Vasilică Croitor

Vasilică Croitor was born in northern area of Romania and moved to the southern city of Medgidia in 1997 to work in the least evangelized region of the country after graduating from the Pentecostal Theological Institute in Bucharest. He and four other leaders founded APME, the Pentecostal Foreign Missions Agency in Romania, a growing organisation that has sent more than 85 full-time missionaries to other nations. In the Constanta region, he has pioneered many church plants, and together with the local team, they are aiming to reach every town with the Gospel. Through his leadership, Bethlehem church became a missional center for planting churches in the area. Currently, Vasilică is the Executive Director of AREA, The Alliance for Church Planting, coordinating new projects in the cities without an evangelical presence. He is also a publisher and author. Vasilică has published more than 200 books through Succeed Publishing. His own book, The Redemption of Memory: The Pentecostal Church in the Communist Period, was awarded The European Christian Book of the Year 2010. He and his wife have three children: Denisa, Beniamin, and Miriam.