Life Church Klagenfurt

Church Name: LIFE Church Klagenfurt

Church Location: . KLAGENFURT

Church service: Saturdays 5pm

Pastors/Leaders: Sabrina Sucher, Werner Sucher, Esther Aitkuliev

Sabrina Sucher and her Husband Verner became leaders of Life Church Klagenfurt

in April 2024

When I was 10 years of age my Mom got to know God. So we went to a church were

I attended Kids Church and learned about bible stories and verses. I knew of God but did not know him. As a teenager I was very rebellious and made decisions that led me down a dark road. At the age of 21 I really was in a bad place. One night I

remembered a bible verse I learned in Kids Church. The phone number of God

Psalm 50/15. I cried out to God. I can clearly see, that from that day small things started to change around me. I reconnected with my parents and because of that I also came in contact with Life Church.

I started to go to church regularly. In 2007. I got baptized and in 2009 I

started the LIFE and LEADERSHIP Academy. Parallel to that I served in the church

wherever needed. I was invited to join the worship team and later on became the

leader of it. I also served in the leadership team of the church for years until God started talking to me about becoming a pastor. In 2020 God to gave a challenge to me and my husband. He asked us would we be willing to uproot our family and move from Liezen to Klagenfurt to lead the church there. A crazy year followed where we were praying into it and seeking confirmation. Fiinally we decided to step out into the unknown. and take a big leap of faith. In 2023 my family and I moved to Klagenfurt. Even though it was a hard year we knew that this is the place were we God wanted us to be. We are excited for what’s to come.

What do you love about Life Church?

I love that Life Church is family with a mission. We love to spend time together. We

laugh and cry and make mistakes. We learn and discover each person’s uniqueness, and how we still fit together perfectly. We celebrate and also challenge each other to become better. That´s the beauty of church for me.

What do you love about Austria?

The beautiful landscape for sure.

The different dialects even if you live just a few km apart.

The delicious cakes and cookies

What you love about Church Planting and leadership

I´m not a gardener but I know when you plant something that is just the beginning.

You need to take care of what you have planted, watch over it, water it and keep it

safe. But when I think about this picture in the context of church, the leader seems to have to do all the work. That is not how I see leadership. Church planting and

leadership for me is creating a safe space where people can learn to live their lives

in partnership with the holy spirit. They learn to take are of their own garden/lives/hearts, so that the word of God that is planted in them can come to full bloom.. This leads to transformation so they can become a testimony for the world around them. As a leader it is a privilege to accompany people and help them to become what they were always meant to be in the eyes of God.

What we must know about you

I don´t like dark chocolate very much

My favorite place to be is my bed

My love language is quality time

County: Carinthia

Population of Town: 280.000

Population of Political District: 580.000

Features of the Town: Klagenfurt has the university of the province, is the provincial capital. Situated at one end of the large lake called the Wörthersee Klagenfurt has a prime position and attraction.

Features of the Political District: a highly touristic area with many lakes, mountains, castles and places of interest.

Culinary Speciality:

Carinthian cream cheese dumpling.

The challenge is not the superficial wellbeing of people here, but a depth of emptiness, lack of purpose leading to alcohol abuse, broken families and high suicide rate.