Staszek and Asia Bialecki
Location: Poland
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Missionary Agency: CRU (formerly Campus Crusade for Christ)
Staszek teaches Bible and theology courses for Cru missionaries in Eastern Europe and pastors a house church meeting within their home. Asia focuses on evangelism and discipleship of women and the Re:generation ministry within Cru and the local church in Poland. They have four adult children.
Staszek and Asia both came to know the Lord through the ministry of Cru while they were college students. Both decided to join Cru full time upon graduation to continue spreading the Gospel in predominantly Roman Catholic Poland. They got married in 1993 and grew from college ministry to training missionaries combined with leading a house church in the suburbs of Warsaw. Staszek received his first seminary education at Dallas Theological Seminary, where he earned his Masters of Theology degree in Old Testament and New Testament studies. He is currently in the PhD program at DTS with a focus on Bible Exposition.
Hobbies & Interests: Staszek enjoys cycling, Nordic walking, and other physical activities, and likes to listen to audiobooks and podcasts while exercising. His favorite foods are fish, barbecue, and schnitzel, and he loves to read history and mystery books and play card games. Asia enjoys craft card-making and scrapbooking, listening to online seminary classes and reading course books, playing card games and board games, studying Tolkien, reading Bible commentaries, and learning about spiritual formation.