Nizhny Novgorod, RUSSIA:
Pastor Ivan Kozorezov teaching Encountering Christ!
Women’s Training in Ukraine
UKRAINE: Nadia Morokhovets held a women’s conference in Lozovaya which is near Kharkiv. Nadia (pictured front right) leads BMI Women’s Ministry for Eastern Europe. Looks like it is cold there – even inside – but hearts were warm and spirits joyous! We are so very thankful for Nadia and her ministry!
Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Poland
Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Poland 2018
In November 2018 Dr.’s Jonathan Burnham and Vitaly Sorokun traveled To Voronezh, Russia to conduct a Seven Steps of Christian Living conference for pastors and district superintendents from different areas of Russia. The group was also able to Skype with Rev. Sonam Kabo, BMI Regional Director for South Asia.
FIRST OF ITS KIND MEETING: Also in Russia a group of prominent Russian businessmen met to discuss BMI Marketplace Biblical Mentorship Program. This is designed to help the business population use their Christian faith in their places of work. They study the 7 Steps, Encountering Christ, Christian Leadership and Management, and Financial Stewardship! The future is exciting in this new area of ministry. Kerry Olin, Microsoft Executive and BMI Board Member joined the group via Skype.
If you want to hear the beautiful singing from these Russian businessmen, click the video under these pictures!
RUSSIAN BUSINESSMEN SINGING REVELATION 15:3-4
After Russia, Jonathan and Vitaly traveled to Minsk, Belarus, to Minsk Theological Seminary (pictured below) to train pastors, seminary professors and some top women leaders from Ukraine and Belarus in Encountering Christ, Part 1. The group will meet next year for Part 2. Dr.’s Vitaly Sorokun and Jonathan Burnham also met with leaders from Minsk Theological Seminary who have already gone through the BMI training as well as their own higher education. These leaders are dedicated to the proclamation of Christ-centered theology and want to adopt the BMI Biblical Training and Mentoring Program into the seminary!
Next, Jonathan and Vitaly traveled to Kiev, Ukraine to Irpin Theological Seminary where many of the top women leaders in the Ukrainian Baptist Union met to learn about the BMI programs and training for women’s ministries. Sue Burnham and Faith Burnham had the privilege of Skyping with this wonderful group of dedicated and talented ladies! Irpin has adopted much of the BMI training materials into their curriculum, and Vitaly Sorokun travels regularly to teach there. See these pictures and those of Vitaly’s trip as well below:
Living with Your Emotions Retreat Ukraine
Kremenchuk, UKRAINE:
Living with Your Emotions retreat was held in this beautiful Ukrainian city with women from area churches. Nadia Morokhovets traveled there from Kharkov and taught the material. The women received it with great enthusiasm!
Irpen Seminary to Use BMI Material
KIEV, UKRAINE
Irpen Biblical Seminary announced that they will offer a Certificate Program created specifically for its former graduates who are now pastors and who need further encouragement with practical ministry tools. The program will be conducted during one school year. The seminary expects to enroll up to 90 pastors from all corners of Ukraine this fall. Out of the program’s 14 subjects, 8 are written by Burnham Ministries. These include: Encountering Christ, 7 Steps of Christian Living, Technology and Your Family and many of our practical training manuals. Dr. Vitaly Sorokun, the BMI Regional Director, will be the key trainer!
