Just one month remains until the next Pacific Association spiritual and edifying convention. If all goes as planned, the convention participants (and this can be anyone) can expect sermons during evening services from pastors from Washington, D.C., interesting seminars on Saturday afternoon, participation of the choir and orchestra from the Fountain of Life Church, Mukilteo, Washington, together with singers and musicians from churches in Sacramento.

From August 11 to 16, a family camp "Obnova" (“Renewal”) was held for soldiers, their wives and children in Ukraine, in the Chernivtsi region, at the Christian base "Source of Life" in the village of Boyane. Thanks to the team of missionaries of the Pacific Coast Slavic Baptist Association, the House of the Gospel church (Fresno) and the organization Stop the War in Europe for organizing it.

On September 15, Slavic Evangelical Baptist Church of San Diego celebrated their 50-year anniversary. We join in congratulating them on such a memorable date and wish them more of God’s blessings in the future. May they grow in the knowledge of the Lord, grow in numbers, and diligence in spreading the Gospel to those around them. May the light of God’s love shine through the members of this church and impact those who do not yet know Jesus Christ, and may He lead them to eternal life with God.

On August 29 to September 2, there was a United Christian youth camp at Trinity Lake. Over 600 young men and women came from various churches of the Pacific Coast’s Association, and by God’s mercy about 100 people came to God in their prayer of repentance.

PCSBA's August Newsletter is available here: in Russian | in English.

This year for the first time our church, House of the Gospel, hosted a Back to School event for our neighbors. This event included partnerships with multiple different ministries and other churches. The goal of the event was to give away necessary school materials to children in need and to share the gospel. The materials included backpacks, notebooks, and writing utensils. We also offered to fix bicycles for free to anyone who brought one and arranged a few barbers from our church to provide free haircuts.

The Honolulu Slavic Church (HSC) sends its warmest greetings from the Hawaiian Islands to the Pacific Coast Slavic Baptist Association (PCSBA) churches and wishes all brothers and sisters in Christ abundant grace from our Lord and Savior!

God continues to save people and add them to His Body. The Revival Church had a special church celebration on August 10 to baptize 17 people of various ages and were witnesses of their testimony of entering into the covenant with the Lord.

On August 2-3, First Slavic Baptist Church hosted a semi-annual pastors’ meeting. Dr. Valentin Siniy, who is a provost of the Tavrich Christian Institute (Ukraine) was the main speaker.

PCSBA's July 2024 newsletter is available here: in Russian | in English.

Bryte Christian Academy continues to enroll students for the 2024-2025 school year. To learn more about BCA, please visit the school’s website www.bryteca.org.

The first session of the Children's Camp "The Dream”, organized by the Bryte Church for immigrants living in the USA for no more than 2 years, took place from June 2 to 8, in Grass Valley, California. The camp was organized so that newly arrived immigrants had the opportunity to send their children to a summer children's camp. Camp "The Dream" is intended for all Russian-speaking immigrant children from 8 to 11 years old. Most of the children in the camp were from non-religious families. 75 children attended the camp. The second session of the Camp "The Dream" will take place from July 7th to 13th and will be organized by the Second Slavic Baptist Church of Sacramento.

PCSBA's June 2024 newsletter is available here: на in Russian | in English.

Pacific Coast’s Association is inviting women to an annual festive dinner which will take place at Bryte Church on August 10. All women from various churches and ministries in Sacramento are invited, as well as those who would like to find their place in ministry.

We recently had the privilege of going on a mission trip to Uganda and South Sudan. This journey has been transformative, filled with moments of deep learning, service, and spiritual growth. I want to share with you some of the key experiences and learnings we had during this wonderful trip.

On Sunday, June 2, 2024, members of Grace Avenue Bible Church, Sacramento, gathered 2 hours earlier than usual to participate in the baptism and support it with their presence, singing and prayers. The service took place on the lawn in the church yard. Ten people were baptized.

Every summer across the United States most churches hold a kid’s camp called Vacation Bible School (VBS). The purpose of VBS is to minister children of the home church and create an opportunity of outreach to neighboring communities with the message of the Gospel. For five days, children are learning God’s truth through songs, lessons, crafts, sports and even drama skits. In most churches it is the largest evangelical event of the year that requires involvement of the whole church. 

On June 6-9, Grace Avenue had a youth camp with Living Stones, First Slavic, and House of the Gospel. The camp took place at Rollins Lake and it was an awesome and fun time of fellowship with our friends in nature.

PCSBA's May newsletter is available here: in English | in Russian.

Dear brothers and sisters! Happy Trinity Day! The day that the Holy Spirit descended upon the apostles is a unique event of the birth of the church, and beginning of the ministry of the Holy Spirit which continues to this day.

From June 23 through July 8, the Second Slavic Baptist Church, supported by many other Christians, is going to run an annual reunion camp for about 200 widows and 320 orphans in Ukraine. These are women and children who have tragically lost their husbands and fathers because of the ongoing hybrid war in the Ukraine.

On April 28, thirty young men and women were baptized during a joint service of the Russian and English church service at Grace Family Church. There were a lot of guests, a beautifully-decorated stage and baptistry, and special testimonies of those who were getting baptized, which made this church service very joyful and special.

At the end of April, two pastors from Grace Family Church, Vasiliy Khripunov, who is the associate director of the PCSBA’s Missions Ministry, and Andrey Kobzar went on an extended trip to Uzbekistan, Poland, and Spain.

In 1952, a joint resolution of the United States Congress established a National Day of Prayer. In 1988, President Reagan set that day as the first Thursday in May. On this day, Americans from all walks of life join together around the country to call out to God for Him to work in and through our country. This Thursday, May 2, we ask you to join us for a day of prayer.

PCSBA's April 2024 newsletter is available here: in Russian | in English.

In his interview, the president of the “Coram Deo” International Counseling Institute, A. Tolochyants, and one of the professors, S. Drodz (pastor, a vice-chairman of the Union of ECB in Belarus, and the dean of the Minsk Theological Seminary), shared about the distinctives of Coram Deo compared to other counseling programs, and how it has impacted them on a personal level.

God continues to use this family's ministry to save the Slavs who have migrated to Valencia and the surrounding cities in Spain. Read Alik Shipuk's letter about what exactly they do and what results the Lord gives in their ministry. The letter is in Russian only.

In their April newsletter, the Sheremet family shares about their blessings, ministry trials, and ask for prayer support. Their visa extensions were not granted, so they are going through an appeal process. Pray for God’s help in resolving this, and other issues that they are facing while serving in Poland. The letter is available here (in Russian only).

Every Tuesday and Thursday at 3:15 p.m., the Association is broadcasting radio programs at 87.7 FM which include interviews with missionaries, ministry leaders, and heads of the Association’s departments. You can access a nine-year archive of the programs on the Association’s website – click this link (in Russian only).

After about a half year break, the newspaper is now ready for subscription and delivery to Russia. The subscription can be made at: https://www.nashidni.com or by calling the editorial department at  (916) 457-2626. The cost of the subscription is $60.00.

Ten new members joined the Good News Church in Tacoma. Right before the Easter celebration, on Saturday, March 30, young men and women dedicated their lives to the Lord and entered into a holy covenant with Him.

There is a saying: “Big things are seen from a distance!”, and that is very true! There are churches in the Association that are doing their own ministry, and it seems that there’s nothing special that is going on.

On April 21, Grace Avenue Bible Church (previously known as Third Slavic Baptist Church) celebrated their 25^th anniversary.

Sunday April 7th at Forward Church, we had Taco Sunday. We provided a taco lunch to everyone who came to church. This was the Sunday right after Easter Sunday and so we wanted to invite back all the new visitors that came to our church for the first time on Easter Sunday, for them to come back the following Sunday. We ordered food truck to come to the church. After service, everyone was able to eat a delicious taco lunch and have fellowship with one another. This provided a great opportunity for our members and guests to get to know each other better, by sharing a meal together.

Cornerstone Church is preparing and will host a conference on parenting with Henry Cloud, a well-known American Christian psychologist and New York Times bestselling author.

PCSBA's March Newsletter is available here: in Russian |  in English.

The pastors in Israel are asking us to support them praying for the following:

“During the month of March, we have street evangelism in various cities and villages proclaiming the Messiah, the Savior – Jesus Christ! It is a spiritual warfare for the people’s souls. There are many enemies, those who show apathy, atheists, zealots for the law, and various worldly mindsets.

We need intensified prayer for the cleansing and forgiveness of sins of the nation. May many hearts in Israel and in every place where the message of Christ is preached turn to Him! Grace upon grace to you!”

On March 6-9, The Word of Grace Church in WA hosted a conference about Spiritual Warfare. Many pastors and leaders from the Association were able to attend this conference. The speakers were invited from the U.S., Ukraine, and Russia. The seminars were very practical: “Reality of Spiritual Warfare”, “Spiritual Warfare in Ministry”, “How to Resist the Enemy?”, “Strategy of the Devil in the Church”, “Demons Attacking Pastors”, and more. To watch all 11 seminars, visit this YouTube channel, click this link. All recordings in Russian only.

The question of predestination, especially the so-called “double predestination” is interesting for many Christians. The churches are divided because of disagreements over this question, and sometimes church members have many misunderstandings and concerns about this theology.

How can you tell if your local church is growing or dying? During a three-day seminar at the New Hope Church, a well-known Ukrainian pastor and speaker, author of materials in missionary ministry and evangelism, Vladimir Omelchuk talked about the detailed models of growing churches and the dying churches. He also presented the methods on revitalization and recovery from the passivity and reactivity of the local church. The recordings of the seminars can be found here (in Russian only):

A person with an unusual past, who was a counterfeiter, famous criminal on the USSR time, received the Lord Jesus Christ and then became a pastor and evangelist. Viktor Ivanovich Sikorskiy was able to visit Sacramento in February. Together with the assistant of the head of the Association’s Missionary Ministry, V. Khripunov, he participated in teaching seminars in street evangelism, developing evangelism in various places, and in the local churches.

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ!  I want to greet you on this great holiday and wish you all Happy Easter! Christ has risen! He has risen indeed!

On February 24, 2024, there was another meeting of pastors of the Association’s churches at Bryte Church in West Sacramento. The first part of the program was dedicated to evangelism and the role of senior pastors in developing the culture and atmosphere of evangelism in the local church. That is the only way how this mission becomes the priority of the church, when the evangelism to the people around us becomes a natural lifestyle of every church member, and it isn’t getting accomplished just by a certain church program or activity.

Mikhail Cherenkov, Doctor of Theology, and pastor of Revival Baptist Church in WA shares about the perspectives and plans for ministry and the work PCSBA’s Executive Committee. The interview was conducted by a member of the Information Ministry, S. Iotko.

PCSBA's February newsletter is available here: in Russian  | in English

This is an unforgettable experience when people expresses their desire to give their life to God and dedicate themselves to follow Him, and to be baptized! 

On February 3, 2024Б Salvation Baptist Church in Orlando, FL (pastor Andrey Kravchuk) hosted a conference for the pastors in Florida. Pastors of Slavic churches of ECB from all over the state came to this event.

On February 24 from 6:00-9:00 p.m., Second Slavic Baptist Church in Sacramento will host an evening of recognizing a poet – Andrey Neyfeld (Minneapolis, MN). The participants will also include Galina Shirokova and Larisa Lysak, who are the authors of music composed to his poetry.

Greetings in the spirit of fellowship and community! Sierra Pines Camp is thrilled to extend an invitation to your church community for a transformative experience in the heart of nature.

Discover God's Beauty: Sierra Pines Awaits Your Congregation!