The Gospel first came to our country in the year 863. The Byzantine monks Cyril and Methodius came from the Greek city of Soluna and brought the Gospel to us first of all, among all the Slavic peoples. The martyrdom of John Hus (1415), pioneer of the European reformation, led to the turbulent years of the Hussite wars . In the 16th century the Unitas Fratrum was established from the legacy of the Hussites. They expanded the understanding of the message of the gospel in an unparalleled manner.

After the year 1620 non-Catholics were forced to leave our country. Yet, at the beginning of the 18th century from the heritage of the Unitas Fratrum there arose beyond our borders and under the leading of Count Zinzendorf the Renewed Unitas Fratrum (known as the Moravian Church), which spread the Gospel around the world. We may follow their wonderful example even today, at the dawning of the third millenium.

Today the number of evangelical Christians in our country is estimated to be a mere half of one percent and the majority of university students we meet hear the Gospel from us for the very first time. Consumerism and materialism became the religions of these days. Of course many students realize the insufficiency of such life philosophies and are open to search for alternatives that would really satisfy their souls. If we succeed in helping to respond to their spiritual need, our nation may be changed and once again many committed disciples sent from our country into the entire world with the Gospel.