Steve & Christina Walent

 

 

Who lives on Walent Street?

Steven Walent
·  Born: October 9, 1958 in Akron, Ohio.
·  Saved: at the age of 11, soon thereafter baptized in water and the Holy Spirit.
·  Education: B.S. in forestry at Ohio State University,  M.A. in counseling, Bible Training through "Berean  School of the Bible"
·  Call:  Called into the ministry in May 1982, shortly thereafter he read a tract by Keith Green called "Why You Should Go To The Mission Field", and God used this message to speak to his heart to become a full time missionary.
·  Missions Experience: In 1985 Steve went as a Missionary Associate to work with Eurasia Teen Challenge in a coffee house ministry in Austria for two years. In 1987 appointment as MIT (Missionary In Training), serving as youth pastor in Graz, Austria for 2 years. During this time he got to know Christina. At the end of Steve's MIT assignment they were married in Linz, Austria on June 10, 1989.  

Christina Walent
·  Born: July 18, 1963 in Kristinestad, Finland.
·  Saved: at the age of 16, shortly thereafter baptized in water and the Holy Spirit
·  Education: Registered Nurse
·  Call: After nursing school Christina attended a Discipleship School and worked with Teen Challenge in Sweden. During her time on staff there the Lord called her to go into world missions, and opened a door for her to minister in a Teen Challenge coffee house in Austria. Her home church in Närpes, Finland and Teen Challenge, Sweden sent her out as a full appointed missionary.
· In March 1988 Christina arrived in Austria and there she got to know Steve.

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