Croatia / John and Lynn Lehn / Greater Europe Mission
John and Lynn have been serving first in Serbia and now in Croatia since 1992 with the Greater Europe Mission. They have been involved in church planting ministries in Croatia since 2000 coming alongside nationals to help them plant churches. They are currently helping in their third church in Croatia, this time in the southern city of Dubrovnik, on the Adriatic coast where they have been living for 10 years. They have been helping the national pastor to grow the church in vision, spiritual depth and number. John helps with preaching, teaching, personal discipleship and counseling. He has led in planning some special evangelistic events and participates in sharing the gospel throughout the county. John has helped to organize a county-wide conference, once a year for the past 2 years, for all evangelical believers to encourage cooperation in seeing the gospel spread in our region. Lynn leads the women’s ministry in the church, teaching and training other leaders and counseling women and couples. She also is facilitating a country-wide ministry called “Hope for the Wounded.” The ministry focuses on those who have experienced trauma and/or abuse in their past. John and Lynn, since November 2021, have taken on the added responsibility to lead, develop and care for the regional leadership of the GEM missionaries throughout the Southeast region of Europe. The Lehns have 3 sons and 2 grandchildren – twins born in July 2020.
Prayer requests include:
Pray for the Lord to bring an awakening among the people here in Croatia and for many to come to true faith in our Living Lord.
Pray for the church in Dubrovnik to experience growth in maturity and numbers.
Pray for the Lord to guide us by the end of 2022 to find an adequate facility to buy for a church facility (hold comfortably 60-80 people).
Pray for our outreaches this fall - 2 piano concerts held by Sam Rotmann on 23rd and 24th of September and a regional conference of 7 churches in our area on Oct 15th.
Pray that the Lord would use these events to bring His name glory and that people would commit themselves humbly to become Christ's disciples and build His Church in Croatia.
