Meet Josh & Bea Provow, IM Missionaries to Bulgaria
Hi! Our names are Josh and Bea Provow, and together with our five kids, we are some of your church planters in the country of Bulgaria. Josh has been serving in Bulgaria since July 2015, most recently serving in the city of Shumen and the surrounding villages.
Why Bulgaria?
Our family relocated to Shumen in June of 2018. The reason was very simple: the Shumen Province has a very large Turkish population, among which only about .01% know Christ as Lord.
If you venture outside of the city, you will find scores of Turkish villages, almost none of which have any sort of Christian presence. Almost everyone in these villages considers themselves to be Muslim, but when the daily calls to prayer go out over the mosque’s siren, no one stops and prays. The mosque sits empty and the imams are mainly called on for holidays, weddings, and funerals. The spiritual literacy is so low, that many people believe that the Koran is the Turkish translation of the Bible and that Mohammed is the Turkish name of Jesus Christ.
Praise God, little by little, conversation by conversation, the light of the gospel is reaching into some of these dark places!
8 Unreached People Groups in Bulgaria
How you can pray for the Provows
- The leadership development happening in the churches of Shumen, Novi Pazar, and Kaspichan
- Opportunities in Muslim villages, through ministries such as ETEAM and THP
- A potential opportunity for bible study in the village of Veselinovo
The Provows
You can partner with the Provows to reach the people in Bulgaria with the Gospel.