In Riga, the capital city of Latvia, around 44,800 people attend church every week but only a handful prioritise faithful bible teaching. Secularism has taken hold and there has been a rise in the number of Latvians professing no religious affiliation.

Pārdaugava Reformed Church was established in Riga in September 2016, led by Mārtiņš Martinson, Andis Miezitis and Miroslavs Tumanovskis. The church is located in Pārdaugava – a prime location for reaching out to the many young families and university students who live there. The key aims of the church are evangelism, training gospel workers and helping Christians grow in their faith.

Miroslavs writes, ‘Our key conviction is that God works in power as his word is taught. Therefore we focus the ministry of the church on the teaching of God’s word. Whatever we do – be it evangelism, building-up believers or training new workers – the word of God must be central.’