Adoring Jesus, Loving People & Equipping the Church
International Missions: Slavic Gospel Association
Ministry Name: Slavic Gospel Association
Location: Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Republic of Georgia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, and Armenia
Leadership: Current President, Dr. Robert Provost
Numbers Served: Millions in the lands of the former USSR
Programs: Pastor training, church planting, orphan and prison evangelism, literature distribution, women and children ministries, music education
Ministry & History: Founded in 1934 by Rev. Peter Deyneka, who had immigrated to the USA from Belarus. When communism ended, the ministry seized the opportunity to preach the gospel legally. The ministry is closely associated with the Union of Evangelical Christians-Baptists, one of the oldest protestant religions in the former USSR.
New Hope Support: New Hope is supporting a church planter, Sergey Burdachev, in Yuriev-Polsky, Russia in the Vladimir Region. This is the first evangelical church in the city of 22,000 people.
Website: www.sga.org
Mailing Address: 6151 Commonwealth Drive
Loves Park, IL 61111
Email Address: shirleyd@sga.org
Phone Number: 800-242-5350
Quote from Jen Wilson: "I've met people with less money, less opportunity, and fewer material possessions, but I've never met anyone with less hope than the people I met in Russia. The effects of communism not only linger, but plague this nation. SGA is dedicated to stopping that plague by spreading the news of Christ. It's a huge job, though. More than 90% of Russian cities still don't have an evangelical church and the political powers there threaten to make evangelism illegal. There are 11 times zones and hundreds of millions of people in Russia. There's no time to waste."
