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Although missionaries and mission agencies have worked in Italy for more than 40 years, TEAM did not have any ministry in Italy until 1981. A few years prior to that TEAM had received several applications from missionary candidates wanting to take the Gospel to Italy, and as a result in 1979 a team of 3 people visited Italy and surveyed the country to determine which area had the greatest need for church planting personnel. As a result, in 1980 TEAM's board of directors gave a green light and the first couple, Murray and Florence Carter were sent to a city called Forli', in the north-central part of Italy to establish the starting point of TEAM's church planting effort.
Other missionaries soon followed. A radio station called "Radio Luce" (Radio Light) was launched in Forli' and as a result a church was begun in Forli' and its next door neighbor, Faenza. TEAM expanded further as more personnel arrived and a church was started in Bologna. Later churches were added in Ravenna, Mestre, Pordenone, Udine, and Trieste as a result of the merger between Bible Christian Union and TEAM in 1994. Another couple is working with a Brethren assembly in Citta' di Castello to plant a church in a small city called Umbertide. TEAM is using innovative methods to build bridges of redemptive relationships with Italians, such as internet points, English classes, children's park outreaches, music and sports evangelism. By clicking on "The Cities" you can find out more detailed information on each of the ministry initiatives that TEAM has in Italy and how each one is reaching its city for Christ.
How about you? Would you like to become part of a history of church planting in Italy? We need more workers who will come and build relationships with Italians, work on university campuses sharing Christ, and plant local evangelical churches that can reproduce themselves among the Italian people. Come and be part of a movement that God is using to reach Italy for Christ.
For contact information click on "Contact Us" and let us begin a conversation with you about how God can use you in Italy.
