"As a 19 year old Greek young man, I was dreaming about riches, fame and money. So one day, I packed my things and left for a journey. Little did I know that God would direct my steps to come to Vienna, Austria where I heard the gospel for the first time and accepted Christ in my life. After going through three years of bible school, (Bible Institute of Vienna) it was soon evident to me that to be a Christian is more than accepting Christ in your life as it also became obvious in my own personal walk. Not wanting to waste my life and by the providence of God, I came to read a book entitled “Don't Waste Your Life” by John Piper. This is where I came to know for the first time the doctrines of grace and reformed theology. Learning more about the reformed faith made me feel like I was “reborn again” and wanting to serve God with all my heart and all my life. Today, I serve as a bivocational church planter together with my wife Kathrin, and our two daughters Marina & Anastasia (also our labrador dog “Romy”) in our beautiful city, Vienna. With the support of AIT in our ministry, we have Sunday services where I preach and teach God’s Word and also Wednesday’s bible studies where I have the privilege to disciple and teach a group of people. By the grace of God, many have come to know a new life in Christ. Grace Life Vienna is dedicated and striving daily by Gods Grace and for His glory, to be a true church who will proclaim the excellencies of Him who called us out of darkness into His marvelous light."

October 2024 Update

Dear friends, brothers & sisters, AIT family,

I want thank you for taking your time to read our prayer request letter.

Allow me to share with you some news, pictures and prayer requests of the ministry the Lord has entrusted us with at Grace Life Vienna.

Our prayer was and is the Lord will grow us in Grace and Knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

I thank God for his grace, giving us ears to hear and making people hearts soft as the saints grow, listening to the Word being preached.

We honored our first high school graduate in church, Anastasia.

Once a month on Friday evening we have a fellowship meal followed by a preached message.

We give thanks to God for enabling us to be a part of this body, ministering to each one at GL Vienna for the glory of Christ our King!

May I please ask you to pray for us and for the following needs we have.

1. The new people in our church. 

Maide is a very young Christian lady who now came to our church and decided to stay. Please pray for her to grow in Christ and also for her job situation, she comes originally from Turkey, not having a work permit makes it difficult for employment here in Austria. 

2. There is a man who just started  reading the bible this summer after suffering from much spiritual darkness. Please pray for his salvation!

3. Please pray for Kathrin (my wife) as she works with children for few hours weekly. She is asking for wisdom and courage as she is working in a very liberal society where it is almost prohibited to talk about God, faith or the bible.

4. Please pray for Anastasia (our daughter). She graduated high school this summer and now works for a few months in a school with handicapped children. Pray she will grow in faith and in the knowledge of Christ as she ministers to these wonderful children.

5. Please pray for wisdom,  how can we work with the few children of different ages in our Sunday service. At present we meet for Sunday service in a one room hall and have no second room for children. Please pray that the Lord in his time will open a door for us to rent two rooms where we could meet not only on Sundays but often in the week for prayer, bible study, and use it daily as the needs arise.

6. Please pray for our women’s bible study. Kathrin is meeting with 5 ladies in our home every two weeks. 

We have our men’s meeting every Saturday very early in the morning trying to find a quiet place at McDonalds or some other place where we find it suitable to study and pray.

7. May I ask you to pray for me please. I am  bi-vocational and I have been given more responsibility in the last months at my work place. Please pray with me so I would  rightly manage my job responsibilities while also having a good balance so I can serve faithfully in ministry as the church in Vienna is growing.

8. Please pray for our October week of evangelism. The AIT Mission Team will arrive in Vienna on the 1 of October. Pray for our daily street evangelism, our Seminar day on the 5^th of October as this year’s  theme is "Faith requires Thinking". Please pray for the preachers and those who will be sharing. Pray that many will hear the Gospel and that God will save people this week. Pray also that the people in our church will be encouraged but also that the AIT Mission team will be blessed and encouraged too in their faith and work as they minister to us. Kathrin and I are very  blessed by the AIT team as they faithfully come every year to minister and to serve GL Vienna church.

I want to thank you for your love, care, support and commitment to pray for us and for the saints at Grace Life Vienna.

If you would like to donate financial support to our work at Grace Life Vienna,  may I kindly ask you do that through the AIT ministries. 

In Christ,

Steve Missios

Grace Life Vienna