September, 2005 | Archives of news | International Partnerships

Hot News from the Field Odessa. Planting a new church. When the team came to the city two years ago, they never dreamed they would be able to plant a second church after two years of ministry. They started a new church a month after coming to Odessa and joining a pastor that had the same vision. That church was growing every month, and God showed them that the time had come to start a new one. The church core of five people was organized. First, the team had three projects that would become the beginning of future services. The projects were as follows:
1 – with the help of a doctor-believer, getting acquainted with people from the surrounding area by distributing glasses;
2 – a picnic with worship and puppet show;
3 –a tea party where 40 people came September 25 at 5 pm the first service of a new church took place. There were 25 people. Since then the services of a new church will take place at the same time every Sunday. And there will also be a Bible study every Tuesday.

Sympheropol. Planting a new church. The team is now beginning the process of planting a new church. The first church was planted as a result of IP ministry in 2000. And in 2005, on September 25, Nick Mikhaluk lead the first communion of the new church in Sympheropol. May God bless them!

Dnipropetrovsk. The English school. September 11 – 17 the English school took place in the city thanks to the help of John Kirwan, Kyle and Marsha Clements. As a result of the school, two new groups of English + Bible study were organized.

Kiev. Business- English project. September 22 – 27 we had the project “Business English Club” thanks to our western partners. It gave us the opportunity to start the meetings of the club for business people twice a week to learn English and have interesting discussions.