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The establishment of the Romanian foundation of Calea
Adevarului was seeded into its founders, Freddy and Rita McClure,
after extensive short term missions trips to Romania. In 1995 they
answered the call of Christ to missions. They later left their home in
Alabama and came to Romania to minister to the poor in March, 1998.
Through faith in Jesus Christ, they have committed their lives to
servanthood, knowing that above all Christ must increase in their lives
and that they must decrease in order for the Gospel of Christ to become
more effective. Therefore, the vision of Calea is that Jesus be
manifested in the lives of all which God will permit them to reach. Under
the direction of Christ, they have worked for years to develop an open and
trusting relationship with the governmental officials in Cluj and Salaj
Counties. Such trust has opened the door to the ministry of the Word and
spiritual teaching through many ministerial teams that have come to extend
the hand of Christ to the Romanian people. During their early contacts
with the orphanages in Cehu and Jibou, the McClures envisioned the need of
not only ministering to the orphans in institutions but also through a
transitioning program that would prepare orphans leaving the institutions
to become productive and independent Romanian citizens. Christ has opened
the door to that original vision and subsequently other Calea programs
by extending a like call to others to be co-workers with Him here in
Romania. The desire to minister to the poor and hurting of Romania has
been, and continues to be heavy on the McClures’ hearts. Despite the
hardships that accompany living in Romania, they have purposed to continue
ministering here and press forward to the mark of the high calling of God.
They continue to seed rays of hope in the lives of the Romanian people so
that the bonds of accepting poverty as a way of life will be broken and
that the ethnic prejudices that have plagued Romania for generations will
disappear. They are confident that all things are possible through Christ
and that it is not by man’s power that change will come to Romania but
by the power of Jesus Christ.
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Calea Adevarului:
How we got started!
How we got started! |