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For You are my hope, O Lord God, You are my confidence from my youth (Psalm 71:5).
Thousands of national adolescents and teenagers across Russia and her neighboring countries have grown up with no memory of life under communism. They do not see themselves as “former Soviets,” but as Russians, Ukrainians, Belarussians — whatever their own national identities. They are the next generation of their nation, and God is calling thousands of young men and women to proclaim the Gospel today.
The churches are excited because their youth are IN ministry rather than merely receiving ministry themselves. Pastors and youth leaders are seeing the vast potential of youth ministry and its impact on their communities. They are witnessing the growth of this vibrant movement of Russian Christian youth — now numbering in the tens of thousands— and they are excited about it.
We want to assist local churches as they nurture and prepare this new generation of parents, lay ministry leaders, pastors and missionaries. SGA partners are helping to equip youth groups as they are discipled by their local youth leader, and are actively using their gifts to minister in their communities, sharing the Gospel. We are also helping with periodic national and regional training conferences to equip youth leaders for effective outreach.
It only takes $15 a month to help supply a young Russian Christian for a whole year of ministry, or $180 for the whole year. Your gift will help provide the young people with evangelistic literature, ministry materials, transportation, and biblically sound training.
These youth groups are more than ministry to youth — they also are an opportunity for young people themselves to minister and witness about what the Lord has done in their lives.
Overcoming Obstacles for the Glory of Christ
January 30th, 2012
The Russian region and city of Kaluga has quite a lot of history behind it. Napoleon's armies mounted a failed attempt to escape from Russia through this region in 1812. Hitler's armies occupied Kaluga during World War II. Most notably, Kaluga was the home of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky — a scientist who was Russia's Werner Von Braun or Robert Goddard in terms of developing rocket science.[READ MORE]
The Goal of the Gospel: Reaching Lost Children, Youth and Adults for Christ
January 10th, 2012
"We have been able to have wonderful Christmas meetings with your help, and after those we get ready for Easter outreaches. We are happy that each time we visit the children and their caregivers in the orphanages, they treat us with more and more confidence, and we can share Christian values and truths with them. One of the vice directors of the orphanage began to profess Christian values.[READ MORE]
Taking the Gospel to the Street: The Missionary Zeal of Russian Youth
November 7th, 2011
Our church youth group is a in ministries to children and other young people. The reactions we get can be quite different. Some refuse any conversation on spiritual matters at once, while others are very interested and we continue to fellowship with them. I continue to train those whom God gave us in last summer’s outreach ministries, and five people have begun coming to our church as a result of the camp and missionary outreaches in our region.[READ MORE]
Summer Camp 2011 Reflections
September 20th, 2011
Sixty campers attended the children’s camp, which was held on the premises of our Central Church. Two girls who attended from the nearby town of Miass, Victoria and Anastasia, attended for the third time. As they are both teenagers, they helped us with the Bible classes. When they went back to their local church, they trusted in Christ and were baptized. Glory be to God![READ MORE]