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As freezing winter temperatures grip Eastern Europe and the Balkans, people facing poverty or homelessness need practical help to stay safe and warm. Can you help?

Happy boy receiving clothing gifts through WinterHelp support
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As freezing winter temperatures grip Eastern Europe and the Balkans, people facing poverty or homelessness need practical help to stay safe and warm. Can you help?

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Transform Europe Network serves alongside indigenous Christians in Eastern Europe and the Balkans. Our vision is to transform lives with the good news of Jesus Christ through compassion, evangelism and church planting.

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Pastor Nikola Atanasov has expressed gratitude for receiving a grant that helped eighty children stay warmer during last year's winter. The church in Shishmantsi, a Roma community in Bulgaria, gave out sweatshirts and socks to children in need. It is your support of WinterHelp which has made this possible.

A woman who lives alone had struggled to buy suitable clothes for her four children. Your support changed their situation. Thank you so much!

To donate to our WinterHelp appeal, visit: ten-uk.org/winterhelp/
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So good to see old friends and make new connections. @barrym76 from @gemmissionuk.

Encouraging to hear what God is doing through others in the body of Christ and be provoked to thinking in fresh ways and see new perspectives.
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James Vaughton our CEO has the joy of speaking at Queensway Chapel in Melksham recently. It was a joy to share about our work and then preach on living faithfully, from Jeremiah.

In this particular photo we are doing the 'guess the flag' quiz...can you name it?

TEN is so grateful to all the #churches who pray for, show interest in and support God's work in the Balkans and Eastern Europe. 🙏😊
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Novi Sad Nexus Church helped 23 children and 17 adults, using a grant from WinterHelp. Depending on specific needs, the church provided firewood, warm clothing, shoes and financial support with electricity bills.

An elderly lady only had one electric heater to keep her warm in her inadequately insulated home. The church provided her with firewood. The parents of three young children were struggling to stay warm due to rising energy bills, exacerbated by the father's job loss. The church provided the family with jackets, shoes and help with their energy bills. The kindness shown to the father of a Roma family who lived in a house with no heating prompted him to come to one of the church services.

Nenad Radeka, who leads Nexus Church told us, 'We are so grateful to TEN and its supporters for enabling us to respond to real needs in a season of hardship. The project not only warmed homes but hearts as well. Thank you for standing with us.'

Thank you to those of you who have given to our WinterHelp appeal. If you would like to make adonation, visit: ten-uk.org/winterhelp/
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Donations to WinterHelp have made a significant difference to a community served by a Christian compassion ministry in Albania.

The leader of the ministry stated, 'The help we provided went beyond just the families themselves. We even received thanks from the relatives and neighbours of the families we assisted.' The leader added, 'Our [reputation] in the community is very important, both for the work we do and for the testimony of Christ.'

This practical, selfless witness has had a significant kingdom impact, with the leader concluding, 'As a result of this support, along with other help we have given throughout the year, the women we assisted brought neighbours and relatives to our meetings. Not only that, but we also saw them serving voluntarily in daily activities and even in the children’s camp we had.'

Thank you so much for the part you play in bringing people closer to Christ. To find out more about WinterHelp, visit: ten-uk.org/winterhelp/
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Donations to WinterH

Last year, Pastor Dragan Nedic and the believers at Sarajevo Evangelical Church distributed jackets and woolly hats to thirty-three children within a local Roma community. This was made possible because of donations to our WinterHelp appeal. Thank you!

The distribution marked a new relationship between the church and the community, and allowed the believers of the church to draw closer to the families, many of which have little or no financial stability. The hope is for more opportunities to show love, care, practical and spiritual support to people who are often left on the margins of society.

If you would like to give to WinterHelp, visit: ten-uk.org/winterhelp/
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CURRENT CAMPAIGN

WinterHelp

Will you join those who give to TEN’s annual WinterHelp appeal? Each donation means so much to some of the poorest people in Eastern Europe and the Balkans and is a huge encouragement to TEN’s partners.

CRISIS FUND

The war continues and TEN partners continue to provide food and shelter for Ukrainian refugees who have fled the conflict

Church Partnerships

UK church visiting church in Europe

Building a meaningful partnership, rooted in relationship, between your church and one in the Balkans and Eastern Europe can be a fantastic way to actively play your part in God’s plan for the nations of Europe.

Volunteering

Volunteers make a real difference to people’s lives in Europe. From helping for a few hours in our office in Bristol to spending two weeks in Europe with one of our partners, we’d love to hear from you.

Eastern Europe: Did you know…?

  • 750,000,000
    people live in Europe
  • Millions of refugees and migrants
    are entering Europe each year
  • 0.1% – 0.2% evangelical Christians
    in North Macedonia, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Montenegro
  • 4 out of 5 Roma people
    live below the ‘at-risk-of-poverty’ threshold
  • A melting pot
    of faith and culture, where east meets west
  • 250,000 victims
    of human trafficking each year in Europe
  • Albania
    went from an atheist nation in 1991 to over 200 churches across the nation today
  • Hundreds of new Roma churches
    planted across Europe in the last 20 years
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