Cristian holds a bachelor's degree from Moody Bible Institute, a ThM from Dallas Theological Seminary and a PhD from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois .
In 2005, Harvest Bible Fellowship came alongside a group of like-minded, evangelical believers from Arad, Romania, and partnered together to launch Harvest Metanoia (Biserica Metanoia).
In the past four years, the church in Arad has partnered with core groups of believers to help launch other Harvest Metanoia churches in Romania and abroad: Braila, Ploiesti, Brasov, Felnac, Ghioroc and Vienna (Austria).
Pastor Cristian and his wife Anne seek intentionally to bring Christ to those both inside and outside of the church. They have three beautiful daughters, Fiona, Tara, and Eden.