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Whilst none of us can manage to be involved in every part of church life, its still nice to know whats is going on. We hope that this area of the site will help to keep us all up to speed so that we can pray effectively for the ministries and be encouraged by the testimony of others.

News from Crimea - BI-MONTHLY REPORT
 CHURCH COMMUNITY

What is your heart’s desire (vision) for the church community you are leading?

 

A cell based Church. Our priority is family relations between people in our church, based on Scripture and the prayer life of each member of the church: A ministry of edification, which is held together by the gifts of the Holy Spirit. We are aiming to minister to this world: the preaching of the Gospel, help the needy, homeless, orphans, elderly and lonely people

 
 What have you done in the last 2 months as a church community to fulfill that vision?

l   Strengthening and development of family relations between members of the church:

l   Personal evangelism in the families of church members,

l   Material and physical assistance to the elderly and lonely, (church members and unbelievers).

l   Bible Study Club

l   The development of relations with the "My Family" Association (family-type orphanage); last month we helped 16 children to go to Christian camp and we paid for them (UAH 5000), some of our church member went to that camp to take care for the children.

l   Participation in a evangelistic youth project (with some other church of the city)

 

3)      In what areas have you seen growth over the last 2 months? (For example, any new cell groups?)

 

We started a new youth ministry.


 How many people would you currently consider to be a part of your church community?

Adults__17__                    Youth ___4_        Children ___2__           Total   ___23___

 

5)      What are you believing for and trusting God to do in the lives of the people in your church community over the next 2 months? Why?

l   We believe that the number of cells will multiply. We have adopted a new tactic: we go to the home of the lost people and communicate with them in their homes, once or twice a week we study the Bible with them and pray together for their needs.

l   We believe that we will start a second Bible Study club.

l   We believe that we will reach the people for the Lord, by developing relations with the "My Family" Association

l   We believe that personal evangelism will bear fruit.

 

How can we best support, assist, and pray for you as a church community?

l   Your short-term mission team can help us to develop relations with the "My Family" Association

l   You can pray for:

Ø   Our church to become a real family

Ø   Our ministry to have the power of the Holy Spirit to preach the Gospel with signs and wonders;

Ø   Raising up leaders and ministers in our church.

TARGET COMMUNITY


What needs are there in your target community that you as a church can meet? What are you currently doing to meet these needs?

Pray for the development of relationships with the  "My Family" association; organizing a Sunday school, and youth meetings.


What are you believing for and trusting God to do in the lives of the people in your target community in the next 2 months? Why?

 

We trust God that as a result of what we are doing (in accordance with His will) the amount of saved people will grow and the Lord will make them part of the church.

How can we best support, assist, and pray for your target community?

l   Pray for prevention of a possible split in the Ukraine,

l   The eradication of corruption,

l   For the planting of the new churches and development of existing churches.

l   Pray for those in power in the Ukraine for their attitude towards people to change in accordance with God's intention.

 

PERSONAL

 What has God been teaching you and speaking to you personally about in the last 2 months?

 

God continues to teach me about cell groups and development of new leaders.

 

How have the things God is doing in your hearts affected you as a leader?

 

We reorganized some things in our church to promote our vision. 

 

 How can we best support, assist, and pray for you personally?

l   Pray for my family, my wife Irina, (who has an administrative ministry in our church),

l   Pray for my children (Denis-3.5 years old, and Nastia-2.5 years old), who we adopted in January 2010.

l   Pray that God give me wisdom in pastoral ministry to minister in the gifts and the power of the Holy Spirit.

l   Please pray for the development of an increasingly close relationship with God.


FAITH STORIES/TESTIMONIES

1.       Krasnobaev Vladimir –cell group leader. In the year 2002 he came to rehab, and he had hepatitis C.  With absolutely no treatment, God healed him from hepatitis C, which was medically confirmed later.

2.       Krasnobaeva Anna- Vladimir's wife (now with the Lord). In 2006 she had been diagnosed with a late stage of pneumonia: for 3 months Vladimir was with her in the hospital taking care of her. All the doctors had been saying that she would die very soon. But she accepted Christ, was baptized and went to be with the Lord in 2010 being very sound and strong in her faith.

 


Posted - 3rd September 2010