President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych has congratulated the head of the New Year Charity Fund "For a new life," Alexander V. Zinchenko and president of 'alternative plus three "Yury A. Kravchenko. Alexander Zinchenko, Yuri Kravchenko took active citizens in society, as well as actively participate in supporting reform of the President. May the Lord bless them in this important matter - the reform of society and improving the lives of our citizens, guided by Christian values. Let today's recognition of their work is only the beginning of great change for the better and work as their own, so their team will bring glory…

We would almost all agree that the most outstanding characteristic of two people in love is the quantity of quality time they love and cherish to spend with and in each other’s presence. This spending time together becomes the highlight and all-consuming focus of their day. It is perhaps, the only worthwhile thing they think about and look forward to. It literally takes over the predominant concern of the day as they look forward to it with joy. Equally true, is the place or environment they choose to spend their time and how they spend it qualitatively. You know as…

Why Nigerian church-planters are succeeding where other have failed-and what we learn from their methods. One of Orlando, Florida's, largest churches isn't meeting yet. But 6 years ago when The Well gathered in suburban Lake Mary on Feb. 19, senior pastor Joseph Thompson hoped to see 1,000 at the launch service.  The Well was the United States' newest Nigerian-led church-plant, a phenomenon that turns on its head the typical notion of Western missionaries starting churches in African countries. Although there are only an estimated 500 such congregations in the United States, their numbers have been multiplying. “Nigerians are ubiquitous,” says…

Since today is Sunday it is only befitting to highlight an African who has a Global Voice in the religious arena. Ukrainian Pastor Sunday Adelaja is believed to head the largest church in Europe based in Kiev. Sunday Adelaja was born in the village Idomila in southwest Nigeria who are considered Yoruba. He was born on 28, 1967 and was primarily raised by his grandmother. Mr. Adelaja, 43, arrived in the Soviet Union in 1986 as a college student, then stayed after the Soviet collapse in 1991, later moving to Kiev. He married his wife, Bose, who is also Nigerian and together they have…

Roman Trokhin, President of the Ukrainian Association of a non-profit organization, “Movement against drug addiction and drug corruption”, took participation on the International round-table ‘Drug Prevention: New Strategic Approach’ which took place in Kiev on 27th-28th of September 2011.   The main discussion topic was the Development of the national drug control policy.   State committee on drugs and crime in Ukraine and Pompidou Groupof the Council of Europeunder the auspices of regional United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) were initiators and organizers of the aforementioned meeting.   The meeting was attended by representatives of core ministries, government…

If you follow the latest information and the last series of events, you will see that the instigators of this criminal case leveled against me are now in doubt as to whether they can convince the judge and the jury of my guilt. And now, because of the absence of solid evidence, they have resorted to using any means possible, cheap internet resources included in order to try and implicate and ultimately incriminate me in this case. About a week ago internet news resources published .sensational. news based on the revelations of .an anonymous source. about the millions that Sunday…

Recently, I had the opportunity to sit in on an interview with Pastor Sunday Adelaja, the Pastor of the Embassy of the Blessed Kingdom of God Church in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. During the interview which lasted close to an hour, Pastor Adelaja responded to a variety of questions directed at him by the NIFES representatives to the Ukraine. NIFES is the Nigeria Fellowship of Evangelical Students.   Though the discussion was extensive, the central and focal point of the interview was one of national transformation. It remains the country’s most pressing need given the state of the nation…

My name is Svetlana, I am Ukrainian and a member of the Embassy of God church in Kyiv for the past 15 years. I just finished reading the article about Pastor Sunday published in New York Times (An Evangelical Preacher's Message Catches Fire in Ukraine). This article was reprinted in the most popular English language Ukrainian newspaper Kyiv Post. Below are some of the comments, made by some Ukrainians to this article. This is a short version of these comments, see full version at the end. Guest, Guest | 2 days ago at 17:14 This racist is sick. I am…

Dear Friend, Greetings from Kyiv and Happy Easter once again! We are writing to give you a report and an update on our situation here in Kyiv. Good news is that the New York Times decided to make a story about Pastor Sunday and the Embassy of God, and we would like you to read the article by following the link.

The first 3-day retreat in Armenia (first in the country’s history) took place near the picturesque lake Sevan from 13th-15th of September, 2010. All the participants, the two pastors and nineteen church leaders of the Embassy of God church in Armenia waited for the first retreat on their land with great anticipation. They felt very honored by God to become pioneers of the gospel through this retreat in the country. The team from Ukraine - comprising of the regional pastor Kanzhur Yuriy and his assistants - noted that there was an amazing move of God during the whole retreat. It…