IMPACTUL SOCIAL AL EVANGHELIEI ÎN RÂNDUL COMUNITĂȚILOR DE RROMI DIN ROMÂNIA. STUDIU DE CAZ: SATUL FÂNTÂNELE, JUDETUL DÂMBOVIŢA
THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF THE GOSPEL AMONG ROMA COMMUNITIES IN ROMANIA. CASE STUDY : FÂNTÂNELE VILLAGE, DAMBOVITA COUNTY

Summary/Abstract: In the Roma communities, especially after 1990, the Pentecostal Church in Romania had a considerable influence through missionary and charitable activities. Through various foreign humanitarian organisations in the USA and Europe, Pentecostal Christians began extensive campaigns to help poor Roma communities, on which occasion they also received a New Testament and were invited to attend services in Pentecostal churches. The missionary activities through which Pentecostal Christians came into contact with Roma communities served as a foundation and impetus for change in the lives of the Roma. As time passed, the results began to show, so that the biblical standards and moral values that the Roma saw in the evangelical Christian world led and encouraged them to adopt them as well. Thus the reception of the Gospel has meant significant changes among Roma communities, which have been observed even by state institutions, significantly decreasing the level of crime in evangelical Roma communities. The study also presents a case study, namely the village of Fântânele in Dâmbovița County, Romania.

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