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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