BIG Impact

The Pastor as a Leader, the third of the 13 Advanced Training Studies modules, a Pastoral Theology specialization program, took place in Vulcan, Brasov, on May 2011. After the 3 months of online work, posting their homework and interacting with their colleagues, the students met with their professors, Dr. Andrew Seidel and Mihai Dumitrascu, on [...]

BIG: Can you share with us something about you, your family and the background you come from, which shaped you? Gary Chapman: I grew up in a Christian home. My father was not a Christian when he married my mother but he became a Christian before I was born. They were Baptist and they were [...]

BIG: Would you be willing to share with us how you received this passion for teaching people about biblical principles regarding managing personal finances? Don Christensen: Well I came here in 1990 with another man who has been a missionary here for many many years in the 50’s and 60’s, and when I first came [...]

The preparations for the most expected event organized this Fall by BIG Impact, the launching of the 4th course in the BIG5 series: Managing Church Growth, have reached their final stages. Thus, a new meeting of the curriculum development team took place at the beginning of June, ensuring a consistent progress towards finalizing the conference [...]

The JV Council and the Spring Conference, designed for the missionary families, was hosted May 9-15, at KAM, the JV conference center in Malenovice, Czech Republic. Gelu Paul and Cristi Petricioiu together with their families, and Bill & Bobbie Trenckmann, attended from Romania. The conference theme was Faith that Amazes, with Dr. Erwin Lutzer, pastor [...]

The first Money Map seminar organized by Crown Financial Ministries in Europe took place on Saturday, June 11th, 2011, in ”Dragostea” Baptist Church in Arad. The seminar was organised in partnership with BIG Impact Foundation. Arround 150 participants from Arad, Bucuresti, Cluj, Oradea and Timisoara responded to the invitation, bearing the attractive title: The Road [...]

Things continue to move in the right direction, regarding the relaunching of BIG’s Youth Network, a real and measurable progress already being noted. From the latest update about the efforts of relaunching the Youth Network, the Trenckmanns, together with Cristi Petricioiu have continued their efforts to connect with as many local projects as possible, so [...]

Bill and Bobbie Trenckmann, an American couple representing Josiah Venture organization have recently moved to Romania as missionaries. They have a vast experience in youth leaders training. Their mission is assisting BIG Impact in the re-launch of the youth network. Following you can read a short interview with them, focused on this new challenge in [...]

One of the most significant leadership events in Romania today is the Global Leadership Summit, made available in our country through the partnership between BIG Impact and Willow Creek Association. Three years into this program, thousands of leaders have been challenged to lead where they are, to be better stewards of the resources entrusted to [...]

As already announced, the most important training event BIG prepares for 2011 is the launching of the 4th course in the BIG5 series, focusing on Growth Management. In the first part of the year there are four 2 day meetings with the curriculum development team, in order to finalize the process started in October 2010, [...]