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We are currently serving in the U.S. as missionaries sent from Hungary. Gabor is serving as the Executive Director of Cru Church Movements. Currently 168 million Americans turned away from faith and 4,000 churches closes every year. The U.S. is the 5th largest nation with the most non-Christians residing within it's geopolitical border. In Church Movements we partner to make Jesus known, multiply the church and serve the city.

As of 2025 we have 128 staff serving in 77 cities in 24 states. We've trained over 50K believers on how to start spiritual conversations and in partnership our team helped to  plant 565 churches across the U.S. More about Church Movements here: www.churchmovements.com 

Our missional history goes way back to the time under communism.

We grew up in communist Hungary behind the Iron Curtain and we got married right after the Iron Curtain came down in 1991 and came on staff with Cru in Hungary in 1992 after we've spent 7 years as volunteers serving with the underground ministry of Cru.

In 1994 we've co-foundad and co-authored the Youth at the Threshold of Life / YTL program and curriculum with Dave & Karen Robinson. YTL became a widely used evangelistic tool that reached to 62 countries and through which we've trained over 8000 educators and shared the gospel with millions of students in classrooms.

In 2004 we've started to serve as the National Director of Cru in Hungary and we've turned over the leadership at the end of 2016. In that 13 years we saw the number of staff growing 400% and we've launched new ministry initiatives, like a new Digital Strategy which covered close to 20% of the population of Hungary.

We've co-authored 3 YTL Curriculum and a book title: "The Outrageous Promise" which tells the amazing story of how God answered the prayers of the church to dismentle the Iron Curtain and the miracles God accomplished through weak vestles. 

Also, if you like to read a very interesting personal story, here you can read our family story: https://gaborgresz.com/life-from-ashes/

Rahel - our oldest was born in 1995. She is a medical doctor, married to Daniel, they have a daughter, Clara. Currently they live in Cambridge, UK.

Renato was born in 1998. He lives in Hungary.

Gergo was born in 2002. He lives in Hungary.

Website: churchmovements.com