February 9 was the start-up date for a
new module of the certificate program
for preachers, recently begun by DCU.
This year 15 students from or within the
areas surrounding Donetsk and
Dnipropetrovs'k, were enrolled at the
beginning of classes. The program will
run for one semester, and lectures will
take place on Saturdays. The course
will be taught by DCU teachers as well
as by pastors of local churches.
The purpose of this certified program is
to teach students the basic skills of
biblical interpretation and preaching on
texts of different literature genres. In
addition, it's expected that during the
program all students will be preaching
at their local churches under the
supervision of their pastors as a
practicum to use the knowledge and
skills acquired at DCU.
On February 16, DCU took part at the
missionary conference "Toward More
Successful Evangelism" that was
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organized by the joint efforts of the Donetsk
Association of Evangelical Baptists
Independent Churches' Evangelistic
Department and Donetsk Church "Light of
the Gospel" where the event took place.
Church ministers and evangelistic leaders
took part at the conference.
The Bible League of Ukraine, Ukrainian
Prison Ministry, Makeevka "Blagovest" Fund
(Mobile Picture Exposition "Life of Jesus
Christ", Makeevka Christian Family Center
and DCU gave presentations about their
ministries.
Yuri Karamaneshta, DCU representative, in
his presentation on DCU's ministry said that
it's mission is to equip Christians to fulfill the
goals of the Church through faithful service
at local churches and communities. Yuri
talked about DCU graduates' missionary
ministry in CIS countries and abroad. He
shared his impressions on a recent
short-term missionary trip to the Tambov
area, Russia that was organized together
with Makeevka "Blagovest" Fund.
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In addition, the 'Bachelor of Social
Ministry' and 'The Basics of Christian
Worldview', new DCU study programs
were represented. At the end, the
conference participants were invited to
a youth missionary conference that will
take place in Krasny Luch Central
Baptist Church, Ukraine on April 5. DCU
is one of the organizers of this
conference.
Prayer Needs:
1) Please pray for my family to be able
to buy our own home;
2) We want to form a Christian
teenagers' team that could help us
open a Youth Club for non-believers at a
local village
3) Pray for the outreaches that we plan
to start soon in public schools
4) Pray for our summer camping
project for teenagers.
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