History

The Romanian Baptist Church of Charlotte was established on November 7, 2004, by a group of 20 Romanian believers from the greater Charlotte area, under the leadership of Pastor Livius T. Percy. Northside Baptist Church graciously offered us a place to meet and worship. The Charlotte metropolitan area has about 1,000 Romanians and we believe it is our calling to evangelize and minister to these people.

In February 2006 the church called Ioan Pelea to serve as Associate Pastor. Soon after his coming he also started directing the choir.

In August 2006 the first baptismal service was held, when Irina Perjar expressed in baptism her commitment to follow the Lord Jesus Christ.

As the church grew we needed to move to a larger facility and in October 2006 we moved to Derita Baptist Church. At the end of 2006 we had 55 members and 30 children and teenagers. At the beginning of 2008, we had approximately 84 members, 41 children and teenagers, and 35 regular visitors that had not pursued membership.