Watchman Fellowship Returns to Romania

As many Watchman Expositor readers are perusing these pages in the
comfort of their living rooms, learning more about David Koresh and
his teachings, Watchman Fellowship missionaries will be traveling
throughout the country of Romania.

In December of 1992 while in Bucharest, Craig Branch, was able to
secure arrangements for a large WF team to come back in the spring
of 1993. The Evangelical Alliance of Romania has invited Watchman
to conduct a nation-wide intensive training seminar on cult
apologetics. These meetings are now taking place. Due to the
changes in format of the Watchman Expositor, WF was unable to let
the Christian community know about these plans ahead of time as was
hoped.

Because of this problem, this Romanian mission trip has been funded
from WF's very limited general budget. Any financial help that
readers can provide in alleviating this difficulty would be most
appreciated!

Why should WF missionaries go to Romania? In the News Watch section
of the Christian Research Institute's magazine, under the headline
"Cults Gaining Ground in Eastern Europe, Former USSR," it was
reported that Jehovah's Witnesses in Romania have "registered (a)
21 percent membership growth in 1992 alone" (Journal, Winter 1993,
p. 5).

Other groups, working in the region mentioned by the Journal are
the Moonies, Hare Krishna, Mormons and the Baha'i. When the WF
teams were in Romania in May and December of 1992, numerous
questions on all of these groups were asked.

Just yesterday a New Age news letter containing the teachings of
Benjamin Creme's Maitreya arrived at the WF office. It announced,
"On Sunday 7 February He (Maitreya) appeared before a large group
in Bucharest, Romania, once more taking advantage of the
opportunity presented by a religious convention there" (The
Emergence, April 1993, p. 1).

The people of Romania are intelligent people. Many of the people in
Romania are well versed in biblical doctrine. However the people of
Romania suffer from a common problem þ they are people. And people
can be deceived!

Remember Jesus words, "Beware of false prophets..." (Matthew 7:15).
Before the Romanian people can beware they must first be aware. The
American cults will not tell the Romanian people that they spread
a false gospel and believe in a different Jesus (2 Corinthians
11:4). 

It is WF's purpose and hope that through this mission trip, the
Romanian people will be better prepared to spot the wolves in
sheep's clothing.