Children's Church

We believe that Kid’s Church is a vital function of a healthy and growing congregation.  Kid’s Church must be more than simply caring for children while their parents learn from God’s Word, it must be a place where children learn biblical principles and Bible stories on their own level.  We firmly believe that God can work through and use the lives of young children to fulfill His plans and purposes here on earth.  Children at a young age can receive the gift of salvation and even be filled with the Holy Spirit.  Our desire is to see our children learn to follow Jesus Christ from an early age so that a foundation can be laid for a healthy and growing life in Him.

Kid’s Church is held on Sunday’s and Thursdays and is split into two groups, one group for babies and pre-toddlers and the other for toddlers and older children.  These classes are taught by men and women in the church who have a desire to see children grow in the knowledge of Jesus Christ.  Each service includes worship, prayer, and a Bible story, which is presented in a way that each child is capable of understanding after which the story is reinforced through drama, art, music, and creative play.  Furthermore, once a month we hold a "Family Service". 

We have endeavored to make Kid’s Church a fun and joyful place where children can have fun while learning and experiencing God’s Word on their own level. Family Service is a service where children from age four participate in the main service with their parents.  In Family Service we offer worship and an illustration for the children after which each child is given an activity packet that reinforces what we’ve been teaching them on Sundays.  We feel that Family Service is vital to ensuring that our families have an opportunity to worship together.

Mission: To train up the younger generation to understand the gift of Salvation and the Holy Spirit through worship, prayer, biblical training, and creative reinforcement. Vision: With the aid of parents, to lay a strong and healthy foundation on which a growing and vibrant life in Christ in can be built.  To see this generation of souls grow and take their place in the body of Christ as Croatia’s future Christian leaders. Goals: Short-term goals: To raise awareness of the importance of Kid’s Church to the congregation To strengthen the connection between parents and teachers To add more teachers to Kid’s Church Better organize the structure of Kid’s Churc Long-term goals: To help the older children understand the person and function of the Holy Spirit To divide the older children from the younger children, thereby creating a third group To have a facility especially for the nursery, including cribs, changing tables, shelves for the toys, and a secluded area for nursing mothers.

Drug rehabilitation center "Život"

Drug Rehabilitation Center "Život" is an active part of the ministries of Crkva Cjelovitog Evanđelja. The main goal of this center, primarily targeting drug addicts and their family members, is to bring drug addicts closer to Jesus so that they can be free from the bondage of drug addiction, find new life, and become healed.  In conjunction with that, the emphasis of the center is active involvement of the addicts in the center and in the local church congregation.  The program includes active group and individual meetings with addicts as well as group meetings with parents of the addicts.  Furthermore, the option of being placed in a Christian clinic is also available.

Group meetings are scheduled each Monday at 7pm.  Additionally, meetings with addicts and family members are held on every other Monday also at 7pm, and individual meetings are available by appointment.  Center Zivot is led by President Jasmin Čorić and his professional assistant Ivana Čorić.  Working with them are various members of the Crkva Cjelovitog Evanđelja congregation who have faced drug addiction in their own lives or have had loved ones who have overcome addictions and who now feel a call to help other addicts and their families. 

24-hour ministry telephone number: 099/5188 263
Web: www.centar-zivot.hr
E-mail: zivot@cce.hr

Drama

In 1998 our drama team was formed at the request of the pastor that is made up of lay people from the congregation.  With the conviction that Christian drama should not have it’s own purpose, we set forth a 2-fold purpose in keeping with that of the church.  The first function is evangelism; this is accomplished through skits and street sketches or through larger plays and drama productions held in theaters or larger venues.  The themes are evangelistic in nature, uphold biblical principles and portray the message of Jesus Christ being the only way to salvation.  The second function of the drama team is edifying the body of Christ through a variety of skits from the Bible that encourage the believers.  To date we have presented approximately twenty various presentations or skits performed on the streets, squares, and in larger venues.  Among them are: "Come to Jesus", "Seven different Christmas stories", "The Story of My Friend", "Pilgrim’s Progress", and children’s plays "Mountain girl", "The Most Valuable Gift", and the children’s musical "Antshillvania". 

The drama team at Crkva Cjelovitog Evanđelja believes in the leadership of the Holy Spirit whom they have witnessed at work many times during the preparation for a production.  We also believe that Christians must use their God-given talents to spread the gospel and that the church must remain relevant to it’s culture by being open to using new means of bringing the gospel to each new generation.  As it is written in Francis A. Schaeffer’s book "The Bible and Art", "Christians are the ones whose imagination should fly above the stars." 

Mercy ministry

Mercy Ministry was founded in early 2005 as one of the supportive ministries of Crkva Cjelovitog Evanđelja. Mercy ministry personally visits the sick in the hospitals, the elderly and helpless in their homes or retirement centers, the children in orphanages, and assists low-income individuals and the unemployed with food, clothing and other necessities.  Mercy Ministry is made up of people whose faith in Christ has utterly changed their lives, while healing them of various illnesses and vices, such as alcoholism and drugs.  This ministry helps all people who have need a word of comfort, prayer, encouragement or any type of social help.  The program of Mercy Ministry includes individuals and groups who work with people in hospitals, social institutions, and private social homes. 

Mission: To help and provide the gospel in a practical way to those suffering from infections and incurable diseases, widows and widowers, orphaned children, and the socially endangered Vision: To care for the widow/widowers and the socially endangered in local churches fundamental associations in the region of the city of Zagreb and it’s surrounding area. To establish a humanitarian foundation "Mladen Justinić" for the socially endangered residents of the city of Zagreb and it’s surrounding area. To reestablish close collaboration with social services and institutions in the city of Zagreb.

Mercy Ministry will come to where there is human need regardless of whether it is a private dwelling, hospital, retirement home, or any other social institution.  Additionally, Mercy Ministry cooperates with social institutions and other Protestant churches that are willing to give professional or volunteer help. Mercy Ministry is financed by free-will offerings.  If you wish to help by giving a freewill offering please visit our donation page here.

24-hour Ministry Telephone: 091/5520-594
E-mail: milosrde@cce.hr

Multimedia Ministry

In the fall of 2007 the ministry of multimedia was formed with the goal of pooling and easing the functions of information-technology support in the various arenas of the church.  Under the multimedia ministry fall upkeep, supply of computers and their parts, information technology support, audio and video recording and production of sermons and other happenings, technical support of the band Bez Kompromisa during Sunday worship and various concerts, and the projection of worship songs.  Involved in this ministry are members of the church who take care that the various parts of the ministry function with quality.

 Contact: multimedija@cce.hr

Publishing Ministry

The publishing ministry works with printing Christian books we find that meet the needs of both believers and unbelievers.  We choose authors and themes, as well as publications, which address the present needs, first of all of new believers in Croatia.  We also attempt to choose titles that can possible build a bridge to the unbeliever and answer life questions.

In this ministry we attempt to develop people's potential as translators, editors, and designers; both those inside the church and those we collaborate with from other churches, which also helps to build the community.  Our vision is to reduce titles of foreign authors while increasing the number of native authors so as to encourage our native writers to offer more publications.  We aim to promote quality and professionalism so that we may offer the highest standard of trade. 

Goals: Short-term goals: Each year to translate (or write), prepare and print two books. To begin printing books from native authors. To print teacher and student manuals for the various instructive needs at CCE. To begin working on building teams for translation, editing and design. Long-term goals: To expand the ministry inside the church to build a team of translators, editors and designers who will be able to lead this ministry without the need of involving people outside of CCD To create a five-year strategy for choosing titles and themes, this will be subject to change in conjunction with our abilities and needs. To print books in conjunction with this five-year strategy. To increase our supply of published native authors. To begin publishing a Christian magazine covering general Christian themes Information: Contact: tisak.muzika@cce.hr

Translation Ministry

The translation ministry was organized due to the great need for translation from English into Croatian and vice-versa.  This ministry includes translating a variety of texts needed for the various ministries of Crkva Cjelovitog Evanđelja, translating the monthly “Pulpit Series" sermons, translation for guest speakers and simultaneous translation non-Croatian speaking visitors to our services. The volunteers in this ministry are ones who have experience and are qualified to translate.

Mission: To serve believers and unbelievers through textual, simultaneous, and consecutive translating and editing as a means of extending the kingdom of God. Vision: Textual translation: weekly teachiings, monthly sermons, books, brosures, tracks, and the church web site Simultaneous and consecutive translation: teachings, sermons and seminars (translation team) Text editing (teachings, sermons, books, brosures, tracks, the church web site, and letters. Goals: To include new members in the ministry.  To improve the quality of the ministry and meeting of needs.