“All my friends know I’m a Christian. But how do I reach them?” That was the question that went around the table as AGWM personnel, John Koeshall in Germany sat eating Turkish food and talking about next semester with university students. The Koeshalls are reaching out to university students in a culture where faith belongs solely in the private sphere, and where it is extremely rude to foist it upon someone. The discussion centered on how do we as a community be a witness to the world in which we find ourselves? Indeed, this is the question we ask in secular Europe, where 3% or less are in evangelical churches, and where only 1% of the German population attend the state Lutheran church on Sundays. To be now sitting around a table with six faithful, passionate students, discussing and dreaming how to be a relevant witness to their friends is an answer to prayer. Having a voice in secular Europe begins with genuine community, where the life and truth of God is lived out in the power of the Spirit. John further states, “As I sat there watching them, I could see wheels turning, ideas coming together, encouragement spoken, admonishments to pray voiced, and resolution firmed. They all know it’s going to cost them: time, energy, comfort, and reputation.” There is a price to pay but seeing students coming to know Jesus is well worth it.
“All my friends know I’m a Christian. But how do I reach them?” That was the question that went around the table as AGWM personnel, John Koeshall in Germany sat eating Turkish food and talking about next semester with university students. The Koeshalls are reaching out to university students in a culture where faith belongs solely in the private sphere, and where it is extremely rude to foist it upon someone. The discussion centered on how do we as a community be a witness to the world in which we find ourselves?
Indeed, this is the question we ask in secular Europe, where 3% or less are in evangelical churches, and where only 1% of the German population attend the state Lutheran church on Sundays. To be now sitting around a table with six faithful, passionate students, discussing and dreaming how to be a relevant witness to their friends is an answer to prayer. Having a voice in secular Europe begins with genuine community, where the life and truth of God is lived out in the power of the Spirit. John further states, “As I sat there watching them, I could see wheels turning, ideas coming together, encouragement spoken, admonishments to pray voiced, and resolution firmed. They all know it’s going to cost them: time, energy, comfort, and reputation.” There is a price to pay but seeing students coming to know Jesus is well worth it.
Walent states, “This is another answer and piece to the puzzle in regards to my heart’s cry for healthy churches in Europe to reach into the darkness and see the lost come home to our heavenly Father as well as to learn to follow our Lord Jesus in the power of the Holy Spirit.“
AGWM personnel in Germany, Michael Tyler tells of an event that embraced a group of people who don’t look like the common 
Tyler goes on to say that he had the opportunity to share with one of the Holy Riders about how the church is forming a team to start a daughter-church in another city. His response was, "Hey I live there." He leads a small group of about 15 believers who don't yet have church homes, and they have dreamed about planting a church. His group may end up joining in this daughter-church plant. 
God is still in the healing and resurrection business. Gitti, the mother of one of the elders at the church in Moosburg, Germany was having back surgery. In the middle of the procedure, she had a cardiac arrest, probably caused by a blood clot. For between 35 and 40 minutes, the heart monitor showed a flat line. The doctors worked frantically to revive her, breaking several ribs and injuring the spleen and liver in the process.