Kiev Team
Ministry in Ukraine began with short-term mission teams after the break-up of the Soviet Union. Church-planting teams arrived to gather and shepherd the people as a church community, which has produced, by God's grace, two churches in Kiev; Presbyterian Church of the Holy Trinity (particularized), and Solominsky Presbyterian Reformed Church (mission). The Evangelical Reformed Seminary of Ukraine in Kyiv is also an important part of this work. There is also an emerging denomination called the Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Ukraine with twelve churches and church plants in nine different cities.
Team Leader: Jon Eide
MTW team webpage
Odessa Team
Ministry in Odessa began through MTW church-planting and CoMission ministries in 1993 and has developed into a Presbyterian denomination with ongoing church-planting, seminary (Evangelical Reformed Seminary of Ukraine) and Bible school, theological publishing, and various forms of outreach. There are presently 12 congregations, 11 ordained national pastors, and 30 seminary students. Odessa church received their historic building in 1999 and restored it with MTW sponsorship. A pipe organ was installed in 2004. The Ukrainian Presbytery was officially organized on April 16, 2008.
Team Leader: Bob Burnham
MTW team webpage
L'viv Team
The relatively new church-planting effort in L’viv is MTW’s first outreach to western Ukraine. The uniquely cross-cultural team (American, Ukranian, South African) is building relationships through a variety of contexts including university ministry, art and music, English ministry, and mercy ministry, while also learning the culture, history, and language of L’viv (Ukrainian). The focus of the ministry in L’viv is on developing relationships with Ukrainians through open homes and open lives.
Many people in this culture have a great nominal affinity for Christianity and are open to discussing God’s Word, so many of the team’s ministries in L’viv are designed with this in mind. Our hope is that one day the surrounding western region will flourish with Ukrainian-speaking church plants, bringing the Word of God into people’s daily lives.
Team Leader: Doug Shepherd
Website: www.teamlviv.org
MTW team webpage
Evangelical Reformed Seminary of Ukraine
ERSU has served 130 students in its first decade. Current enrollment is 48, with students coming from all parts of Ukraine and Belarus. As of 2011, there have been 16 Master of Divinity graduates and two Bachelor of Divinity graduates. These graduates not only include pastors, church leaders and educators, but those in ministries such as rehabilitation centers, children’s homes, and Christian literature distribution.
Team Leader: Clay Quarterman
Seminary website
Ministry in Ukraine began with short-term mission teams after the break-up of the Soviet Union. Church-planting teams arrived to gather and shepherd the people as a church community, which has produced, by God's grace, two churches in Kiev; Presbyterian Church of the Holy Trinity (particularized), and Solominsky Presbyterian Reformed Church (mission). The Evangelical Reformed Seminary of Ukraine in Kyiv is also an important part of this work. There is also an emerging denomination called the Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Ukraine with twelve churches and church plants in nine different cities.
Team Leader: Jon Eide
MTW team webpage
Odessa Team
Ministry in Odessa began through MTW church-planting and CoMission ministries in 1993 and has developed into a Presbyterian denomination with ongoing church-planting, seminary (Evangelical Reformed Seminary of Ukraine) and Bible school, theological publishing, and various forms of outreach. There are presently 12 congregations, 11 ordained national pastors, and 30 seminary students. Odessa church received their historic building in 1999 and restored it with MTW sponsorship. A pipe organ was installed in 2004. The Ukrainian Presbytery was officially organized on April 16, 2008.
Team Leader: Bob Burnham
MTW team webpage
L'viv Team
The relatively new church-planting effort in L’viv is MTW’s first outreach to western Ukraine. The uniquely cross-cultural team (American, Ukranian, South African) is building relationships through a variety of contexts including university ministry, art and music, English ministry, and mercy ministry, while also learning the culture, history, and language of L’viv (Ukrainian). The focus of the ministry in L’viv is on developing relationships with Ukrainians through open homes and open lives.
Many people in this culture have a great nominal affinity for Christianity and are open to discussing God’s Word, so many of the team’s ministries in L’viv are designed with this in mind. Our hope is that one day the surrounding western region will flourish with Ukrainian-speaking church plants, bringing the Word of God into people’s daily lives.
Team Leader: Doug Shepherd
Website: www.teamlviv.org
MTW team webpage
Evangelical Reformed Seminary of Ukraine
ERSU has served 130 students in its first decade. Current enrollment is 48, with students coming from all parts of Ukraine and Belarus. As of 2011, there have been 16 Master of Divinity graduates and two Bachelor of Divinity graduates. These graduates not only include pastors, church leaders and educators, but those in ministries such as rehabilitation centers, children’s homes, and Christian literature distribution.
Team Leader: Clay Quarterman
Seminary website
