"As a 19 year old Greek young man, I was dreaming about riches, fame and money. So one day, I packed my things and left for a journey. Little did I know that God would direct my steps to come to Vienna, Austria where I heard the gospel for the first time and accepted Christ in my life. After going through three years of bible school, (Bible Institute of Vienna) it was soon evident to me that to be a Christian is more than accepting Christ in your life as it also became obvious in my own personal walk. Not wanting to waste my life and by the providence of God, I came to read a book entitled “Don't Waste Your Life” by John Piper. This is where I came to know for the first time the doctrines of grace and reformed theology. Learning more about the reformed faith made me feel like I was “reborn again” and wanting to serve God with all my heart and all my life. Today, I serve as a bivocational church planter together with my wife Kathrin, and our two daughters Marina & Anastasia (also our labrador dog “Romy”) in our beautiful city, Vienna. With the support of AIT in our ministry, we have Sunday services where I preach and teach God’s Word and also Wednesday’s bible studies where I have the privilege to disciple and teach a group of people. By the grace of God, many have come to know a new life in Christ. Grace Life Vienna is dedicated and striving daily by Gods Grace and for His glory, to be a true church who will proclaim the excellencies of Him who called us out of darkness into His marvelous light."

September 2025 Update

Dear AIT Family, dear partners in the Gospel!

“Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!” Ps. 107:1

When life seems hard or burdensome we need to stop and give thanks to our God, for HE reigns and there is nothing too difficult for our GOD!

Hallelujah, what a great God we have!

The Missios Family

We give thanks to the Lord for Anastasia; she has passed the two required university exams, and she is now enrolled in both majors, Psychology and Law.

We thank the Lord for his mercies, for her growth in Christ, for loving God…oh what a joy this is. Give thanks to the Lord!

Marina has one and a half years left to complete her PhD. studies in Melbourne. Getting a scholarship from “University of Melbourne” all these years was a miracle. We fervently pray that she will understand her need for redemption and realise the goodness of our Lord. God is good!

After our return from our summer holidays, Kathrin and I have been busy with our jobs. Nevertheless, we grow through challenges and learn to cope with ministry, work, family responsibilities, investing in people, having people in our house, church life, yet not perfectly, but in all these things we thank the Lord for the joy to serve people. What a great God we serve!

I thank the Lord for opening a door to witness to some new friends, Boris and Jadran, at the National Bank of Austria. My work colleges Mario, Martin and Marko have become more interested and open to hear about the Gospel. To listen to their struggles, to care, to invest in them and to speak the truth in love is all rewarding when I hear them say “tell us more about this God of the Bible”. I pray that the seed falls in good soil. His steadfast love endures forever!

 Grace Life Vienna Church

I am so blessed to see a core of born-again brothers and sisters emerging in our midst. Even if there are only few, who earnestly seek the Lord, maybe not perfectly but desiring daily to grow as a body together in Christ, it has been a great encouragement. Preaching the word of God in the power of the Holy Spirit, is what moves people by the power of God enabling new desires, longing to glorify Christ.

We are expecting to have two baptisms, Narine and Steffi, please pray for them!

We so much desire to have our own facilities for everyday use but it seems that we are not ready for this, the Lord has not opened yet this door. We need to grow and trust God that in His time HE will provide. In the meantime, thank you for your sacrificial and faithful financial support which helps us to rent a room for our Sunday Church service.

Our weekly Wednesday bible study in our home is postponed and is to begin on the 16th of October.

Evangelism

The AIT Austria Team will be with us from 30 Sept-5 Oct. for evangelism and building up the body of Grace Life Vienna. All of us at GL Vienna look so much forward to it.

We will be heading for 3 days evangelism on the streets of Vienna and inviting people for Saturday 4 Oct. all day Evangelistic seminar on the subject: “When Life seems unfair”

We have printed 10.000 invitations for the seminar day and have distributed till now about 5.000. We still have enough to give out and we can print another 10.000.

It is hard to find good reformed German evangelistic tracts, we are planning to do one of our own, prayer with us please.

Vienna is a multi-national city, we have about 179 nationalities reported as of early 2022. At the beginning of 2024, over a third of Vienna's population (35.4%) consisted of foreign nationals, with the largest groups coming from Serbia, Türkiye, Germany, Poland and many refugees from Muslim countries. We may not have tracts in all these languages, but we aspire to be able to buy many different ones.

Please join us in Prayer for:

1. Anastasia as she begins a new chapter of university life. Pray for protection from all the “worldly wisdom that does not honour God”.
2. Marina, that she will be encouraged to look for a bible believing church in Melbourne and most important for her salvation. If you know some Christian people in Melbourne, please let me know.
3. Pray for us as family so we will not get weary but stay faithful in our task to draw together in our marriage close to God, serve people well, and be a witness for the kingdom.
4. Pray for our baptism candidates Narine and Steffi.
5. Pray for all those colleagues at work that I have mentioned,  so God in His mercies will save some of them.
6. Please pray specially for the AiT Austria Team as we will evangelise on the streets of our city and also for the seminar day on the 4 Oct.
7. Pray that we will be bold, loving, humble and wise in all our efforts, so Christ our Lord will have ALL the glory in all we do.

I thank you for all your faithful support and prayers that continues to bear good fruit for the Kingdom.

For the glory of our King,

Steve Missios and Grace Life Vienna, Austria