George Bakalov

George Bakalov was born and raised in Sofia, the capital city of Bulgaria. He became a Christian in 1989, shortly before the fall of the Berlin wall and the end of Communist regime in Bulgaria. Only a year later, at age 21, he started a new church, which grew to a 1,000 members in four short years. In the last two decades, the church, today known as Breakthrough Christian Center, has been actively involved in impacting Bulgaria, the Balkan region and Eastern Europe by organizing and hosting evangelistic campaigns, international believer's conferences, media ministry and apostolic networking among leadership.

George has traveled and ministered in 36 different nations in Europe, North America, South America, Asia and Africa. His reformation message has stirred tens of thousands of believers to pursue the Kingdom of God first.

George is the founder and overseer of Apostolic Reformed Church, a nation-wide network of churches in Bulgaria; He is President of George Bakalov Ministries International, Inc., a Minnesota based, 5013 non-profit charity and is also a member of the Apostolic Council of the ICA (The International Coalition of Apostles), as well as member of the leadership of Christ Covenant Coalition

Georges philanthropic efforts have resulted in humanitarian relief, food, clothing and medical equipment worth over $8 million to be delivered to Bulgaria in the mid 90s when inflation had decimated the countrys economy. He has worked with orphanages, drug addicts and other disadvantaged social groups. He has also participated in humanitarian efforts in the Balkan crisis in 1999, bringing relief to Albanian refugees in the Stenkovec-2 Camp in 1999 during the armed NATO conflict with Serbian dictator Slobodan Milosevic.

George's ministry was covered in a January, year 2000 edition of Charisma magazine (download PDF here). In addition, he has been interviewed on TBN's Praise the Lord and on numerous Christian radio programs in the United States and other nations.

George is the founder of an independent media company which has worked with some of the worlds leading publishers of Christian books such as Sovereign World, Creation House, Regal and others.

In addition, his entrepreneurial spirit has been the reason for George to either start or partner with others in several business enterprises in the educational, IT, financial and investment industries.

George and his wife Wanda currently reside in Apple Valley, Minnesota with their three adorable daughters Jennifer, Emilie and Abigail.