https://hoperussia.org/endorsements daily 0.75 2015-09-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1441217708264-VI79HE542LD6JTM507MA/image-asset.jpeg Endorsements - David Shormann https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1441217708264-VI79HE542LD6JTM507MA/image-asset.jpeg Endorsements - David Shormann https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1441217606601-TRQTL9UI95K2H3X24LSJ/image-asset.jpeg Endorsements - Ruslan Moroz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1441397967321-FEGKJ4FVNURZUA1X2GXB/image-asset.png Endorsements - Burt Hitchcock Pastor Burt Hitchcock of the Pacific Northwest Presbytery of the PCA shares how the SRS Eurasian Pastors' exam conducted by members of the presbytery on May 14 impacted him and his wife. "The most moving thing in 20 years of coming to presbytery." Read more about the examination here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1441217679569-KYRKZLL8YO3VQE5KXAP4/image-asset.jpeg Endorsements - Timur Anichkin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1441217733368-7AOGMKOGE91V8DBNBCSE/image-asset.jpeg Endorsements - Eric Greene https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1441217777798-G2AP1W4IMO3ZFF1MXXNN/image-asset.jpeg Endorsements - Oleg Volkov https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1441217808717-9ZMPTW7ZIQSN8R80D4Q0/image-asset.jpeg Endorsements - Brian Nolder https://hoperussia.org/new-blog-1 daily 0.75 2019-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1465331232006-ZFQEZX0D22J1JREGFFR5/typewriter.jpg Founder's Blog https://hoperussia.org/new-blog-1/2019/4/8/the-siberian-blessing-why-are-pentecostals-and-reformed-presbyterians-ministering-side-by-side-in-siberia monthly 0.5 2019-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1554728790693-1TYHOULOR98TVIX7YXXQ/unnamed.jpg Founder's Blog - The Siberian Blessing: Why Are Pentecostals and Reformed Presbyterians Ministering Side by Side in Siberia? Here I am April 2 in St. Petersburg, Russia, near our home, with our 3rd Russian grandbaby that is a Russian citizen, Vasili. He loves the rare sunshine up here 500 miles south of the Arctic Circle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1554729310853-2K8FTVVK1N6KXMRKO1R0/unnamed.png Founder's Blog - The Siberian Blessing: Why Are Pentecostals and Reformed Presbyterians Ministering Side by Side in Siberia? Kemerovo Oblast of Siberia. A 5-hour plane flight from Moscow. It is the coal mining capital of Russia, which helped it become and stay a world power. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1554729430925-6EU5KCUYK7FLG1XZ75GG/unnamed+%284%29.jpg Founder's Blog - The Siberian Blessing: Why Are Pentecostals and Reformed Presbyterians Ministering Side by Side in Siberia? Above: Voropaev was arrested by Soviet militia in 1929 and sent to Siberia. 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Here I am Saturday, March 30, in Katlan, Siberia, with pastor Roma to my left, and his cool men after a hot banya and even hotter message from the Word on the need to fight the use of pornography in their lives. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1554730231967-U13BN11HPZSDEZ1PRQGW/unnamed+%283%29.jpg Founder's Blog - The Siberian Blessing: Why Are Pentecostals and Reformed Presbyterians Ministering Side by Side in Siberia? Most of our Russian ministers at the Intensive Course in St. Petersburg, March 11-23, 2019. We had 28 men total, about 2X’s more than usual. The first week courses were, Romans, by Evgeni Krudzkov, and The History of Church and State Relations, by Paul Edgar. The second week, Mike Rasmussen taught 15 hours on the Psalter, and I taught 15 hours on Thunder From Heaven: Preaching the Word of God. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1554730575756-XMN8TM4W4V0FN2ZCV295/sjZZtNZEEXsO_OyYRxVtwHw.png Founder's Blog - The Siberian Blessing: Why Are Pentecostals and Reformed Presbyterians Ministering Side by Side in Siberia? https://hoperussia.org/new-blog-1/2017/1/25/advice-on-russia-for-president-trump-and-american-christians monthly 0.5 2017-01-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1485376818561-XRQD19B7VL6DHK8RA8J6/tillerson.JPG Founder's Blog - Advice on Russia for President Trump and American Christians https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1485377256665-V9BJIQIN3RONK773Q62C/image-asset.jpeg Founder's Blog - Advice on Russia for President Trump and American Christians This slightly doctored photo illustrates the reality that America and President Trump must, in public, deal respectfully with world powers until we are prepared physically to humble them. In the case of Russia, that is never. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1485377431811-G13KOY3GABPWO0DY9T36/image-asset.png Founder's Blog - Advice on Russia for President Trump and American Christians A 2017 map of the regions of the world least reached by the Gospel of Christ By Danthemankhan at English Wikipedia - July 18, 2006., Public Domain. https://hoperussia.org/new-blog-1/2016/7/15/an-open-letter-to-srs-supporting-churchs monthly 0.5 2016-07-25 https://hoperussia.org/new-blog-1/2016/7/8/the-healing-of-the-nations-eg-the-usa monthly 0.5 2016-07-25 https://hoperussia.org/new-blog-1/2016/6/28/contemplating-america-the-beautiful-after-25-years-in-the-former-ussr-and-in-the-light-of-psalm-19 monthly 0.5 2016-07-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1467109702138-7WD8GW5RUNT6DAUFRWN0/image-asset.jpeg Founder's Blog - Contemplating America the Beautiful After 25 Years in the Former USSR and in the Light of Psalm 19 Daniel Boone escorting settlers through the Cumberland Gap, by George Caleb Bingham (1811-1879) embodies some of the essence of America the Beautiful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1467110408075-HHZVJ6I4B7HE3RC7AD4Z/image-asset.jpeg Founder's Blog - Contemplating America the Beautiful After 25 Years in the Former USSR and in the Light of Psalm 19 Katherine Lee Bates, authoress of America the Beautiful , 1859-1929 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1467110884699-OI3O781GJF7F0UXINVU5/image-asset.jpeg Founder's Blog - Contemplating America the Beautiful After 25 Years in the Former USSR and in the Light of Psalm 19 Albert Bierstadt, Among the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California, 1868 captures more dramatically the landscape that Catherine Bates praises in America the Beautiful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1467137151773-70MGBQPNL1I3MDVN8AV9/image-asset.jpeg Founder's Blog - Contemplating America the Beautiful After 25 Years in the Former USSR and in the Light of Psalm 19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1467138820075-WNNWCB5PT0CX6ZKQ0B48/IMG_1947+2.jpg Founder's Blog - Contemplating America the Beautiful After 25 Years in the Former USSR and in the Light of Psalm 19 Me and my grandson from Russia, Zachary Lewisovich Purcell smiling yesterday. https://hoperussia.org/new-blog-1/2016/6/15/st-boniface-and-why-he-matters-hint-it-might-be-more-than-you-know monthly 0.5 2016-07-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1469470128127-44BBD8J1M98WMLH6AXXG/Saint+Boniface+chopping+down+Thor%27s+Oak Founder's Blog - St. Boniface and Why He Matters (Hint: It might be more than you know) Saint Boniface chopping down Thor's Oak, 723 AD https://hoperussia.org/new-blog-1/2016/6/2/ten-great-books-on-world-missions monthly 0.5 2016-07-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1464896405710-PWVBSA2I036BY0B2MPB4/image-asset.png Founder's Blog - Great Books on World Missions John G. 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So this godly man can return your serve with a wicked curve. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1609856057282-QTBPMISBS1V6733GT5RA/1.JPG Timur Anichkin Some Members of the Church in Riga https://hoperussia.org/evgeniy-kruzhkov daily 0.75 2021-07-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1441127691106-ROTH3H9RFYCK6JGZSJKL/DSCF1801-Edit-Edit.jpg Evgeniy Kruzhkov https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1517329469646-L77MCONJQK9EVZ9FZEQO/The+Kruzhkovs.jpg Evgeniy Kruzhkov Evgeniy with his family: wife Saule and children: Adel (19), Slava (13), Vera (10), Margarete (5), and Lidiya (4). https://hoperussia.org/seminary/mission/character-development daily 0.75 2018-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1441296981788-4MXGKJQSNWDLRRW9SEG6/DSCF1644-Edit-Edit.jpg Character Development https://hoperussia.org/ridon daily 0.75 2021-08-27 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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1477498288463-7YQB0DJZO3ROGBKWY4HH/DSCF1663-Edit.jpg The Movement - Working Copy https://hoperussia.org/seminary/history daily 0.75 2018-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1489769596755-TCHKD374NXM5MMGEZ19L/first+students2.jpg Where We've Been https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1489770504741-LI4IBJF34FQWGI1SV8S6/Purcells+with+Navigators+1990.jpg Where We've Been Houston International Airport, October 1990: the Navigator crew that bade the purcells "Godspeed" as they left to become some of the very first Westerners to live in the USSR.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1489773742748-HZT2I450DKS5M73IW6ME/image-asset.jpeg Where We've Been Spring 1994 - The core group of believers involved in Bible study increases https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1489775040728-XUV90C7XKUUPXVUFV1Z5/first+students2.jpg Where We've Been - Early students Blake with students (Andre Zeekov is in white shirt in the middle) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1489776046790-TEBX9DMMS17H0ECDIWDX/fall+2000.jpg Where We've Been - St. Pete Church with students, 2000 Seminary students (back row) with professors and members of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of St. Petersburg in the lecture room of seminary apartment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1489776073719-NMK8GMGEBECORIB6C3QV/first+students_blake+teaching2.jpg Where We've Been - Blake teaching on history of Reformation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1496150584908-AZ9JAXF9HPDAPQ6EYO23/image-asset.jpeg Where We've Been February 2003 Seminar with R.C. Sproul, Jr. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1490119157640-BWFHK51175L8X9PP041K/chernyshev.jpg Where We've Been - Oleg Chernishev https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1490119158868-G4HQI4FCH996AZWN1SQZ/Chernishyov%27s+graduation+spring+2003.jpg Where We've Been - Blake Purcell, Rector, greets the first graduate, Oleg Chernishev https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1496150947181-4RU0NNPM8XC4D2QOAVMJ/image-asset.jpeg Where We've Been Seminary Rector Rev. Blake Purcell with Oleg (left) and Ravil (right) at their graduation ceremony. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1496151198500-C4KGOLRJYW438O6ZN2X8/image-asset.jpeg Where We've Been Seminar on Revelation. February 2005. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1496151572590-UBE4O82VY2UIRUXPA3TW/IMG_0633.JPG Where We've Been - February 2006 Seminar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1496151937200-M8RVEGVYKVDK2PL5IL5Y/May+2006_first+intensive.jpg Where We've Been - The First Intensive Course. May 2006. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1496151966274-2SSPDM8N0S2FO05TG0B3/30_04_06+047.jpg Where We've Been - Graduation Ceremony for Igor Krutogolov. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1496152361678-H3LKPW00V8MXMB97LUAH/Dec+2006+with+Gary+Vander+Hart.JPG Where We've Been - Seminary students and staff with Gary Vander Hart. December 2006. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1496152475281-9NXSWZ0O6IOMGLDPCG47/2007+with+Oleg+Volkov+teaching.JPG Where We've Been - Full-time students with Oleg Volkov. Spring 2007. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1496152893146-FQSUK9J31YIHT2CAQ6SW/doug+roorda+teaching.jpg Where We've Been - Douglas Roorda teaching seminary students in March 2007. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1496153142042-KYIWZKYF1BKKU131F8QV/01.31.08+Presentation+of+McArthr+Comment+in+Russian+to+Sem+007.jpg Where We've Been - John Mahon always brings books for our students. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1496153201763-P5YDZWDEXG2M6VE77P9K/01.25.08+Sem+Studnets+Book+Shopping+%26+Informal+Discussions+001.jpg Where We've Been - Seminary students in the Christian bookstore buying more books for seminary library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1496153283196-RE0FUDDWETWFECRU8074/01.22.08+Early+Morning+Men%27s+Bible+Study+005.jpg Where We've Been - Early morning Bible Study for men in the seminary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1496153818643-5X30TKNYTRAOBTB487MC/For_Newsletter.jpg Where We've Been - L to R: Joost Nixon, Tom Brainerd and Eric Sauder. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1496153849989-QUK0K49T5JF0RQZPIOIK/IMGP5863.JPG Where We've Been - That's how the table with all grades for exams looked like. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1496153916878-HIB3K33YREXQIGCP4OPO/DSC_0014.JPG Where We've Been - Students during the lecture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1496154113822-NNWHXMXBOTMZC42IQD07/image-asset.jpeg Where We've Been Conference on Christian Education as a foundation of the civilization. March 2008. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1496154372802-0VIX4OROK2CJAHRBV5MM/image-asset.jpeg Where We've Been Summer Intensive Course with Doctor James Jordan. Our special guests: Mike and Bettye Forster and American students. June 2008. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1496154998987-GPX1RWAL5T4KC1ZV0LKM/pict+001.jpg Where We've Been - Bob Donaldson, board member of the ACCS, and the Vice President for Strategy of McLeroy Translation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1496155140247-BVH58EJ8GVH1FGDAUZSU/pict+011.jpg Where We've Been - Patch Blakey, the executive director of the Association of Classical and Christian schools. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1496155508610-SP62AG80140GCOIJ8IXH/March+2009+with+JOrdans.JPG Where We've Been - Greeting Jim and Brenda Jordan at seminary lunch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1496155403761-UOH7C3JSMVWO0LUEMQE3/pict+049.jpg Where We've Been - Sergey Matsuk with Blake Purcell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1496155417906-PVXMMONI8H6KF0L0Q8NK/pict+058.jpg Where We've Been - Seminary graduate with professors and staff. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1496155706755-GRRP8ENHK1I5LPQMLVPY/fall+2009+with+Mahons_Seminary+Class.jpg Where We've Been - Seminary students and staff with John and Eleanor Mahon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1496155799251-LEDSEL4AEEPOR1CG1AHU/09.19.09++-+Jenya+Graduation+Ceremony+036.jpg Where We've Been - Evgeni Ikonnikov with his diploma in Biblical studies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1490197285295-OQUYEQ8I0M6SFS91WX82/image-asset.jpeg Where We've Been October 2010: professors and students at Our first session in the far east of russia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1496156593406-X4HEB21LJDOI4EFR8PPT/IMG_0034.JPG Where We've Been - Eric Greene teaching in the seminary. March 2010. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1496156231678-E7L7F01TE66VKFFHE76P/IMG_0073.JPG Where We've Been - Lunch time during the session. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1496156270579-EHCE73A01VQCN4C3J1MM/IMG_0023.JPG Where We've Been - Students and professors in the courtyard of the seminary. That was a very snowy season. March 2010. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1496156330120-47HDCFN78X9ZN385NGIW/IMG_0081.JPG Where We've Been - Eric Greene with students. March 2010. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1496156208879-8DBZETCEZBEVGLZ37231/March+2011+intensive.JPG Where We've Been - Seminary professors and students. March 2011. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1496157059729-EB4TIL3E4LF5G50CB39S/IMGP2475.jpg Where We've Been - Evgeni Kruzhkov (left) and Kirill Treschetka (right). March 2011. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1496156387765-Q5F9YR62POO3BNFDXMOO/IMG_9902.JPG Where We've Been - Students with Jim and Brenda Jordan and Brian Nolder going to the Hermitage. March 2011. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1496157221942-LXHFPGDR11UQQWCNS3SR/IMG_0004.JPG Where We've Been - Students with visiting professors and staff. March 2012. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1490197718927-XD451TX9NOW4TMFE0UCV/IMG_0130.JPG Where We've Been https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1490197689514-7X8ICU003V5D7HGY92MO/IMG_0171.JPG Where We've Been https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1490197761176-5QU09O4JY4H2HHJT4Z9V/IMG_0180.JPG Where We've Been https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1490198027513-YAJ7BOZ47V9SVSFARFLW/IMG_0214.jpg Where We've Been - Students and Professors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1490198028706-CH0N0DHKHRXYSEV93VZN/oleg+and+jhenya_intens2013.jpg Where We've Been - Evgeniy and Oleg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1490198045033-PFPOLC27Z3QZ9M5VUZ2T/RPC_Sept_2013.jpg Where We've Been - Reformed Presbyterian Church of St. Petersburg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1490198075357-DUEC4PBDGX85W6UJ0ERH/women_6.jpg Where We've Been - Women's Sessions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1490198079589-PLM1FP473D2HPBQ3C0GD/women_7.jpg Where We've Been - Women's sessions with Florence Rayburn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1490198078201-W6PPHMPD1467QUD6QJTI/womens+with+Florance+Rayburn.JPG Where We've Been - Women's session at Purcells' home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1496158587603-UOBFRCZFG0G25VT6UK26/image-asset.jpeg Where We've Been https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1496161568696-N4X084MHTYL0B33B3U5D/2015+spring+2.jpg Where We've Been Doctor James Jordan with seminary staff (oleg Volkov and Evgeni Kruzhkov) (1st row) and seeminary students. March 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1496159453480-CE5E2BVCEEV2AFPWN0TT/March+2016_2.jpg Where We've Been - Students and professors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1496159436838-KPPWEA4FVZYOX3UU59Z9/March+2016.jpg Where We've Been - Visiting professors and Oleg Volkov with SRS mugs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1496159715363-47YOL4WUC6I91P4RF3AC/12821629_10208753736462772_1919429070036221466_n.jpg Where We've Been - Brian Nolder teaching. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1496159359075-TT8P5IAYBWGACWCCV917/IMG-20160323-WA0015.jpg Where We've Been - Four graduates. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1496159591021-LA7E8QA3PMYIWIWFBM07/WP_20160313_112.jpg Where We've Been - Ordination of new ministers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1496159380670-3AN5WO8ILGF4PJMHHQQH/IMG-20160326-WA0004.jpg Where We've Been - New ministers with wives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1496160124285-HNFUHL83706W3ZEHV8SB/IMG_20161109_103323.jpg Where We've Been - Seminary students and Blake Purcell cleaning the area near the Christian University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1496160250252-T6VFOF81X81KZ4GTM9UX/%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%89.jpg Where We've Been - Students and the professor of Greek (in the center). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1496160718711-QOI2RVCH2Q5M9VF0GZKF/%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B2+%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82+2017.jpg Where We've Been - Students with History teacher (Sergey, 1st row, 2nd from R) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1496161195202-DB4S6MQF5F30H1HV9R54/%D0%92%D0%A1%D0%95.jpg Where We've Been - Students, pastors, and staff after the last exam. March 2017. https://hoperussia.org/freedom-in-christ-presbyterian-church daily 0.75 2018-10-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1441127314657-4O0CDPY17QBCURJ0U4BY/DSCF1353.jpg Freedom in Christ Presbyterian Church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1517327484095-2L1TY7RHU22NK40IGAF4/IMG_20180121_110440%5B2%5D.jpg Freedom in Christ Presbyterian Church - January 2018 - Pastor Kirill on far left https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1538752034462-P0XQZ8YG01LVPLIX650K/41663694_1838022406251364_2995377150770544640_o.jpg Freedom in Christ Presbyterian Church - Summer 2018 - Progress on building church https://hoperussia.org/church-plants daily 0.75 2018-11-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1441124794371-WMZV17H7DFO6FCZGI5XQ/Spiltbloodceiling3.jpg Church Plants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1542200778872-6ZEIB7VOLOQPDGZ74E0S/HopeRussia+Map+New.png Church Plants https://hoperussia.org/give daily 0.75 2025-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1495749923753-J1Z4HMXD1YGHIQQJGNSD/DSCF1801-Edit-Edit-X2.jpg Ways to Give https://hoperussia.org/riga-reformed-church daily 0.75 2024-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1498660635555-EMYDBHMNDGIU0HH8QF6V/208558d9-6333-4f44-9a36-6cb0fa5e12a8.jpg Riga Reformed Church - Pastor Timur with wife Olga and daughter Kate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1498660706663-9DKF5DWUF1U4MRPEENRG/Timur%2Bpublic%2Bplace.jpg Riga Reformed Church - Riga Reformed Church Members https://hoperussia.org/reformed-church-of-kazan daily 0.75 2018-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1498580649456-09K2JLYST6CZT2YQ4888/DSCF1629-Edit-XL.jpg Reformed Church of Kazan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1498675096720-5XUN7HOFD00S6CDKHE32/Kazan+Church+with+Kirill.jpg Reformed Church of Kazan - Reformed Church of Kazan 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1498675343340-89EZITLOH0QLYB3K0BVD/Kremlin-de-Kazan-mosque.jpg Reformed Church of Kazan - Kazan Kremlin https://hoperussia.org/presentations daily 0.75 2018-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1500036465653-V2Q2EXB1HF6LULP31F6X/DSCF1766-X2.jpg Presentations https://hoperussia.org/2018-fall-intensive daily 0.75 2018-10-10 https://hoperussia.org/2018-christmas-gift daily 0.75 2018-11-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1543341820669-HPRYKVH214F3KPGL9P03/Christmas+Gift+Wreath.png Christmas Gift Click on the Wreath! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1542310256721-RH2O87PRCQSINQVUDGAO/Christmas+Gift+Front.png Christmas Gift https://hoperussia.org/home-1 daily 1.0 2026-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1584973013780-B01IH8XDNC2DBVGNWUB4/St+Petersburg.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/60e75ed9-8615-4736-9a26-875f1f6b8c73/Alexi2.jpg Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/b3d83ba5-2c3c-4917-94a7-858291b5bb97/Alexi3.jpg Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/9a2a58b0-affa-4479-b9a9-d214667e3117/Alexi.jpg Home - Make it stand out Alexey and Svetlana with their daughter. It’s a cultural thing: Oftentimes Russians don’t smile when you take their picture. https://hoperussia.org/church-planting-network daily 0.75 2021-06-29 https://hoperussia.org/early-days daily 0.75 2026-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1550327041003-1VYEKOG5I89EA5N4M4HI/1010646_323043631162035_1439974006_n.jpg Early Days Blake Purcell (in red) with Texas A&M students onboard a train in the USSR, 1989. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1550506643281-FDUDG4AWIKEY51RV7I5Y/BerlinWall%252Bfalls.jpg Early Days https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1551216842520-DPGZLGOGZ90BVIW6ON6U/Young+Purcell+Family.jpg.png Early Days The Purcell Family in St. Petersburg in the early 1990s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1592855774086-S27XNKDQ53K2UAQL5M1Z/first+church+organized.png Early Days Founding worship service of Reformed Presbyterian Church of St. Pete, Feb, 1999 https://hoperussia.org/early-days-part-2 daily 0.75 2026-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1550592059373-XPEF7L53IGEZ51GSK3LZ/first+church+organized.png Early Days, Part 2 1999: Founding members of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of St. Petersburg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1550592232745-R8U35FTOZPSQC232YW1B/Seminary+Founded.png Early Days, Part 2 1999: Blake Purcell with HopeRussia’s first group of seminary students. https://hoperussia.org/a-growing-movement daily 0.75 2026-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1592852716050-GUCH8Z9HUDH6OGOS4IO6/Siberia.jpg Early Days, Part 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1550673983243-LH57CX4GM5HH6GNF2Y90/first+lecturers+from+us.png Early Days, Part 3 2000: Professors and Pastors begin traveling from the US to teach in the seminary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1550675881286-J109P8JEUVKUHDCK13HE/first+graduation.png Early Days, Part 3 2003: HopeRussia Seminary’s first graduates https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1551219159997-33XS3QRCJ3JV11EABYPA/eric%2C+brian%2C+and+I+layed+hands+on+y%27all.jpg Early Days, Part 3 2006: Five HopeRussia Seminary graduates (4 Russians and 1 Russian-speaking Latvian) commissioned to plant Presbyterian Church of Eurasia churches across the former Soviet Union. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1551219972992-8Q80WKA8FR0JAZ1S8RUL/stans.png Early Days, Part 3 Blake Purcell wearing traditional headgear with HopeRussia graduate who is planting a church in his hometown in the ‘Stans (i.e. Usbekistan, Turkmenistan, etc.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1592512469474-JR8H2EXJPKRE0ZLAEX4Y/Dima.jpg Early Days, Part 3 2017: Grace Evangelical Church, St. Petersburg, pastored by HopeRussia student Dimitri Datsuk (circled) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1551219115117-RVJXZ86MP1NXGQFJOSM6/2604710B-5D25-4A4B-A458-42C3EF6F6EC4-383-0000003D97F09E9B.JPEG Early Days, Part 3 Spring 2018: Growing number of intensive course attendees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1592406483144-VOHQS8KXKFVWLFETB8TH/%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%B5+%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0.png Early Days, Part 3 2018: These HopeRussia students and graduates pastor and plant churches all across Russia and the former Soviet Union. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/b189bba0-b4d8-48f0-9403-547cff1dbcd3/Scriabin+Family.jpg Early Days, Part 3 - Make it stand out 2022: While teaching in Siberia, HopeRussia VP Mike Rasmussen visits in the home of student Andre Skriabin (right, with beard), who pastors the Evangelical Church of Prokopyevsk. https://hoperussia.org/presentday daily 0.75 2026-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1592853951303-KKMT3SX2VNCZHXSUO8GJ/satellite-image-of-russia.jpg Present-Day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1592406027811-KNA1PDTC13DKPICR971C/IMG-0259.jpeg Present-Day A class meeting at a recent intensive, with an American instructor who is fluent in Russian. These students lead and plant churches all across Russia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1592852362989-MQLCUGFDIV3BLUJ07UIG/IMG_2526.jpg Present-Day Here are some (not all) of the attendees at a recent intensive course in St. Petersburg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1592423391591-YI34E4VIG27JE9313B6P/Pavel+Ordination2+2019.jpg Present-Day The ordination of Pavel, our newest church planter, working in St. Petersburg. These are all Russian elders ordaining a Russian church planter. The movement is now working entirely through national church planters. https://hoperussia.org/what-we-do-1 daily 0.75 2026-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1617028189790-ENQ8HKFJI67KPI2PZV3R/PCE+logo.png Copy of What We Do https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1593175751629-0K8I8ZCDNCNQ6BUC3KZQ/Young+Purcell+Family.jpg Copy of What We Do https://hoperussia.org/spring-scholarship-needs daily 0.75 2019-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1551009026288-2V1G5QPO0RD5QE651WO4/Thermometer.png Spring Scholarship Needs https://hoperussia.org/addiction-recovery-in-siberia daily 0.75 2021-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1553790675461-FJZ7MLK8YXBB5NZZ2TID/Kemerovo.png Addiction Recovery in Siberia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1554322991959-N7PW1XIV83PU0DDZ99L1/Mercy+House+Farm.jpg Addiction Recovery in Siberia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1554323011598-I61A4M5IT467KHKCJPMI/Mercy+House+Farm+2.jpg Addiction Recovery in Siberia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1554323390778-VG1T3PTOJLJ5FFFM0007/Mercy+House+Farm+4.JPG Addiction Recovery in Siberia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1554323420434-VODYZDBCOJT7NBM522PP/Mercy+House+Farm+5.JPG Addiction Recovery in Siberia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1554323434638-VWLQXYDN7M7F2RM85QRF/Mercy+House+Farm+6.jpg Addiction Recovery in Siberia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1554323360719-BDOGLMM4I1ZMKIUS50WE/Mercy+House+Farm+3.JPG Addiction Recovery in Siberia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1554325322735-V7KA4LLZ6E1UZIAY641R/Eugene+and+Wife.jpg Addiction Recovery in Siberia Evgeni’s Wedding Day; Pastor Andrey Chernyavski Officiating https://hoperussia.org/accountability-groups daily 0.75 2019-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1556559051900-TUZG46PHL3MYKDMWI7MP/Five+Pillars.png New Page https://hoperussia.org/contact-info daily 0.75 2020-03-25 https://hoperussia.org/partnership-details daily 0.75 2022-07-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/19e10d98-218a-4792-a8ed-960523656d8b/Present+US+Structure.png Partnership Details - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/7f5e895f-883c-425c-a705-269e0ba70c8d/Partnership+Structure.png Partnership Details - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1567195890796-2IO734D23TA66WSC79BE/Blake+Preaching.jpg Partnership Details Rev. Blake Purcell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1619625375406-1YHH8QDO1CE4GY3V6GZ2/brochure8X11mapnolines.png Partnership Details HopeRussia’s students & graduates (our PCE churches + other churches in the movement) pastor approx. 25 churches comprising 3,000 members. https://hoperussia.org/vision-trip-goals daily 0.75 2021-11-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/0d348df6-d0f0-47c4-a298-e23ef056001b/Vision+Trip+Flyer2022.jpg Vision Trip Goals - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://hoperussia.org/arranging-your-flight daily 0.75 2021-11-22 https://hoperussia.org/vision-trip-schedule daily 0.75 2022-01-29 https://hoperussia.org/vision-trip-cost-structure daily 0.75 2022-01-19 https://hoperussia.org/turkey-trip daily 0.75 2024-12-17 https://hoperussia.org/prayer-request daily 0.75 2020-01-16 https://hoperussia.org/scholarships daily 0.75 2020-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1581960146120-W719HBW70X5QFSKNI3ES/%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA.jpg Scholarships Mike Rasmussen, PhD HopeRussia US Partnership Coordinator & Prof. of Biblical Studies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1581954007023-ZLIHHLYH07PN55D4BEW2/Svetlana+Levchenko.jpg Scholarships https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1581954007095-X18IP35VB5EWJ5ZT6A22/Regina+Tsirenova.jpg Scholarships https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1581954007482-5WEYQ3YQXIZV8CGUVFEN/Olga+Moroz%281%29.jpg Scholarships https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1581954007704-JUIQTC1VCWNJ86U2YL4A/Olga+Kosigina.jpg Scholarships https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1581954008065-L60DVMRJCRPMP47NI27H/Olga+Bazhenova.jpg Scholarships https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1581954008098-A54CINQTOH6VK1KM22YL/Olga+Anichkina.jpg Scholarships https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1581954008553-ZV3WP89RL6P4SCADIZKD/Nadezhda+Sokolova.jpg Scholarships https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1581954008736-R1DC1ULP0NG5Y5ZVYRRK/Marina+Skriabina.jpg Scholarships https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1581954008920-AIBP1EX1VGZZ97F7J5ID/Galina+Treschetka.jpg Scholarships https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1581954009113-NIR803HHH6C7ZWCVCHG4/Galina+Lozovskaya.jpg Scholarships https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1581954009248-QX2OWQO2O92RERWH326N/Anna+Datsuk.jpg Scholarships https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1581956873029-KMK1LVU53EMDAPSHWP0E/Tatiana+Seleznyova.jpg Scholarships - Tatiana Seleznyova https://hoperussia.org/mission-vision daily 0.75 2020-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1584972241051-QNP6RYWRFYGKYASC4SFQ/shutterstock_1400059610%281%29.jpg Mission & Vision https://hoperussia.org/leadership daily 0.75 2023-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1585855801437-EZZ8X6MYNPB5LSLCOIXU/IMG_3574.jpg Leadership https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/6d144a1f-ab25-4d77-b49a-1341e21a21f2/Evgeni+%26+Family.jpg Leadership - Make it stand out Evgenyi, wife Saule, and Children https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1584977080025-F6T78Z9OYVTMVHUT5CVM/IMG-9096.jpeg Leadership https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1584983878114-Z3C0GH5W593HM97CGH5R/%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA.jpg Leadership https://hoperussia.org/puns daily 0.75 2020-03-26 https://hoperussia.org/hoperussia-address daily 0.75 2020-03-26 https://hoperussia.org/speaking-request-blake daily 0.75 2020-03-27 https://hoperussia.org/speaking-request-mike-1 daily 0.75 2020-03-27 https://hoperussia.org/pavel-lazovskyi daily 0.75 2021-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1586953672965-JRM0Y8S13DV3OY2WP4XD/PSX_20190613_011956.jpg Pavel Lazovski https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1611092413451-MYQ6DR9EEUQN3S8ARRYJ/PAvel.jpg Pavel Lazovski Pavel and Galina with baby daughter, Eva. The pizza-like object in the middle of the table is khachapuri (Georgian cheese bread) which is one of the best-tasting foods in the whole world’s history of food. Eating Georgian cheese bread will change your life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1623866715181-T7SSCYAEABXOO3VQ48CT/IMG_3711.jpg Pavel Lazovski - The launch team for the new church meets for worship. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1623866965979-USVS4NOKO7DIEIBL67OS/IMG_3412.JPG Pavel Lazovski - After reno is complete the sanctuary will seat 140. Plus classroom and office space https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1616253935666-Q2U6TRH4YXSI2HYW9K0E/%D1%86%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8C.png Pavel Lazovski - The Launch Team https://hoperussia.org/statement-of-faith-1 daily 0.75 2020-06-24 https://hoperussia.org/ruslan-to-nakhodka daily 0.75 2021-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1593184392613-CK23HDN8K8OOY0J8R8ZX/P_20180727_191345.jpg Ruslan to Nakhodka https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1593256697061-6UC3MNZ5M8RCKTLWKEWN/ruslannewcity2.jpg Ruslan to Nakhodka Ruslan is forming plans to plant a new church in Nakhodka while mentoring his son-in-law Andre to take his place in Romanovka! https://hoperussia.org/new-page-1 daily 0.75 2021-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1593602040010-TE0BLEVXMB7JT7KUNNU7/RomanovkaBuilding1.jpg Romanovka Building https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1593601668214-9WLB1HMV1783IZUNXFHJ/RomanovkaBuilding2.jpg Romanovka Building https://hoperussia.org/kazan daily 0.75 2020-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1598889495832-IB7MKNT4ZWO3UDX7KEHI/WhatsApp+Image+2020-07-26+at+16.55.33.jpeg Kazan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1598892056149-HZNKNY818FT86R809ZT6/Vlad+in+Kazan.jpg Kazan Vlad and Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1598890239372-E1O0CZ1LH222UJ7RQI6V/kazan+map.png Kazan Kazan is 450 miles east of Moscow https://hoperussia.org/slava-in-kazan daily 0.75 2020-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1600361302067-YS49Y0VP7KB4CU4VPHVD/Slava.jpg Slava in Kazan Vyacheslav “Slava #1” Elistratov https://hoperussia.org/jargal daily 0.75 2021-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1609783683985-YTL1MA74W88YSVE7SLZJ/JargalMongolia.JPEG Zhargal Tsirenov https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1608374151754-0BUCG40HOLSERAE7E4XI/IMG_4012.jpg Zhargal Tsirenov Zhargal (far right) and other elders lead the congregation in celebrating the Lord’s Supper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1609780583318-X63AB1QO6QXPGQN818D4/UlanUdeMap.jpg Zhargal Tsirenov Ulan Ude is close to Mongolia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1610039760578-KUAPFVX5H08TC9DO5QPZ/Dacan_Iwo%C5%82gi%C5%84ski_4.jpg Zhargal Tsirenov One of the many Buddhist temples in Buryatia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1608374072037-K7IGE9K8E53QCU86XP6U/IMG_4011.jpg Zhargal Tsirenov A Typical Sunday Morning at the Evangelical Christian Church of Ulan Ude https://hoperussia.org/andrey-skriabin daily 0.75 2021-06-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1610807851779-DTSG8T8IJZ18BW9DR8FD/Andrey+Skriabin.jpg Andrey Skriabin Pastor Andrey and Family: Notoriously cold in winter, Siberian summers are perfect for camping and picking strawberries! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1610809030114-8S25K52FZ67DO2T8U68R/image1.jpeg Andrey Skriabin Christmas 2020 in the Skriabin Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1610809148735-W2BLO4QRIY30CAGZ0ZLH/IMG-4058.jpg Andrey Skriabin HopeRussia Founder Blake Purcell Visits Andre’s Congregation in Siberia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1624441462738-9SDBW2KGMMP70MYUEJFH/IMG-4057.JPG Andrey Skriabin - Make it stand out Blake Purcell and Pastor Andrey in front of the church building. https://hoperussia.org/password daily 0.75 2021-03-28 https://hoperussia.org/hebrew daily 0.75 2025-08-01 https://hoperussia.org/vasili daily 0.75 2021-06-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1623943830332-WEO3T5MJLBCOI32QDXJF/%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%8F%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA_%28%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B9%29%281%29.jpg Vasili Piskun https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1623944810324-4EG69DS9ITR1WP4BIM79/Svetlana+Piskun.jpg Vasili Piskun - Make it stand out Svetlana Piskun https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1623944870437-YP0SJ2ZKCGG1DEZT7W10/vasili+piskun.png Vasili Piskun - Make it stand out Vasili Piskun https://hoperussia.org/nikolai-pilyak daily 0.75 2021-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1623946235893-DG3JNWRS7K6Q4FTC2IYY/Tatyana+Pilyak.jpg Nikolai Pilyak - Make it stand out Tatiana Pilyak https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1623946158118-U7055QL2OWPOXQ35X9XQ/Nikolay+Pilyak.jpg Nikolai Pilyak - Make it stand out Nikolai Pilyak https://hoperussia.org/valeri-scherbakov daily 0.75 2021-06-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1623948953560-8638CM970SM6X43082RY/Ob.Banaul.jpg Valeri Scherbakov https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1623947131920-LB0Y68G8DCHW0DDJ6DN9/valeryi+scherbakov.jpg Valeri Scherbakov - Make it stand out Valeri Scherbakov https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1623947420129-HNSD6IYOZ1T6VASUWGKF/Ekaterina+Scherbakov.jpg Valeri Scherbakov - Make it stand out Ekaterina Scherbakov https://hoperussia.org/dimitri-datsuk daily 0.75 2021-06-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1624023769494-HCPKFJHDYPJWKGMWP3DA/Picture1.jpg Dimitri Datsuk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1624024120689-U29H1G2MXM91USFEP11K/Dimitri+Datsuk+%26+Family.jpg Dimitri Datsuk - Make it stand out Dimitri and Anna have three adorable children. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1624024188635-ZS4Y91Q0D5Y8E0YUBJ7D/Dimitri.jpg Dimitri Datsuk - Make it stand out Like many Russian pastors, Dimitri is bivocational. https://hoperussia.org/ivan-sokolov daily 0.75 2021-06-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1624026752604-YJM7TK2UH589XTRFHIZN/Nadezhda+Sokolov.png Ivan Sokolov - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1624027044369-8I2ADI3JVD2USDNTJ6P4/intensive.jpg Ivan Sokolov - Make it stand out Ivan Sokolov (front right; blue shirt) at a recent HopeRussia Seminary 2-Week Intensive Course https://hoperussia.org/viktor-amelin daily 0.75 2021-06-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1616253935666-Q2U6TRH4YXSI2HYW9K0E/%D1%86%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8C.png Viktor Amelin - Make it stand out Here are some of the founding members of the new church plant. Viktor is 2nd from left rear. Lutsiya is right front, dressed in blue. https://hoperussia.org/andrey-kosygin daily 0.75 2021-06-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1624035394393-P2D8KMG66DJH276Q353J/Saratov_bridge_in_July_2020.jpg Andrey Kosygin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1624034638943-HERS0ZOKR4GKFI8S22L8/Saratov+Andrey+Kosygin+wife+Olga%2C+Elena%2C+Anastasia.jpg Andrey Kosygin - Make it stand out Andrey Kosygin with wife Olga and daughters Elena and Anistasia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1624035516781-9NRAGFBSMIYKEZB0Q5P5/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0_%D0%B2_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%281%29.jpg Andrey Kosygin - Make it stand out Downtown Saratov https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1624034926224-9B8BGF1D03NXJQBSCQ7F/Saratov%2C+Evangelical+Church%2C+Sunday+morn.jpg Andrey Kosygin - Make it stand out Sunday morning at the Evangelical Church of Saratov https://hoperussia.org/alexander-zimin daily 0.75 2021-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1624289195705-6AUQ6X8DQI96R3YF8BDH/Views_of_Novokuznetsk_2015-06-12.JPG Alexander Zimin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1624289846480-K4A55OWNO7QKNIIHMRT1/alexander+zimin2.jpg.png Alexander Zimin - Make it stand out Pastor Alexander Zimin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559bf59be4b0dfcd52b14cd7/1556033817243-GHEEX4CYUCP788KYFEKH/IMG_8781-1.jpg Alexander Zimin - Make it stand out The large letters are Russian for “My Church,” pronounced maya tserkov. 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