Pastor Darko Mikulic was born in1976 in Sisak, Croatia. He grew up in a Christian family, attending the church which was located next to his home in Moscenica.  He accepted Jesus Christ as his savior and was baptized when he was 12 years old. He felt the call for ministry near the end of high school in 1995, after which he decided to attend the Evangelical Theological Seminary at Osijek. In 1998, at the request of missionary Tony Pedroni, he came to Slavonski Brod as an intern and interpreter for the summer missionary team. He and his fiancé Gorana continued to participate in the Slavonski Brod ministries while he finished his seminary education. In 1999, upon finishing seminary, he and Gorana were married and they moved to Slavonski Brod. Under the mentorship of Tony Pedroni he began his full time ministry of preaching, teaching, and evangelism. Grateful for the given opportunity, in 2000 he accepted the position of pastor of the Slavonski Brod Baptist Church and was ordained by the Baptist union of Croatia. Darko and Gorana are caring parents of their three children: daughters Lara (born 2000) and Hana (born 2003), and son Matija (born 2005). They are thankful to the Lord for the gift of their children and pray for God's wisdom to guide their family in hope that their children will follow the path of salvation found in Jesus Christ. Their mutual desire is to see more and more people come to a saving faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and surrender in service to Him, so that God can build His Church which will be a light house of love in our town.