Vasilica Croitor is the Executive Director of The Alliance for Church Planting in Romania.
When did you trust Christ?
I got saved in 1990 while in my hometown. The Gospel impacted me through my family and the youth group at our church.
What have been the defining moments of your Christian walk?
In 1991, I joined a team of young evangelists and started doing street evangelism. Next, I attended a Bible school that was very much oriented towards practical evangelistic activities. From 1993 to 1997, I studied theology in Bucharest and became friends with a missions teacher who influenced my life in many ways. Then, I took an intensive course in Islam, and since then, I have started to work in Romania with many Muslims. After that, I served as the pastor of a church where the Romanian headquarters of Islam was located.
What do you hope to gain from participating?
I believe the resources offered by the Forum are essential for helping to meet the needs of European churches. I benefited a lot from the mentoring and courses provided, and I connected with many people who are doing the same work in other parts of Europe.
What is your ministry?
I am a pastor, a church planter, and a mission-mobilising leader in Romania. We developed a vision for church planting that is being implemented in Constanta County and that is helping churches to focus on many villages and towns that do not have a church. I am also a writer and an editor. In 2010, I published a book on the relationship between the church and the State in the time of Communism and how that affects the church today. As I publisher, I have launched more than 200 book titles in the Romanian language.
What is your leadership role or what were your past leadership roles?
I was the founder and the director of a Christian library in my hometown and started a publishing and printing ministry. I have also served as a senior pastor.
Why should someone invest in your ministry?
We are developing a plan to plant 100 new churches in our country. We need all the help we can get in this endeavour.
