“I shouldn’t have even been interviewed for the position,
but God made it possible,” reflects Daniel Bruda, who today serves as national
director for Every Generation Ministries in Romania. The Romanian EGM board had already decided to
close the interviews when they were working through the process of hiring their
first director but decided to make an exception so that Daniel could meet with
them.
Today, those board members are glad they made that
exception. Energy, vision and determination
have been hallmarks for Daniel’s ministry these last 10 years serving with EGM,
and God has seen fit to bless Daniel’s efforts to build a team of respected
volunteers, board members and staff members who bear the same marks. Under Daniel’s leadership, God has allowed
this formidable team to build a strong ministry which today provides children’s
ministry training resources for the nearly 8,000 evangelical churches in
Romania.
Under Daniel’s leadership, a Romanian team has created a
beautiful 3 year children’s ministry curriculum on 3 different age levels. Romanians are known to be open to
technological advances and web use is wide-spread, so the curriculum went
online! That’s why today you can often
see a Romanian children’s worker accessing the EGM-Romania website to refer to
their lesson curriculum via a smart phone in the Sunday school classroom. Well-attended regional conferences regularly
provide training for children’s workers and a big national conference is also
being offered annually. Not only is the national
conference completely funded by Romanians, it has been the birthplace for a
missionary vision which today funds regular outreach to Romanian church leaders
in Vienna, Austria and Chisnau, Moldova.
Raised in the communist era by Christian parents, Daniel is
no stranger to ministry trials and is not easily daunted, even in the somewhat
challenging ministry environment of Romania. His focus just now is two-fold: to develop regional EGM leadership who will
provide individualized coaching in children’s ministry and to develop the last
bit of funding necessary so that the Romanian ministry will be 100% funded from
inside Romania.
By the way, there are two men with the last name of “Bruda”
who serve with Every Generation Ministries and if that has confused you at
times, you’re not alone! Daniel’s
brother, Alex Bruda, serves as EGM’s Central Europe regional leader. Daniel lives in the city of Cluj with his
wife, Nicoleta, and young daughter Cristiana.
Joe Cox
Vice President of International Ministries
