every time I talk to Honza I get excited because I feel like I am talking to someone out of the Book of Acts. There, we read about the growth of the Church and how that came to be. Well–Honza and several others like him–are doing that in the Czech Republic today! They are growing the church through the gifting of the Holy Spirit.

If you want to know more about how you can be in support of these ministries please let me know and I will put you in contact with Honza. “Truly the harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few.” (Matthew 9:37)

More to come…

Jeremy