Shawn & Chapa
Shawn and Chapa Ginder serve in Vienna, Austria. Shawn moved to Vienna in 2005 to serve as a discipleship pastor with a large international church. Chapa, a former Sri Lankan Buddhist, came to Vienna in 1999 to pursue an operatic career. However, in 2002, she experienced a life-changing conversion at the same international church, underwent discipleship, and commenced serving on staff. After their marriage in 2006, Shawn and Chapa have served in full-time ministry, amassing over 18-20 years of service in various roles, including a 5-year tenure as campus pastors with the same church.
In 2022, they began to sense a major shift and change of direction to fulfil the calling of the Lord. As they took steps of faith, the Lord called them to embark on a new type of ministry through the “House Church” model. Today, they lead a House Church network called “Impact Church.”
Their mission is to develop true disciples of Christ who disciple others, impacting their world with the Message of the Gospel. They are raising leaders and sending them out to start new gatherings of believers in homes all across the city and nation. The gatherings are simple in nature, relationship-oriented, and Jesus-centered. They feature vibrant discussions of the Word of God as participants encourage one another to be true disciples and ambassadors of Christ. They are growing and now have two house church locations.
Vienna, Austria, is an international city with a population exceeding 50% from abroad. As a church, they strive to reach and disciple the Internationals, with the vision of seeing a growing community of believers who experience the transformational power of God so that together, they will impact our world by reaching their friends and neighbors for Christ throughout the nation.
To learn more about the ministry check out: www.impactchurch.at
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Mailing Address:
Loeschnigweg 9/2
2201 Gerasdorf, Austria
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