Semiannual church-ministers conference will take place at Russian Baptist Church of Bryte on August 25 at 9:00 a.m.

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

This month, a group from our church flew to Ukraine to help in the children’s camps. Our church decided to send these groups more frequently in other countries for the preaching of the Gospel.

Life is like a mist, a wind, a dream, there one second and gone the next. The wisest person that ever lived called life futile, fragile, and vain. To what, to whom do we and will we devote our time, passions, and desires? What makes your heart beat? Is it for the One that breathed life, passion, and feelings into us? Have we set out to truly "Love the Lord [our] God with all [our] heart and with all [our] soul and with all [our] strength and with all [our] mind'; and, 'Love [our] neighbor as [ourselves]" (Lk. 10.27.)

“Choose Life” Church in Oceanside, CA, had a baptism on Saturday, July 21 of seven people!

Someone might say “So what? I don’t even know what church it is, and where it is located, why should I care that someone was baptized there?”

PCSBA's June 2018 Newsletter is available here: in Russian | in English.

May report of V. Tsvirinko's, our missionary in Moldova, may be found here.

At the initiative of three former residents of Dushanbe who are now citizens of the U.S., Valeriy Avramenko, Fatima Avramenko, and Olga Drovorub, and who are all members of Bryte Church, there was a convention of over 150 Tajikistan immigrants. The meeting was attended by guests from Germany, a few U.S. states, and even one woman from Ukraine.

Over the course of half a year, Bryte Church had an intense preparation of the youth for baptism. The training at this church is fairly rigorous and is worth of sharing with others.

In the preparation for baptism, the baptismal candidates learned about the history of the church. The leaders of various church ministries shared about their ministries and invited them to choose where the new members could utilize their gifts. A special meeting was dedicated to share what goes on in the upkeep of the building, parking lots, and more, and what are the rules of the church in these areas.

On May 27, Transfiguration Baptist Church located in Minnetonka, Minnesota had a celebratory service during which Vasiliy Buryak was ordained.

May Newsletter may be found here: in Russian | in English.

PCSBA's April 2018 Newsletter may be found here: in English | in Russian.

Newsletters in PDF format may be found in this part of the website: News -- Newsletters -- Newsletters in PDF Format.

In April of this year, once more we had an opportunity to visit our African friends. Our team consisted of ministers, brothers and sisters from America, Germany and Russia. The purpose of our trip was to provide a pastoral training for new ministers and those already serving in churches located in various refugee camps. Words cannot describe the value of such fellowship to all of us. In order to get to the seminars, some brothers from the local churches had to travel as much as fifty kilometers. Thank God for Ivan Oselsky, Willie Dyker and Willie Dick, faithful and dedicated ministers, who led seminars from dawn to dusk in very difficult natural conditions while putting biblical truths in the hearts of listeners.

May 19 - 20, Bryte Church, our largest Slavic church, celebrated its 90th anniversary.  The celebration began on Saturday in West Sacramento Park. About 4,000 people attended the event, and more than 300 volunteered at the festive occasion. After an hour of worship, the participants took part in various entertainment activities.

The April report of our missionary in Moldova V. M. Tsvirinko may be found here:  in English | in Russian.

The camp will take place at Salem, OR, from 11 am on May 25 till late on 27th, 2018! (you can come as early as May 24th, 8pm and stay till May 28th, noon) :)
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“Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father." John 14:12 (ESV)

On Saturday, April 7, 2018, PCSBA Missionary Department “Power in Truth” in Sacramento, CA has organized and lead a missions training on “Leadership and Teamwork Basics” with an attendance from the churches of the Pacific Coast Slavic Baptist Association and their guests.

This year’s topic of “Leadership and Teamwork Basics” was chosen after a survey conducted by the Power in Truth team among the current short-term missionary teams. Missionaries always work with teams: be it the teams they organize to go out and serve on a specific project or the teams that missionaries join locally upon their arrival to the field.

Greetings to you dear brothers and sisters! Accept my brotherly greeting from Moldova! By the grace of God we are alive and well, and have the strength to serve Him.

It’s been four years since we began a joint ministry of Moldavian Union and PCSBA. Our partnership with the joint missionary ministry began with the ministry in Africa, and then Europe.

On March 25^th, a week before the Resurrection celebration, Grace Avenue Bible Church had a special Worship Night during which they were commemorating the Bible events leading to the Resurrection. This was a service of worship and praise of the wonderful name of Christ in songs.

Dear brothers and sisters! As the associates of the Pacific Thrift Store, we will be very grateful to you for any help which you can provide. We are constantly in need of donations and volunteers.

We accept the donations in the form of clothes, shoes, furniture, house items, and much more. If you let us know, we can come to you to pick up the donated furniture.

March report of our missionary in Moldova is available here.

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

Registration for the annual retreat "Moms in Prayer" begins on April 11, 2018. We invite all sisters who want to live a victorious life with Jesus, to take part in this retreat. The Lord wants to give you strength and make you free. Take advantage of God's promise and conquer everything with power of prayer. Join the prayers of mothers who, like warriors, stand in the gap for the future generation for Christ.
" I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved" Psalm 15: 8.

Only a few hours ago, the 35^th spiritually edifying convention of the Russian Union of Churches of ECB has ended. It took place from March 21 to March 23 in the “Izmaylovo” Concert Hall in Moscow. The theme of the convention was: “God Gave us the Ministry of Reconciliation” 2 Cor. 5:18. This convention was attended by the delegates from all regions of Russia, as well as many guests, representatives of missions, and leaders of other Baptist unions and associations.

The Association’s president I. V. Mileyev greets everyone with the following Resurrection Sunday greeting:

Dear brothers and sisters!

I rejoice with you on the Resurrection Sunday! Christ has risen! He is risen indeed!

"Understanding the Secular Landscape. How to Evangelize in 21st Century America" - this will be a theme of the youth conference with the best-selling author Mark Mittelberg The conference will take place on April 28 and will be for hosted by Grace Avenue Bible Church located at 1425 Grace Avenue, Sacramento CA 95838. The conference starts at 5:30 p.m. Please join us for an evening of worship, fellowship, and teaching. Mark will speak on the current shape of American culture and how Christians can share their faith in this difficult environment.

The Department of Ministry to Children with Special Needs suggests making the first week of April to be a time for expressing special attention to families who have either children or adults with chronic handicap or a handicap they developed in their childhood.

April 14, there will be a conference at the Rockland church located at 5132 Elkhorn Blvd. Time of the conference 10am-5pm. The first speaker will be Rob Rienow. Rob will be talking on very important topics in parenting with critical information. These topics will be Visionary Parenting and Grandparenting; Building a Christian Worldview in Your Children; Parenting Teens. To participate you must register for a small contribution of $10.

Our second speaker will be Lissy Rienow at 6pm – 7:30pm. Encouraging teens to live for Christ at home and encouraging teens to navigate tech and social media with biblical principles. Free registration.

Dear friends, we are eager to invite you to Missions Training. This year's topic is Team Building, come to learn and discuss the joys and hardships of teamwork.
Date & time: April 7, 2018 from 9:30am to 4:30pm (Lunch included)

Dr. Billy Graham, a legendary evangelist and preacher went to be with the Lord. The earthly life of a person who dedicated his entire life to preaching the Gospel has ended. 215 million people attended his crusades. He preached both to the simple people and to kings and presidents. Praise God that this light was burning for 99 years. May the Lord send us more of the same kind of ministers!

From December 28 to January 13, the missionary team of volunteers from Grace Avenue Church visited Chilakaloo, India which is a small village about 200 km north of Hyderabad. This is an impoverished region mostly inhabited by the tenant farmers, although this region also has some industrial developments.

On February 16^th with the support of the Association’s Education Department and Institute “Blagovest”, there was the first meeting of Slavic Theological Collegiate (SBC). The meeting was open to all the brothers who have a theological education and who have the willingness not only to have theological discussions, but who are also able to search and find the answers to contemporary challenges and find approaches in practical lives of our immigrated churches. The first meeting was attended by about 15 brothers from different churches of the Association and other religion unions. The next meeting is scheduled to take place on Friday, March 16^th. These meetings will take place at the Association’s headquarters once a month.

I had an incredibly blessed time traveling to and speaking at the largest Baptist Youth Conference that happens in all of Russia, this past February 1-4, 2018. The conference is called “Generation For Christ,” and happens in the center of Moscow, every year, led by Vitaliy Zanin, director of the Russian Baptist Union of EBC's youth department. Thank you to Vitaliy and to the Russian Baptist Union for their gracious invitation. This event drew 1500 young people into the city of Moscow, to listen to ten sermons, thirty seminars and four non-stop days of worshipping Jesus, together.  

Millions of people of the post-Soviet times left their homes and went in search of jobs in Europe. Temporary work and their stay there became permanent for some. The Slavic diaspora spread to many countries such as Italy, Spain, Greece, France, England, and others. Soon they were faced with the real need of organizing churches in these countries of missionary ministry. The Summit of Russian-speaking Churches of Europe was formed for a more productive ministry and coordination of the work of Christian partnerships and associations.

January report of Tsvirinko's family is available here.

PCSBA's January newslette is available here: in Russian | in English.

February 2018 Tsvirinko family's report is available here.

On January 20^th at Russian Baptist Church of Bryte there was a celebration of two anniversaries: the 50^th anniversary of Correspondent Bible Courses and the 25^th anniversary of Moscow’s Theological Seminary. The celebration was attended by the alumni of CBC and MTS, guests from Russia, local brothers and sisters, and all guests who were willing to rejoice in this celebration. The dean of MTS P. Mitskevich shared information about the journey and persecutions of Russian believers and about the history of the ministry of both training centers CBC and MTS.

On January 20^th, there was a graduation 13 students of first group of graduates of Moscow’s Theological Seminary in Sacramento with the "Master of Divinity" degree. Master of Divinity is a degree of church (pastoral) ministry. Russian Baptist Church of Bryte hosted a graduation ceremony. During the commencement ceremony, the dean of MTS Peter Mitskevich, PCSBA’s president Ivan Mileyev, and PCSBA’s director of the Department of Education Aleksandr Pronin awarded the diplomas.

On January 20^th, there was a graduation 13 students of first group of graduates of Moscow’s Theological Seminary in Sacramento with the "Master of Divinity" degree. Master of Divinity is a degree of church (pastoral) ministry. Russian Baptist Church of Bryte hosted a graduation ceremony. During the commencement ceremony, the dean of MTS Peter Mitskevich, PCSBA’s president Ivan Mileyev, and PCSBA’s director of the Department of Education Aleksandr Pronin awarded the diplomas.

So what now? Should we continue releasing the Association’s Newsletters or should we stop? If we are to continue, then how can we stir the churches of the Association to raise their interest in the newsletters and increase the number of subscribers? Which information should be published, how to organize it, and what not to publish? Where can we find new fellow-workers, and how to attract them?

We didn't have a chance to publish English versions of our missionary in Moldova Vyacheslav Tsvirinko's reports before. Recently, we got them, and now publish them here. We hope you will enjoy reading them in the same way we enjoyed when we read his reports in Russian.

Starting from January 16 to February 3, Bible Truck Exhibition will be presented at Russian Baptist Church of Bryte. To visit it, please register at this website: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-bible-truck-exhibition-tickets-41437053342?ref=ebtn.

December newsletter is available here: in Russian | in English.

On December 14^th, 2017, two churches of Sacramento (Russian Baptist Church of Bryte and Grace Family Church) hosted unified prayer meetings of Slavic Baptist churches.

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Evangelism isn’t a one-time activity; it’s a lifestyle. For a Christian college student like me, it’s impossible to go through the week without a few evangelism opportunities. There’s always someone with whom I can share the Gospel. But even with all the passion and faith that a young soul on fire for Jesus has, there always exists the possibility of hitting a snag and failing to properly convey the message of Christ. Especially if the one I’m sharing with has anti-Christian sentiments. That’s why it’s so crucial for me to know how to defend my faith; and, that’s why the 2017 “God on Trial” conference in Sacramento was such a tremendous blessing for me. (1 Peter 3:15)

"In everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus". 1Thes. 5.18

Dear brothers and sisters! Happy Thanksgiving Day!

During these days of celebration, may our hearts be filled with the special thanksgiving to God for everything: his spiritual blessings, brotherhood, physical well-being, and for every day of our lives! There is no other alternative: there is either worship of God, or worship of “modern idols” that many people worship today. People who are ungrateful to God easily become idolaters. They exchange the place of God with different things, ideas, or people. “For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened…they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator” (Rom 1:21, 25).

PCSBA's mission department had a 10th annual meeting of the Association’s missionaries on October 28 at the Grace Avenue Bible Church (former Third Slavic Baptist Church). This year’s theme was “Faithful, Persistent, Blessed”. The meeting was opened with a director of the missionary department “Power in Truth” Alik Yanovskiy. This time there were representatives from different churches from Seattle, Fresno, Los Angeles, Kansas, Sacramento, and Ukraine.
One of the pastors of Grace Avenue Bible Church, Viktor Malishuk concentrated everyone’s attention on the importance of the Great Commission of Christ – to go and preach the Gospel. He blessed everyone in prayer.