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Hungarian Name: Szász Attila

Bio: ATTILA SZASZ was born November 14, 1974, in Romania to a non-Christian family.  Attila spent his first 18 years far from God, living in sin, but then God called him through His Word.  His sins were forgiven, and God called him to preach His Word.  In 1993 he began studying at Karolyi Gaspar Institute of Theology and Missions, and graduated in 1997.  In the summer of 1998 he married Zelma, and they began their ministry in the small town of Szamosujvar, Romania.  After a few years of sowing the seed there, Attila started to visit people in Kolozsvar, a larger town.  In 2004 he and Zelma and their two sons, Samuel (1999) and Daniel (2000) moved to Kolozsvar where Attila conducts worship services and Bible studies, while still maintaining regular meetings in Szamosujvar.

Hungarian Name: Curcubet Gabriel

Bio: GABRIEL CURCUBET was born July 12, 1969, in Romania.  His father was the local leader of the Communist Party; therefore, Gabriel was educated in the atheist/evolutionist faith.  When he was 24years old, he attended an evangelistic meeting where God led him out from his sins to new life in Christ.  After receiving God's call to become a pastor, he studied at the Karolyi Gaspar Institute of Theology and Missions.  After finishing his studies there in 1996, he married Gabriella, and they started mission work in the city of Iasi and later in Marosvasarhely.  In 1999 they moved to Szekelyudvarhely.  In addition to Gabriel's pastoral ministries, he is working to legalize home schooling in Romania, and expanding creationist work by organizing creationist weekends and days every month and organizing annual creationist camps every year. Gabriel and Gabriella have four children:  David (1997), Ester-Salome (1999), Matthias (2001), and Elijah-Gabriel (2002).

Hungarian Name : Kovács Kálmán

Bio : KALMAN KOVACS was born April 24, 1968, to a non-Christian family in Romania.  He spent his first 24 years far from the Lord, living in misery.  By God's Word and God's Spirit, Kalman was led to faith in Jesus Christ.  His sins were forgiven, and he was called to preach the Gospel of Christ.  Between 1992 and 1996, he studied at Karolyi Gaspar Institute of Theology and Missions. In the summer of 1996 Kalman married Piroska, and they started their ministry in the big town of Marosvasarhely.  For one year he served the Lord in the Alcoholic Rescue Mission, then started the church planting ministry, and remained with that till 2004 when they moved to Sovata.  They still live in Sovata where Kalman helps Ferenc Kovacs with the church planting ministries. Kalman and Piroska have two children: Abel (1997) and Amos (2000).  

Hungarian Name: Molnar Sandor Levente

Bio: SANDOR LEVENTE MOLNAR was born August 31, 1970 in Adamos, Romania.  His parents were religious, but not born-again Christians.  He grew up in religious surroundings, but didn't know the Lord. He came to living faith at the age of 22 in a Baptist church, but kept his membership in the Reformed Church.  Sandor was convinced that the Reformed confessions are biblical, but he saw that there were many compromises in the Hungarian Reformed Church of Romania. Later the Lord called Sandor to be His servant.  His heart was reached especially through the words of  Ezekiel 33:7. He planned to study at the theological seminary in Kolozsvar, but after reading an article by one of the theological professors, he changed his mind.  The professor not only criticized the students of Karolyi Institute, but also the confessions that had caused him to remain in the Reformed faith.  By God's grace, Sandor was led to study at Karolyi Gaspar Institute of Theology and Missions.  After graduating from there in 2003, he started his ministry in Szovata, Romania.  In the summer of 2003 he married Eva.  The Lord has blessed them with a daughter named Zsuzsanna. The following year they moved to Marosvasarhely where they continue the church planting work started by Kalman Kovacs. 

Hungarian Name: Kovacs Ferenc
Bio: FERENC KOVACS was born February 9, 1973, into a non-Christian family in Szovata, Romania.  He received a kind of Christian education, but was seeking for joy and happiness in his dreams to become a sailor and world traveler.  At the age of 18 the Lord stepped into his life, stopped his dreaming, and started to turn his heart toward God.  A half year later he understood the Gospel and started to follow the Lord.  Later he was called by the Lord to be His servant.  He received theological training at Karolyi Gaspar Institute of Theology and Missions. Immediately after graduation in 1996, Ferenc married Sara and started to serve in Szovata.  After 11 years of service, there is now a small congregation and a blessed summer camp ministry.  The Lord has also called Ferenc to be coordinator of the work in  Romania -- the connecting link between the helping Mission in the USA and the national missionaries. Ferenc and his wife Sara have four daughters:  Sara (1997), Anna (1998), Eva (1999, and Marta (2003).

Hungarian Name:  Laszlo Lehel Istvan:  

Bio: LEHEL ISTVAN LASZLO was born July 15, 1970, to a non-Christian family in Romania.  After the fall of Communism, he started to read Christian books and the Bible.  This was the first step toward God, and by God's grace Lehel was able to step onto the narrow road that leads to life.  From 1992 till 1996 he studied theology at Karolyi Gaspar Institute of Theology and Missions.  After graduating, he started a church planting work in Rava, a Gypsy village. In December 1999, Lehel married Judit.  They have three children: Virag Eszter (2000), Hunor (2004), and Zete Matyas (2005).  Lehel and his family live in Erdoszentgyorgy where he has started a church planting work in addition to the one in Rava.  

Hungarian Name: Simon Szabolcs

Bio: SZABOLCS SIMON was born May 14, 1974, in the town of Barot, Romania.  He and his five brothers were reared in a non-Christian family.  When Szabolcs was 16 years old he met the living Christ.  After several years of walking in faith, he sensed God's calling to be a missionary.  From 1993 till 1997 he studied theology at Karolyi Gaspar Institute of Theology and Missions. In 1998 Szabolcs married Margit, a social assistant, and began his ministry in the small town of Kezdivasarhely.  After two years he began to hold a Bible study in Sepsiszentgyorgy, a nearby major city.  In 2001 they moved there while continuing to hold Bible studies in Kezdivasarhely once a week. In 2005 Szabolcs started Bible studies with some students in Csikszereda, a Roman Catholic region.  Now Bible studies are held there once a week  Meetings are also held twice a week in Brasso. Szabolcs and Margit have three children: Hanna (1999), Tekla (2001), and Peter (2003).  Their children are being home schooled.  

Hungarian Name: Tamas Sandor

Bio: SANDOR TAMAS was born May 16, 1978, in Romania . HIs father was Roman Catholic, and his mother Unitarian.  Sandor was born again through faith in Jesus Christ in 1997.  After a few years his twin brother (five minutes older) repented and became a member of the congregation where Sandor serves.  His father and mother are also now attending the worship services. After graduatiing from Karolyi Gaspar Institute of Theology and Missions, Sandor began his ministry in Budapest, Hungary.  Six months later he moved to Szekelyudvarhely, Romania, to help Gabriel Curcubet with that congregation and another in Szekelykeresztur. From October 21, 2009 on, he will no longer be Gabor Curcubet's assistant in Szekelyudvarhely but will be a church planter on his own in Csikszereda, Romania with his wife Biborka at his side. Tamas and Biborka were married October 10, 2009.

Hungarian Name: Zolya Csaba. 

Bio: CSABA ZOLYA was born June 11, 1978, in Romania to a religious, but non-Christian family.  His desire was to be a professional soccer player, and soccer became his god.  But then God used heart problems to pull down this god and to call Csaba to faith in Jesus Christ, using His Word, especially Romans 12.  By God's grace Csaba was called to serve the Lord as a minister of the Gospel. While in his fourth year at Karolyi Gaspar Institute of Theology and Missions, Csaba started to visit regularly some people in a small Romanian town called Vulkan.  After graduating in 2002, he moved to Vulkan, where now, by God's grace, there is a small but zealous congregation. Csaba also holds regular meetings in the neighboring town of Petrozsen. Csaba and his wife, Ibolya, have twin girls, Rebeka and Anna.