More than 700 people committed their lives to Christ at the Luis Palau Association’s recent 10-day mission to Moldova and Transnistria.

The mission, which took place under the auspices of the LPA’s ‘Next Generation Alliance’ initiative from 21 to 28 October, involved five evangelists working with churches in the Moldovan capital Chisinau and Balti, the second largest city, as well as elsewhere across this nation.

In Calarasi, the only church in the city took the outreach completely to its heart. Pastor Dorel Ieseanu said: "We have already heard that people who went to the mission, but who do not come to our church, are talking about the peace they received at the meetings.

"The mother of a young lady who comes to our youth group - and who was suspicious of our church – has changed her mind completely.

"She now tells her daughter that it's better for her to go to our church rather than the Orthodox one." All non-Orthodox churches are regarded as a sect in Moldova.

The national co-ordinator of the mission, Rev Vitalie Fedula, said: "We praise God for the final result which saw so many coming to know Christ personally. The evangelists all did a great job! We thank God for the seed that was planted, pray that it will continue to be watered, and that God would make it grow.”

Nigel Gordon of the Luis Palau Association said: “It is quite clear that God had gone ahead of us and that our prayers have been answered in the most wonderful way over these ten days as these many hundreds of people now put their trust in Christ.

"We now look forward to our next major outreach, which will take place in Baia Mare, Romania this weekend.”