Until 1989, Poland was a Communist state ruled from Marxist Russia. Religiously, traditional Catholicism was the dominant force. But, during the years 1975 to 1990, God used a music group Deo Decyma (Ten for God) to spread the good news of Jesus Christ in Poland. This is something of their story.
The Krol family, headed up by the father Wilhelm Krol, a professor of civil engineering in Gliwice and a lay preacher, were evangelical Christians. Though their surroundings were quite hostile to the gospel, nevertheless the children, Nina, Henio and Adas, knew the Lord and felt very secure and free in Christ.
In the late 1960s, first Nina, then Henio came across to Britain at the invitation of a Brethren man named Bill Grunbaum. He was a Christian of unbelievable vision, inviting young people from Eastern Europe across for a holiday in Britain where he would run house parties and give Bible teaching. These visits showed Nina and Henio a different dimension of Christianity. Above all it was the time of things like Youth Praise and they remembered the joyful, enthusiastic singing.
The re-emergence of heavy shepherds
What would you think if you received a letter from your church leaders that read like this? ‘Are church members …