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“To compose our own songs, Siberian songs, born in our revelations, pain, “valley of the shadow of death”, awakening new souls to salvation”, — this is how Sergey Sokolov, a member of the SokolovBrothers creative tandem, urged Siberian ministers of worship to enter their calling.
Since 2011, every second Sunday in November, the believers of the Russian Church of Christians of Evangelical Faith / Pentecostals have been praying for orphans together with other Christians of Russia. This year the Day of Prayer for Orphans fell on November 10.
On the second day of the National Conference of the Russian Church of Christians of Evangelical Faith in Perm, Hudson Taylor's famous prophecy of global war and subsequent spiritual awakening was recalled. Bishop Vitaly Radkovich, Senior Presbyter of the Yaroslavl Association, pastor of the Yaroslavl “Grace” church, shared his vision of spiritual renewal.
At the Russian Church National Conference in Perm, the preacher quoted Pastor David Yonghi Cho about prayer.
OREL – The annual international ministry “School of Worship” was held in Orel on July 3-7. The main theme of the conference was prophetic worship. The school was organized by Natalia Idrisova, who continued the work of her father, Bishop Alexander Pospelov, the head of the Oryol Association of the Russian Church of Christians of Evangelical Faith/Pentecostals.
VLADIMIR – On July 7, water baptism took place in the Emmanuel Church in Vladimir. Believers from the churches of the Vladimir Association of the Russian Church of Christians of Evangelical Faith/Pentecostals gathered at the festive service. “Today you make a promise to the Lord to be not just believers, but true disciples of Jesus Christ,” Alexei Nikolaev, pastor of the Moscow Emmanuel Church, addressed the church. — To be a disciple means to be where the Master is: in the church, in the circle of saints, in the home group, in the ministry. It means hearing His voice, which Solomon once asked for. To hear Him in your prayer, in the Holy Scriptures, not to follow your feelings and desires, but to listen to Him and act according to what you hear from the Master.
VOLGOGRAD – For three days ministers Sergei Gorbenko, Alexander Kalinin, Simon Milongo, Vyacheslav Matveychuk and Pastor David Chidi shared the word.
SAINT-PETERSBURG – The summit of the Consultative Council of the Heads of Protestant Churches of Russia was held on June 4-6 at the AZIMUT Hotel in St. Petersburg. The organizers chose the following words as the theme of the summit: “In the main — unity, in the secondary — freedom, in everything — love”.
BARNAUL – It was held on May 15, and was organized by the Commonwealth of Christian Churches of Altai Krai. It was attended by ministers of all three branches of Christianity — Protestants, Orthodox and Catholics. The event was initiated and inspired by the bishops of the two Pentecostal unions in Altai Krai.
This year's the Russian Church Leadership Conference in Moscow brought together more than 1,600 participants from around the country and abroad. On May 8-10, ministers prayed together, praised God, and reflected on the power of intercession. More than 45,000 people joined online broadcasts of the sessions on YouTube.
At the All-Russian Conference of the Russian Church of the Christians of Evangelical Faith in Moscow on May 8, Bishop Eduard Grabovenko called on the church to wake up.
OMSK – Last weekend, December 15 and 16, Harvest Church of Omsk hosted a conference for pastors and ministers from churches in the Siberian Federal District. Guests from the Far East also attended.
SAINT-PETERSBURG - On December 8 and 9, a conference of the Russian Pentecostal Union in the Northwestern Federal District, dedicated to the 95th anniversary of the Russian Church of Christians of Evangelical Faith, was held in St. Petersburg.
KRASNOYARSK – On December 1 and 2, a regional conference ‘Faithful Steward’ was held in Krasnoyarsk. The organizers were the Krasnoyarsk Regional Association of the Pentecostal Union and the Covenant of Christ Church of Krasnoyarsk.
BARNAUL – In 2007, the Christians of Barnaul established a tradition of interdenominational meetings in honor of the Day of National Unity. This year all three branches of Christianity were represented at such a meeting. An Orthodox archimandrite, a Catholic priest and Protestant pastors preached from the same pulpit.
VOLGOGRAD – On June 10 and 11, the Grace of Jesus Christ Church in Volgograd held a regional conference called “The Day of Your Victory”.
IZHEVSK – On May 12–14, the Philadelphia Church of Izhevsk celebrated its 30th anniversary. It was truly a great event for Udmurtia, for all these years thousands of lives were transformed, not only in Udmurtia, but all over Russia and even abroad.
SYKTYVKAR – During these days the church celebrated 28 years of service to God and people. The speakers were Eduard Grabovenko, Head Bishop of Russian Church and lead pastor of the New Testament Church of Perm, and Deputy Head Bishop in the North-West federal district, Lead Pastor of the New Testament Church of St. Petersburg Alexander Tsvetkov and his wife Valeria Tsvetkova, Bishop and Lead Pastor of the Source of Life Church of Syktyvkar Pavel Kudrov, representatives of the Revival Fire movement in South Africa Dr. Gustav Du Toit and Dr. Jackie Mare and SokolovBrothers team.