Student population - 160,000
Cities with university students - 8
Cities with staff teams - 1
Number of staff in SLM - 9 (6 National Staff / 3 U.S.)
Religion/Faith statistics-
Catholic - 86% (less than 10% attend worship service)
Eastern Orthodox - 4%
Non-Religious/Atheist - 4%
Muslim - 1.5%
Protestant/Evangelical 0.5%
While about 90% of the Croatian population would identify culturally with a form of Christianity, the overwhelming majority never attend any sort of religious service and most have never heard the life-changing truth that they can have a personal relationship with God. Currently less than 0.5% would identify as evangelical Christians.
Croatian university students are extremely relational, often fluent in English, and love having deep conversations about their lives and beliefs. University students, who are the future leaders and influencers, can reach the rest of their country with the good news of Jesus Christ.
Receiving Needs
Short term team for projects or specific tasks:
Evangelistic Mission Trips Help Launch New Universities
Teams of Experienced staff and students to model Evangelism and creative outreach strategies to reach the Catholic demographic.
Long term team to serve in your country:
Interns and International Staff to start and anchor movements in 2-3 New Cities
Sending Opportunities
What sending is happening right now from your country?
We are not currently sending much yet. In the summer of 2022, two Croatian students were sent to an Evangelism Training Camp in Macedonia and were able to share their faith. That is all currently.
What are your dreams and vision for sending in within the next two years?
We desire to send 2 students on an international mission opportunity each of the next 2 years