Who we are
"...and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also." 2 Tim 2:2
Project Timothy Serbia
"Project Timothy is providing tools for ministry for Serbian churches and their leaders"
Project Timothy Serbia is a Crosslinks supported project and was founded by Crosslinks Mission Partners Chris & Lotta Strajnić and Rob & Trish MacCurrach in 2004. MacCurrach's returned to the UK in 2008 and Chris & Lotta returned to Sweden in 2014 were they still serve with Crosslinks in church planting. In 2014, Project Timothy was handed over to local leadership, and is now headed up by Riste Micev. Project Timothy is a registered Christian non profit organization in Serbia.
ABOUT US
Project Timothy is Serving the Evangelical church in Serbia
Project Timothy is Serving the Evangelical church in Serbia, by providing training to pastors, lay ministers and students in expository preaching, and to believers personal evangelism and discipleship.
OUR VISION
TO SEE GOD'S KINGDOM SPREAD THROUGHOUT SERBIA
To see the Serbian Evangelical church grow in the knowledge of God and God's kingdom spread throughout Serbia and the Balkans.
OUR MISSION
The Mission of Project Timothy is to provide training and resources to the local church
How we accomplishes this
Project Timothy accomplishes this through: training trainers; equipping pastors in expository preaching; training believers in evangelism & discipleship and providing an apprenticeship program for local churches to train young potential leaders.
Project Timothy is also organizing Family Camps for Pastors, Seminars & Workshops.
Courses translate by PT:
Programmes translated and run by PT
Project Timothy is also organizing Family Camps for Pastors, Seminars & Workshops.
Courses translate by PT:
- Marriage course Alpha
- 2 ways to live
- Learn to Lead
- So Many Questions
- and many more
Programmes translated and run by PT
- Crosslinks SBT (basics in expository preaching)
- TNT - training trainers for preachers
Translation of Books
Project Timothy is also committed to publish materials and books that will be a valuable resource for the local church.
Here are some examples of books we have translated:
Here are some examples of books we have translated:
Church Planting
In addition to ministries above, Project Timothy is also committed to supporting the growing number of church plants that are being established around the country. Many of the new church leaders are working in isolated, lonely regions of Serbia where there are often no other evangelical Christians. Project Timothy, under Riste's leadership, is hoping to help these new churches by providing Gospel and Bible centered tools, courses and training programs and other resources for encouragement and practical ministry.
Project Timothy will also provide training in Church Planting in the near future.
Project Timothy will also provide training in Church Planting in the near future.
Partners
Organisations PT partners with
- Crosslinks
- The Gospel Coalition
- The Good Book Company
- Act 29
- Ligonier ministries
Project Timothy is an interdenominational service, serving evangelical churches in Serbia.
OUR CORE VALUES
The Local Church
The local church is the center of all ministries, Project Timothy works through the local church and is a service to the local church
Gospel Driven
Project Timothy is gospel driven ministry, to proclaim Christ first and most and to let the Gospel shape our mission priorities
Bible Centered
All courses, materials and books Project Timothy translates or creates are Bible centered and the focus is on the Scriptures
Interdenominational
Project Timothy will work with any church that is biblical gospel centred
OUR BELIEVES
See our believes here
Project Timothy adheres to Crosslinks faith statement:
1. The Bible is God’s word written
Carried along by the Holy Spirit, the human authors spoke from God and their words are wholly trustworthy in all that they affirm and deny. Being God-breathed the Scriptures are the full, final and sufficient revelation of God, and are therefore our supreme authority in all matters of faith and doctrine.
2. Sin renders all people liable to condemnation
By nature all people are rebels against their Creator, and objects of his righteous anger and wrath. Being dead in sin we are powerless to save ourselves and, apart from God’s mercy and the life giving power of the Holy Spirit, must surely perish on the Day of Judgement.
3. The gospel proclaims the only way of salvation
The living God, eternally existing in three persons, has acted in love for the salvation of men and women, old and young from every people and nation. God the Father sent God the Son into the world to be the Saviour we need; God the Son gave himself up to death on the cross to redeem all who will turn and trust in him for their salvation; God the Holy Spirit brings the blessing of conviction of sin and new birth into the rich inheritance of grace and truth, pardon and peace won for us by Christ. This belongs equally to all who are adopted as children of God. In Christ there is now no condemnation.
4. Jesus is the only Saviour, and judge of all
In the fullness of his eternal deity our Lord Jesus Christ was conceived by the Holy Spirit and became man, being born of the Virgin Mary. He took upon himself a perfect human nature without compromising his divine nature and acquired a truly human experience. Humbling himself to death on a cross, Jesus shed his blood as the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world, bearing in our place the condemnation our sin deserved. All who turn to him as Lord are justified by faith alone through grace alone and, having Christ’s righteousness credited to them, are assured of eternal life. By raising Jesus bodily from the dead, and by exalting him into heaven, God the Father demonstrated full acceptance of Christ’s finished atoning work and proclaimed him to be the one who will judge all the world.
5. The worldwide church is the fellowship of all who belong to Christ
The people of God consists of all those who are born again by the Spirit. The fellowship of believers is sustained primarily through prayer and the ministry of God’s word, with baptism and the Lord’s Supper as important signs of God’s covenant of grace. The risen and ascended Lord Jesus gives gifts and ministries to his people so that, under the authority of his word, his church may be built up in love to serve God and proclaim his salvation in the power of the Spirit.
6. God’s mission is to proclaim salvation to the ends of the earth
All mission is God’s mission. From the time of humanity’s rebellion God has acted in loving mercy to seek and to save the lost. It is God who is the missioner, and the church is the fruit of his mission. Out of his great love God the Father sent his one and only Son into the world, not to condemn but to save. Likewise, Jesus sent his disciples into the world with delegated authority, and in living dependence upon the Spirit. They were sent to make available the forgiveness of sins to all who will believe. Jesus prayed that every subsequent generation of his people would be united with the Apostles in belief and mission, and so today we continue to take God’s word to God’s world. We proclaim the forgiveness of sins to all nations, and teach all that Jesus commanded, baptising in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, until he returns in glory. God delays Jesus’ return, not wishing any to perish but all to come to eternal life. But return he will, to judge the living and the dead, to usher in the new heaven and new earth, to call his servants to account and to receive them into glory.
We subscribe to several modern declarations that define our role in today's church and the overall gospel driven mission and gospel partnership with other churches, denominations and organizations: the The Lausanne Covenant, the basis of faith of the European Evangelical Alliance and the Gospel Coalition.
