The ECM team is currently comprised of workers from Australia and the USA as well as from Poland. The main focus is church planting in the town of Rabka and its surrounding Podhale district in the South of Poland. ECM missionaries are also involved in children’s work, men’s breakfasts, teaching English, and working with Christian camps.

Unshakable Hope for Poland

Poland has had a tumultuous history. Partitioned three times between Germany, Russia and Austria, in the 17th century, it lost its independence for over a hundred years, regaining it for a short period between World Wars I and II. In World War Two over 6 million perished. In its aftermath, Polish territory was shifted radically westward, resulting in mass migrations and an ethnically unified state.

Since the triumph of the Solidarity movement and the collapse of Communism in 1989, there was great hope that wealth from capitalism would quickly spread to all society. Poland has certainly developed since then and has become one of the more robust economies in Central Europe, joining the EU in 2004, but these dreams of vast riches have proved elusive.

During this same period, the Catholic Church has lost considerable influence and church attendance. These factors demonstrate that Poland is a country in transition and it is at such times that the door stands wide open for the gospel.

Quick Info:

• Area: 312,683 sq km
• Population: 38.9 million
• Capital: Warsaw
• Population: 2.35 million
• Language: Polish
• Websites: Poland- Tourism  Wroclaw Language School

Source: Operation World 2001