Planting
Churches
in Romania
In a city of 250,000 people with roughly 1,000 evangelical believers, we are making disciples and planting churches that will carry the gospel to every town and village around Pitești.
Fuel Gospel Ministrykeeps the gospel moving in Pitești every month.
Our monthly need keeps our family on the field and fuels the work of planting and strengthening churches in Romania. Every monthly partner sends the gospel further, into preaching and discipleship, into the lives of young people, and into towns that have never had a church that proclaims Christ.
Give monthly by electronic debit (ACH)
This is the way Kontaktmission USA prefers to receive monthly gifts, because it avoids card fees so more of your gift goes to the work. On the Kontaktmission giving page, click Electronic Debit to open their secure online form, select "Kalep & Ashley Roberson" as the designation, and choose the 1st or 15th of the month.
Prefer paper? Print the form, sign it, and send it with a voided check to [email protected] or to Kontaktmission USA, P.O. Box 825, Humboldt, TN 38343-0825.
Prefer to give online by card? On the Kontaktmission USA giving page, select "Kalep & Ashley Roberson" in the designation field. All gifts through KM are tax deductible.
Give a personal gift to our family
You can also give directly to our family through Givebutter. These gifts come straight to us and are not tax deductible.
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Of the more than 500 towns and villages in our county, only about 52 have an evangelical church.
Pitești is an industrial city northwest of Bucharest, surrounded by hundreds of villages. Most of our neighbors grew up with religious tradition, yet very few have ever heard that salvation is found by grace through faith in Christ alone.
That is why we are here. Kalep co-pastors Biserica Grace alongside Andrei, a Romanian pastor, and together we are building a church that plants churches, raising up Romanian believers to carry the gospel to places we could never reach alone.
Our Ministries
The local church is God's plan for reaching the nations, so everything we do begins and ends with the church. We meet people where they are, build real friendships, and point them to Jesus through the Word and everyday life together.
Biserica Grace
A gospel-centered church where the Word is preached and the lost are welcomed.
Discipleship
Grounding new believers in Scripture so they can make disciples of their own.
Youth Ministry
Reaching the next generation of Romanians with the hope of Christ.
English Camp
Opening doors for the gospel as children learn English through the Bible.
Mission Teams
Welcoming American churches to come see the work and serve alongside us.
More than 2,000 neighbors have come to our outreach events.
Most people in our area will never walk into an evangelical church on their own, but they will bring their children to a fall festival. So several times a year we open the land God has given us just outside Pitești and invite the whole community.
These events are how we cast the net wide. Families meet believers from Biserica Grace, hear the gospel, and receive a personal invitation to church, where the work of discipleship begins.
Fall Festival
Our first one drew around 600 people, and most stayed until dark.
Christmas Festival
A walk-through light maze that tells the story of Jesus from beginning to end.
Movie Nights
Outdoor evenings that give church members time to get to know local families.
School Visits
Local classes visit our animals and hear about God as the Creator.
The land is a story of God's faithfulness.
It came to us after some hard seasons on the mission field, when we were asking the Lord to confirm that we were where He wanted us. A couple who had been using the property were retiring and moving back to Spain, and they asked if we would take it. We said no at first. When they asked us to reconsider, we shared a few rough ideas for how it could serve the gospel, and they gave it to us.
A few months later the war in Ukraine began, and we used it to host Ukrainian refugees. Since then we have opened it to our neighbors for outreach, and every event is a reminder that God called us here, and that as we step out in faith, He provides what the work needs.
Sent to Romania in 2013, and still going.
We began in the villages outside Oradea, where we started an after-school program that is now led by Romanian staff. In 2019 God called us south to Pitești, and in 2020 we planted the church that is now Biserica Grace. Today it is a growing family of believers who gather for worship, study the Word, and reach their neighbors.
We are sent by Northbrook Church in Three Way, Tennessee, and serve with Kontaktmission USA, alongside churches and families across the country who pray and give so the gospel can go forward in Romania.
Watch
Come and see what God is doing in Pitești.
We love hosting church teams from the United States. A trip to Pitești is not a tourist week or a building project. It is a chance to experience missionary life up close, to pray over a city with very little gospel witness, and to encourage the believers of Biserica Grace who are reaching their neighbors every day.
Pitești is a working-class city where people are friendly but slow to open up about faith. Ministry here is a lot like fishermen casting a net. Some days the catch is large and some days it is small, but every day matters, and teams who come prayerful and ready to serve alongside the local church get to see that for themselves.
Serve alongside the church
Your team works side by side with Romanian believers at outreach events, youth ministry, English camp, and Sunday worship.
We plan the week with you
We arrange lodging in Pitești, build the schedule around your team's gifts, and provide translators from our church for the work you will do.
Arrive ready
We send every team a trip guide with what to expect, from travel and culture to how to pray before you come.
Fuel gospel ministry in Romania.
Every gift sends the gospel deeper into Pitești and further into the villages around it. Join the churches and families who are planting churches in Romania with us.
Monthly gifts by bank draft (ACH) are the best way to give. You can also give online by card through Kontaktmission USA; just select "Kalep & Ashley Roberson" in the designation field. All gifts through KM are tax deductible. You can also send a personal gift to our family through Givebutter, which is not tax deductible.