Dear Brothers and Sisters,
In the end of May I defended my Seminary's thesis. God helped me to receive a Master of Theology degree from Moscow Evangelical Christian Seminary. I praise His name for that and plan to continue my education.
My diploma's title was
"The Main Factors Influencing the Church Growth in Contemporary Russian Settings". This was an interesting research. I hope that through it our church in Khimky would become more efficient in the fulfillment of the Great Commission. I want also to make the results of my research available to other pastors. We may use our Internet site as well as various pastoral meetings and conferences to make these results available.
We continue our ministry. In April we had a water baptism celebration. It is not warm enough in Russia in April, so we rented a swimming pool. That was a remarkable celebration. Praise the Lord!
We continue to pray for the drug-rehabilitation ministry in our city. The problem is with the appropriate building. It's very hard to find. I am planing to visit the US from June 14 till July 16. I will be visiting NY, Atlanta GA, Lexington KY, Cincinnati OH and Washington DC area. One of the aims for this trip is to raise up some finances for the rehabilitation ministry.
"He made us to be a kingdom, to be priests unto his God and Father; to him be the glory and the dominion for ever and ever. Amen".
God bless you!
With love in Christ,
Andrei Blinkov
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