Gabriella Kopas

Central Europe

Nominated by:

Central Europe, MidSouth, Heartland, Western States, and Great Lakes

Born and raised in Hungary, surrendered her life to Jesus during her university studies in Slovakia. Shortly after that she felt the call to ministry, left law school and commenced her theological studies. Her major was Biblical Studies, specializing in the Old Testament. She holds a PhD in Biblical Studies.Gabi passionately loves the Word of God, loves to teach it and to show people how to feed themselves and abide in Christ.Throughout the last two decades in the ministry she led in multiple roles and fields, pouring into different generations of disciples and helping them grow in Christ. She also served in four different countries both in Wesleyan denominations and in the academia. Speaking multiple languages, she developed a love and appreciation for ministry and life in different cultural contexts, and cross-cultural communication. Currently she is the Conference Superintendent of the Central Europe AC of the GMC covering Slovakia and Croatia, and serves globally in several Commissions and task forces of the GMC.Gabi shares life and ministry with her husband Samir, and their adult children Antonija and Ruben.