Ionel Zaharie
Tuesday, 9 June 2026
Ionel Zaharie was born in 1968 and raised in Romania. He met his wife, Sorina, in high school and then they went to University together and married while still in school. But their lives changed overnight (1990) when a person from Campus Crusade for Christ shared the Gospel on their university campus. They were both raised Orthodox as was the norm in Romania but had never really known or accepted Jesus as Lord and Savior. In 1992 as the Iron Curtain was being torn down and Romania was gaining it's freedom from the Soviet Union they graduated and both joined the staff of Campus Crusade and have been full time staff ever since. They served on three college campuses, then National Director of campus ministry and even interim National Director of all CRU ministry in Romania. Now they are leading the market place ministry among business and professional leaders of the country. They are taking the Gospel of Christ to the entire country of Romania! Come hear their story.
