Sergei N.
SGA-Supported Regional Pastor in Russia

Editor’s note: You can get a picture of what will happen in this year’s camps by looking at last year, which Pastor Sergei describes in this fascinating account. May his report inspire you to pray and support these growing efforts this year. 

Traditionally, summer is our time of holding Christian camps. God blessed me to visit the Kursk region in early July, where I took part in the camp organized by a local church that is not big, but young and very united. About a month after the camp was held, the church began to help those who lost their houses and living places due to the war with Ukraine. Together with other resources, they have been feeding more than 400 people daily. A young Christian sister joined the church at the camp, and we baptized her. Glory be to God for the faithfulness of the saints in different places of the earth!

Right after the ministry in Kursk, I took part in the children’s camp organized by the Kursk churches, which is traditionally held in a Christian сenter called Yolochka (Pine Tree) near Bryansk. All in all, there were more than 30 camp workers and 140 children! Next, we held two big meetings for teens and youth in August, which were attended by approximately 250 people. All of us were positively exhorted in the Christian faith and to be motivated in our walk with Christ. 

While serving as the senior pastor in the Kaluga region, I learned there was an urgent need to have a gathering for regional pastors and their wives. There have never been meetings held for the ministers’ families, which also need encouragement now. It is necessary to rent a Christian center for the gathering or for a camp. Please pray for the finances needed for this. It would be a major blessing for the families of the regional pastors. They really deserve it. Many of them have been serving the Lord for more than dozens of years. Thank you so much for your tremendous support of the ministry in the Kaluga region. May God bless you abundantly.