On the 12th-15th of February there was European Conference held in Tallinn, Estonia. It was an awesome, unifying time for disciples from all over the Europe. It started with a Leadership Conference on Thursday evening going through Friday morning and continued with a spiritual feast for all the disciples for the rest of the weekend. Mature leaders from Europe and United States were preaching and teaching classes about Church building, unity, mission, parenting and caring for each other on both conferences. It was a blessing to learn from the classes and living examples of well-known teachers and preachers, like Gordon & Theresa Ferguson, Wyndham Shaw, Reese & Mary Kay Neyland, Valdur & Irene Koha, Andy & Tammy Fleming, Shawn & Elena Wooten, Tomm Wilson, Chris Reed, Thierry Fender, Ronny Yttrehus, Alexey Donskoy, Sergei Kononenko, Taras Medvedev, Peti Szabad, Sebastian Maass and Kaido Leesmann.

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There was a special women's program during the conference, also an encouraging evening with heart to heart fellowship, food and dancing for over 100 singles and special event for teens. The possibility for 100 disciples to live with disciples in their homes was also very bonding: to eat and pray together and to have kitchen-table talks for long hours!

It was a time full of solid spiritual food and great fellowship. 39 Churches from 26 countries were represented and over 550 people attended on Sunday service! We can say in full confidence that the time together in Tallinn buildt the unity between the Churches and disciples in Europe and has strengthened the walls of the churches in Europe!

Nehemiah 4:2b "What are those feeble Jews doing? Will they restore their wall? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they finish in a day? Can they bring the stones back to life from those heaps of rubble burned as they are?" 6 So we rebuilt the wall till all of it reached half its height, for the people worked with all their heart. 7 But when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites and the men of Ashdod heard that the repairs to Jerusalem's walls had gone ahead and that the gaps were being closed, they were very angry. 8 They all plotted together to come and fight against Jerusalem and stir up trouble against it. 9 But we prayed to our God and posted a guard day and night to meet this threat. 13 Therefore I stationed some of the people behind the lowest points of the wall at the exposed places, posting them by families, with their swords, spears and bows. 14 After I looked things over, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials and the rest of the people, Don't be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your homes." 21 So we continued the work with half the men holding spears, from the first light of dawn till the stars came out. 22 At that time I also said to the people, Have every man and his helper stay inside Jerusalem at night, so they can serve us as guards by night and workmen by day. 23 Neither I nor my brothers nor my men nor the guards with me took off our clothes; each had his weapon, even when he went for water.

The fight for unity is not over. The building of our Churches is not over. So let us be on guard of Devil's schemes and let's keep building all together! The next all-European Conference will take place in 2011 in Budapest. We feel incredibly blessed and honored to have been able to host this conference.

With Love, Tallinn Church of Christ