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BRIEF HISTORY OF


                                 THE LORD’S WORK


                                                       IN ROMANIA


                               JULY  2009


                                SOVEREING GRACE BATIST CHURCH


         Pastor                             and  clearly  as  him.  We  had  many
         Writes a brief history of the      questions  about  the  Bible,  and  many
                                            spiritual  struggles.  In  the  Arminian
             Baptist Church in              Baptist Church in which we (Raul and
                                            Aurel)  grew  up,  we  were  taught  that
                 ROMANIA
    I                                       you  can  lose  your  salvation.  It  was
         n  the  1990s,  Bro.  CURTIS
                                            considered prideful  and dangerous to
         PUGH  was  burdened  by  the
                                            believe that a saved person can be su-
         Lord  to  come  as  missionary  to
                                            re that he will go to heaven. We were
                        He
         Romania.
    made  a  first  visit  in
    February  1999,  when
    Bro.  Raul  and  bro.
    Aurel  Miclea  first
    heard him preach, and
    he  moved  to  our  area
    (Southwestern  Roma-
    nia) with his wife, sis-
    ter  Janet,  in  May,
    1999. Soon after, Bro.
    Raul  became  their
    translator,  at  the  age
    of  17.  We  were
    amazed  hearing  Bro.
    Curtis preach. We ne-
    ver    heard   anyone
        preach  as  boldly
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