Vašek Anders is the pastor at Kostel Jinak in a town called Šumperk in Czech Republic and will be preaching on May 14th, 2023. Czech Republic is one of the most atheistic countries in the world. Trinity helped their church purchase their new building in the city center. Their desire is to use this building as a place to train disciples and leaders and to send new teams out to plant new churches. In everything, they want to be gospel-centered. Kostel Jinak has about 50 members and 60-80 people on a Sunday. 90% of their people are first-generation Christians.
We asked Vašek a few questions to introduce himself:
How did you become a Christian? And how did you become a pastor?
I became a Christian through evangelistic English camps that were done in Czech by a church from Minnesota. I was connected to this church and even worked here in Minnesota for several months in that church. It was here I felt a strong calling to go back to Czech and plant a church. Which I did 9 years ago.
What is the best food in Czech? Is there any food you like in the US?
I am looking forward to all kinds of food, in Czech we have most of the food that is here but one thing we do not do quite as well is barbecue.
The best Czech food is of course beer. :-)
