Slovenia is at a geographical and cultural crossroads in southern Central Europe, being bordered by Italy, Austria, Croatia and Hungary. After World War II, Slovenia was part of Tito’s socialist Yugoslavia, and was always its most prosperous and politically liberal constituent republic. Slovenia declared independence in June 1991, which was achieved almost without bloodshed, in marked contrast to that of Croatia or Bosnia.

Historically, Slovenia has been a Catholic country, with a small Orthodox and Lutheran presence. However, many people now identify with secular post-Christian values, or seek spiritual experience through New Age or Eastern religious beliefs.

OM’s team in Slovenia partners with a Pentecostal church in the capital Ljubljana, and through their strong online outreach, has built relationships with several nearby communities of Roma people. The Roma are often marginalized from Slovene society, and have a heritage of both Catholicism and ‘folk’ superstition and witchcraft. But after miraculous healings in one village, many Roma people in the region are turning to Jesus and finding new life in Him, and OM is planting a church among them.