One of the most inspiring turnarounds I've seen in recent years in the heart of a young minister on the mission field has taken place in Omsk, thanks in great part to spiritual and material support from the Greater Eurasian Mission Society contributors in the US, and to great cooperation and partnership between churches in Eurasia. Misha Pavstiuk moved his young family (above) from Novosibirsk to Omsk in 2010. During the next three years in the full-time ministry, Misha says, "I felt a lot of doubt about whether or not I was called to be in the ministry." Consumed by worries, frustrations, lack of results, Misha began to be in a personal crisis of wondering who he was and why he was in the m
Please join us in praying for these requests and concerns from around the Eurasian churches: Please pray for the youth ministry in the Siberian churches -- teens and students -- to grow and thrive. Please pray for Vika Artiyukhina in Vladivostok: Vika and her husband Denis had been ministry staff in the church in Vladivostok for 15 years, when suddenly Vika fell into a coma at a preteen event early in November, 2016. Disciples around the world have been praying for her ever since. After over a year in a coma, in recent months we are seeing definite answers to our prayers, though the battle for her life and wellness is still far from over. Gradually Vika has regained consciousness in the firs
Did you know that Eurasia has more women in relation to men than almost anywhere else in the world? According to world atlas.com, seven of the eight nations with the most women in comparison to men are former Soviet Union countries. Last Sunday, I visited a house church of some wonder-ful women from the "Venetz Slavy" ministry -- "The Crown Of Glory," the lovely name the Eurasian churches have for their special ministry to older people. All but one of these ladies have been disciples for over twenty years. The oldest, Valentina, has survived two of her three children and her husband: her daughter froze to death at age 40, her son drowned at 31. Marina has had to wear an ostomy bag since youn
From Minsk, Belarus in the West, to Vladivostok in the Far East, from across 9782 kilometers or 6078 miles, leaders of our Eurasian churches gathered last week at a retreat center in the south of Moscow. It was the first time in five years that all the Eurasian churches' leaders -- full time and non-full-time ministers -- met together in one place, representing roughly 3800 disciples in 32 cities and 11 countries. At this gathering, the encouraging decision was made to shift from functioning as three separate families of churches in Eurasia (the St. Petersburg church family, the Moscow church family, and Siberia and Far East church family) to functioning as one united Eurasia, in order to
