{"id":345,"date":"2020-04-26T19:30:59","date_gmt":"2020-04-26T19:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cig2020.soon-online.com\/?page_id=345"},"modified":"2025-06-01T18:06:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T17:06:53","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cigwien.at\/en\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>CIG VIENNA<\/h2>\n<h1>ABOUT<\/h1>\n<div>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Leebgasse-entrance-new.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>CIG Vienna- Christliche International Church<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>OUR STORY<\/h2>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Rob Prokop<\/strong> is the <strong>lead pastor and founder<\/strong> of CIG (Christian International Church). <strong>Rob<\/strong> and his wife <strong>Mary<\/strong> are from New Jersey\/New York, USA and have been happily married since 1981.<br \/><strong>Rob<\/strong> holds a Masters in Biblical Studies. He leads the church with a leadership team and his areas of responsibility are mainly preaching and worship.<br \/><strong>Mary<\/strong> holds a Bible College degree in Biblical Literature. She leads the young adult group with her team and she is pastorally active.<br \/><strong>Rob &amp; Mary\u2019s vision<\/strong> is to create a compassionate environment in which people can experience the love of God and develop into who God created them to be\u2014to realise their full potential and purpose.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>WHO ARE WE?<\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>We are an international, bi-lingual church. We desire to journey with Jesus and believe that church helps us to do just that. We believe that God is a communicator and desires to speak to us in our daily life, through the Bible and His Spirit, for example. That is why our sermons are inspiring and Bible-based. They are practical and relevant to every day life. <br \/>Our worship is modern and free. The services are held in English and German. If you are interested in finding out how faith can have a positive effect on your life, come and get to know us. Everyone is welcome.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Come as you are!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/cig_big.png\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/rob-mary-prokop.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Rob &#038; Mary Prokop<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<!-- {\"children\":[{\"name\":\"Header\",\"type\":\"section\",\"props\":{\"image\":\"wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/CIG-WIEN-bg-20250601-170439-scaled.png\",\"image_position\":\"center-center\",\"image_size\":\"contain\",\"padding\":\"large\",\"padding_remove_top\":false,\"style\":\"default\",\"title_breakpoint\":\"xl\",\"title_position\":\"top-left\",\"title_rotation\":\"left\",\"vertical_align\":\"\",\"width\":\"default\"},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"row\",\"props\":{\"width\":\"small\"},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"column\",\"props\":{\"image_position\":\"center-center\",\"position_sticky_breakpoint\":\"m\",\"width_medium\":\"1-1\"},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"headline\",\"props\":{\"content\":\"CIG VIENNA\",\"text_align\":\"center\",\"title_color\":\"emphasis\",\"title_element\":\"h2\",\"title_style\":\"h6\"}},{\"type\":\"headline\",\"props\":{\"content\":\"ABOUT\",\"text_align\":\"center\",\"title_element\":\"h1\",\"title_style\":\"heading-small\"}},{\"type\":\"divider\",\"props\":{\"block_align\":\"center\",\"divider_element\":\"div\",\"divider_style\":\"icon\",\"margin\":\"large\",\"maxwidth\":\"large\"}}]}]}]},{\"name\":\"History\",\"type\":\"section\",\"props\":{\"animation\":\"fade\",\"image_position\":\"top-right\",\"padding\":\"large\",\"padding_remove_top\":true,\"style\":\"default\",\"title_breakpoint\":\"xl\",\"title_position\":\"top-left\",\"title_rotation\":\"left\",\"vertical_align\":\"\",\"width\":\"default\"},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"row\",\"props\":{\"divider\":false,\"layout\":\"1-2,1-2\"},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"column\",\"props\":{\"image_position\":\"center-center\",\"position_sticky_breakpoint\":\"m\",\"width_small\":\"1-2\"},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"panel\",\"props\":{\"content\":\"\",\"content_column_breakpoint\":\"m\",\"icon_width\":80,\"image\":\"wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/Leebgasse-entrance-new.jpg\",\"image_align\":\"top\",\"image_grid_breakpoint\":\"m\",\"image_grid_width\":\"1-2\",\"image_height\":\"814\",\"image_svg_color\":\"emphasis\",\"image_width\":\"610\",\"link_style\":\"default\",\"link_text\":\"Read more\",\"margin\":\"large\",\"meta\":\"CIG Vienna- Christliche International Church\",\"meta_align\":\"below-title\",\"meta_element\":\"div\",\"meta_style\":\"text-meta\",\"title\":\"\",\"title_align\":\"top\",\"title_element\":\"h3\",\"title_grid_breakpoint\":\"m\",\"title_grid_width\":\"1-2\",\"title_hover_style\":\"reset\"}},{\"type\":\"headline\",\"props\":{\"content\":\"OUR STORY\",\"margin\":\"default\",\"margin_remove_bottom\":false,\"title_element\":\"h2\",\"title_style\":\"h3\"}},{\"type\":\"text\",\"props\":{\"column_breakpoint\":\"m\",\"content\":\"\n\n<p><strong>Rob Prokop<\\\/strong> is the <strong>lead pastor and founder<\\\/strong> of CIG (Christian International Church). <strong>Rob<\\\/strong> and his wife <strong>Mary<\\\/strong> are from New Jersey\\\/New York, USA and have been happily married since 1981.<br \\\/><strong>Rob<\\\/strong> holds a Masters in Biblical Studies. 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