Scripture affirms that the Christian life is a call to glory through suffering. Accordingly, on a daily basis Christians around the world face persecution in various forms, including discrimination, physical assaults, violence and even death.
On September 7th, God allowed my wife Alena and me to visit Ukraine. After eight years since my previous visit to Kiev, I was pleasantly surprised by the external changes, as well as internal transformations in different aspects of the city life. More importantly, Ukraine is currently experiencing total religious freedom and opportunities of open…
September 2-4, Sierra Pines Camp had the honor of celebrating its 70th year operating as a Christian retreat center. We celebrated by inviting current and past participants in Sierra Pines Camp’s history to take part in a day full of activities and weekend retreat. The main event was a pleasant luncheon catered by Elena Petrenko….
God on Trial is the new Fearless Faith conference of 2017, a dynamic event where believers from all over Northern California will come together with world renowned apologists to explore some of the most difficult questions facing Christianity today.Join us this year as we address questions of God, morality, science, tolerance, and more! Register today!…
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«Therefore, when I have finished this, and have put my seal on this fruit of theirs, I will go on by way of you to Spain.» (Rom.15:28) Apostle Paul dreamed to visit one of the countries of Europe which was “far” from the center of the missionary ministry to the Gentiles-Antioch. This country was Spain, a country…
On August 26, Grace Avenue Bible Church (previously Third Slavic Baptist Church) hosted a meeting of the Association’s pastors. I was pleasantly surprised seeing a well-decorated sanctuary (I thought that I was coming to a wedding reception). Brothers and sisters of the local church prepared a tasty lunch and even supplied technical support for the conference. Big thanks to Vladimir…
“You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me” John 5:39 (ESV). The statement is true that “knowing about Jesus and knowing Him personally are not the same.” It is absolutely certain that more people in the world that have at…
On August 6th my wife and I had an opportunity to visit the “Transfiguration” church in Minnesota. With joy and reverence, I was returning to this church which I founded 18 years ago along with a small group of 11 people. I went through the school of training at that church, the school which was…
A group of ten people (five from California and five from Moldova) recently returned from a two-week trip to the Sudanese refugee camps. The head of the trip Igor Mordvinov from the Union of ECB, Moldova, shares about the things that were accomplished during this trip.
