SAINT-PETERSBURG (RUSSIA) – On June 8 to 10, the New Testament Church of Saint-Petersburg conducted festive services to celebrate it 11th anniversary.
The main guest speaker was the senior pastor of Kharkov Christian Church Pyotr Kovalenko. His key message was about unity — unity with God, with the church, in the family and in relationships with people. “People will see God in the unity and love that Christians have among them. Divisions stop the move of God’s power, that’s why it is God’s desire that brothers and sisters in Christ would be friends. We all need to learn friendship in Christ”, — was pastor Kovalenko’s main thought.
The keynote of the services was the Scripture verse: “Thus far the LORD has helped us” (1 Samuel, 7:12). Alexander Tsvetkov, senior pastor of the New Testament Church in Saint-Petersburg, noted: “Despite of the years that have passed it is still important to maintain the zeal and passion to serve Him and people, as if it was our first year, and put our hopes not on our experience, but on the Lord”.
In conclusion of the celebration, pastor Tsvetkov pointed out that the church is the only answer for the society. “God will be raising His church. The church has always been a goal for the attacks of the devil and those who are trapped by his will. It was under severe persecution, thrown into the millstones of sufferings, it was used as a tool of tyranny to intimidate the society, it was used as a marketplace, pursuing sordid motives, but never before the church was treated so insensibly. The lies the devil so ingeniously proclaims is that the Church is not necessary, that people have an alternative path of faith, where they don’t need to be a part of community with other believers and don’t need to be accountable to ministers and pastors. By rejecting the unity we reject God’s plan, His will. Because He Himself, Jesus, has chosen to become a human to share with His people the joy and the grief, betrayal and friendship. By convicting the cupidity and superficiality of some teachers of the law He was fulfilling the Law. He was crucified and raised in the body. He gave us the greatest commandment of unity in breaking the bread and sharing the cup that witness about being a part of His life”.
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New Testament Church of Saint-Petersburg celebrates 11th anniversary
