MISSIONPOLAND - SEPTEMBER 2026
We are very grateful that the Lord is sending us again to Poland this Fall. We are prayerfully thankful for your support. “Jesus answered and said to him (Nathanael), “Because I said to you, ‘I saw you under the fig tree,’ do you believe? You will see greater things than these.” John 1: 50 Nothing pleases our Lord more than our full trust in His great love for us.
More than ever before, we are going to Poland aware that we are simply His faithful instruments in what He will do in all our meetings planned and unplanned. Even now we are still preparing with fresh Bible study and prayer.
Anna is leaving on September 8th, to be with her mother in recovery of a broken bone and Joe is flying on September 16th to be on time for all our meetings. Anna’s prayer is to better connect with her mother who is 84 years old and to continue leading her to saving faith in our Lord. We will also be in a new churches in Katowice Nowa Huta and Anna will be in ministry to women in prison in Kraków and we will also both be in evangelism ministry in a prison for men and women in Nowy Wiśnicz. ( We may add four more churches to this schedule )
SEPTEMBER / WRZESIEŃ - 2026
19 SATURDAY / SOBOTA NOWA HUTA KRAKOW - WOMEN'S PRISON MINISTRY W/ ANNA
20 SUNDAY / NIEDZIELA NOWA HUTA CHURCH OF GOD PASTOR JUREK KŁODA
26 SATURDAY / SOBOTA NOWY WISNICZ ( NEAR BOCHNIA) - MEN'S PRISON MINISTRY W/ JOE
27 SUNDAY / NIEDZIELA KATOWICE BAPTIST CHURCH - PASTOR JERZY ROGACZEWSKI
OCTOBER / PAŹDZIERNIK - 2026
4 SUNDAY / NIEDZIELA LUBLIN INDEPENDENT CHURCH PASTOR PAWEŁ CHOJECKI (SERVICE & WOMAN’S MEETING W/ ANNA)
11 SUNDAY / NIEDZIELA ŚWIDWIN EVANGELICAL CHURCH PASTOR ADAM CIUCKA (SERVICE & WOMEN’S MEETING W/ ANNA)
15 THURSDAY / CZWARTEK PALOWICE BRETHREN CHURCH STARSZY-PASTOR MARIAN PAWLAS
16 FRIDAY / PIĄTEK PALOWICE BRETHREN CHURCH STARSZY-PASTOR MARIAN PAWLAS
17 SATURDAY / SOBOTA KRAKOW DOM ŁAZARZA EVANGELICAL CHURCH PASTOR NOWY
18 SUNDAY / NIEDZIELA KRAKOW BAPTIST CHURCH #2 STARSZYPASTOR STANISŁAW GŁUSZEK
24 SATURDAY /SOBOTA OSIECK OAZA CATHOLIC FELLOWSHIP– MAREK NOWICKI http://www.missionpoland.pl/CCCAwakening/OazaCCC/tabid/78/Default.aspx (Warsaw Suburb) *
25 SUNDAY / NIEDZIELA WARSAW INTERNATIONAL EVANGELICAL CHURCH PASTOR HARRY & ANIA IRRGANG (MIODOWA 21B)
26 MONDAY / PONIEDZIAŁEK KONSTACIN-JEZIORNA – CATHOLIC CHURCH ( Warsaw Suburb) NEOCATECHUMENATE MOVEMENT PRIEST ORGANIZER ANDRZEJ BAFELTOWSKI *
NOVEMBER / LISTOPAD - 2026
1 SUNDAY / NIEDZIELA KRAKÓW BAPTIST CHURCH #1 PASTOR ZBIGNIEW SOBCZAK
BEGINNINGS IN POLAND IN THE 1970's
* Joe Losiak and Bill Bright share a historic connection rooted in the global expansion of Cru (formerly known as Campus Crusade for Christ), which directly sparked a massive spiritual renewal movement in communist Poland during the ‘70s.
The Connection & The Challenge
· The Visionary: Bill Bright founded Campus Crusade for Christ in 1951. He was famous for challenging American students to take the Gospel to foreign universities and closed nations.
· The Student: Joe Losiak, a Polish-American exchange student from Chicago, attended Cru’s massive "Explo '72" event in Dallas. Inspired by Bright’s call to global ministry, Losiak left to study at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland, in 1974.
The Breakthrough in Poland
While in Poland, Losiak discovered the Oasis (Light-Life) movement, a dynamic Catholic youth renewal organization led by Father Franciszek Blachnicki that aimed to counter the communist regime. Losiak bridged the gap between the two ministries:
1. Introducing Cru Materials: Losiak realized the Oasis movement shared Cru’s passion for a personal encounter with Christ. He introduced Fr. Blachnicki to Bill Bright’s famous discipleship tools, including the Four Spiritual Laws booklet and Ten Basic Steps.
2. The 1976 Exchange: Losiak reported the breakthrough back to Cru leadership. By 1976, Cru sent a delegation of American Trained Staff to Poland to help teach the Gospel at Oasis retreats.
3. Meeting the Future Pope: During this period, Losiak and his peers had a breakthrough meeting with Cardinal Karol Wojtyła (the Archbishop of Kraków, who would become Pope John Paul II). Losiak presented him with the translated Four Spiritual Laws, which Wojtyła reviewed and subsequently encouraged his priests to use.
The Legacy
The partnership forged by Losiak using Bright's evangelical frameworks bypassed strict denominational barriers. It successfully integrated evangelical discipleship methods into the Polish Catholic youth. This ecosystem laying a foundation for historic evangelism efforts in Eastern Europe that continue to this day.