What is your ministry?
I am a pastor at the Temple of Worship church in Kyiv and leading a church plant in Believka. I also minister as an executive secretary of the Association of the Missionary Churches of Ukraine, a group of over fifty churches partnering to fulfill the Great Commission by reaching nations for Christ. We are trying to encourage Ukrainian churches to have a vision to reach other nations for Christ, not just planting churches in Ukraine. I am visiting churches, preaching the Gospel, ministering to the people’s needs, and encouraging them to be involved in our mission’s endeavors.
When did you trust Christ?
I attended a Baptist church in my childhood. When I was 16 years old, I stopped attending church. I studied at Kyiv University and was far from the Lord. When I was 24 years old, I started attending church again and had a good relationship with some Christian friends. In June 1989, I answered the altar call at a church service and reconciled with the Lord. A few months later, I was baptised.
What have been the defining moments of your Christian walk?
I think that the prayers of my mother and my closest friends impacted my conversion. I saw their lifestyles and realised that they had something I was lacking. In my early Christian walk, I was surrounded by a few good spiritual leaders, and their mentoring and care for me helped my faith grow. I went on to lead a youth group at the church, plant a church, oversee churches, and so forth. My two years of studying at the Southern Cross Bible College also immensely helped. At the school, I received good teaching. There were many great teachers and several good pastors and speakers. Many other daily situations have also helped me to grow. For example, my older son was healed from cancer.
What do you hope to gain from participating?
I hope to be blessed through the influence of experienced ministers who can speak into my life and help develop the necessary skills to be more effective in ministering to people. This is an excellent opportunity to improve my spiritual gifts and prayer life. I believe that sincere and mutual relationships bring a lot of blessings in life. The opportunity to get to know experienced and blessed ministries will bring new dynamics into my life and ministry. I believe in synergy results of the corporate and partnership relationships of the people united by God and around His word. It is excellent to experience the power of teamwork in the body of Christ.
What is your leadership role or what were your past leadership roles?
I am the lead pastor at our church, which involves preaching, teaching, raising leaders, and discipleship.
As an executive secretary, I organize the annual missionary forum, the missionary training at churches, and the corporate efforts to organize short-term missionary trips to other nations. Currently, most of our activities in reaching the nations have been redirected to help people in Ukraine going through a dramatic crisis. There are more than 4 million internal migrants in Ukraine at the moment. There are vast opportunities to plant new churches all over Ukraine. We have to be sensitive to these opportunities.
Why should someone invest in your ministry?
What we are doing is important for Ukraine and Eastern Europe.
