Churches in PL
Evangelical Reformed Church in Wroclaw (website in Polish)
The church started in 1996 as a church plant of the First Baptist Church in Wroclaw. The church left the Baptist Union in 2000 after the First Baptist Church in Wroclaw withdraw its support because of theological differences. We started using a new name: Evangelical Reformed Church in Wroclaw. In 2004 a presbytery with Evangelical Reformed Church in Poznan was formed. The ERC in Wroclaw holds to the Three Forms of Unity and is a CREChurch since 2006. It meets in a Christian school and has 45 members.
Elders in Wroclaw
Marek Kmiec, b. 1965, ordained in 1993. Marek graduated from Multnomah Bible Seminary (MA) and used to be a member of the Reformation Covenant Church in Oregon City. After coming to Poland in 1994 he worked for two years in a Biblical Seminary of Theology in Wroclaw where he met Bogumil Jarmulak, Sebastian Smolarz, Alek Bieriezjanczuk, and Andrzej Polaszek, and introduced them to Reformed theology. Marek is also a pro tempore elder in Gdansk.
Bogumil Jarmulak (Bubu), b. 1969, ordained 1999, wife Ewa, three children. Graduated from Biblical Seminary of Theology (BA) in Wroclaw, Poland, and Lutheran Facoulty of Theology (MA) in Warsaw, Poland. Chief editor of Reformation in Poland Publishing House. Works part-time for the Lutheran Heritage Foundation in Poland. (Bogumil’s blog in Polish.)
Sebastian Smolarz, b. 1975, ordained in 2004. Sebastian studied theology in Poland, Scotland and Wales. He holds a PhD in biblical theology from the University of Wales. He is a part-time lecturer at the Evangelical School of Theology in Wroclaw.
Evangelical Reformed Church in Poznan (website in Polish)
The church history goes back to early 1990s when a group of high school students in Gostyn, south of Poznan, attended a Bible study group lead by a Catholic priest. After the priest was forced to move to another city (because of his too Evangelical convictions) some of the young people left the Roman Catholic Church and joined a Baptist Church in Poznan. They stayed there two years and were forced to leave because of their newly acquired Reformed convictions (in the meantime they met Marek Kmiec and were influenced by him). They decided to start a new church in 1994. In 2004 it formed a presbytery together with Evangelical Reformed Church in Wroclaw. The ERC in Poznan is holds to the Three Forms of Unity and is a CREChurch since 2006. It meets in a coffee bar and has 28 members.
Elders in Poznan
Andrzej Polaszek, b. 1976, ordained in 1997, wife Agata and three children. Andrzej is a lawyer. (Andrzej’s blog in Polish.)
Roman Mazurek, b. 1977, ordained in 2000, wife Agnieszka and four children. Roman works as department manager at IKEA.
Evangelical Reformed Church in Gdansk (website in Polish)
It was started in 2005 after Pawel Bartosik, former youth leader in a Baptist church, became “too” reformed and asked the Wroclaw church to help him to start a Reformed church in Gdansk. It is a mission church of the church in Wroclaw, has 11 members. It meets in a school.
Elders in Gdansk
Pawel Bartosik, b. 1977, ordained in 2007, wife Jola and three children. Pawel graduated from Gdansk University (MA in pedagogy) and Baptist Seminary of Theology (BA) in Warsaw, Poland. (Pawel’s blog in Polish.)
Evangelical Reformed Church in Legnica (website in Polish)
In 2003 a church plant in Legnica was started by the church in Wroclaw. There were three families there who were members of the Wroclaw church. After two years one of the families left for a Baptist church, and after another year the other family moved to Germany. Our missionary there is Alek Bieriezjanczuk. There are regular Sunday services there. The church meets in Alek’s apartment. There are few new people who recently started coming to worship, there.
Elders in Legnica
Alek Bieriezjanczuk, b. 1974, ordained 2004, wife Agnieszka and three children. Finished two year course at the Biblical Seminary of Theology in Wroclaw, Poland. Works as CNC machines operator.
