E-Mail: viter@i.com.ua
Bio Sketch of Vlad & Julia Kozoubovskii
I, Vlad Kozoubovskii,
was born and raised in a Pastor's home, in Kiev,
Ukraine. It was a very godly family and a great
testimony of faithfulness, commitment, and serving
God, even during the hard times for Christians in
USSR.
My great-grandfather
was martyred for his faith in Christ and ministry in
1937. My grandfather was persecuted a lot during his
life - for being a Christian and a pastor of a Baptist
church. My father, Vitali Kozoubovskii, had difficult
times during his life and ministry, as he was very
active in the ministry as pastor of a Baptist church
in Kiev, Ukraine.
My mother, Vera, has
been a godly mother and pastor’s wife, helping and
encouraging him in life and ministry and raising two
children - me and my brother Victor.
At the age of 18, I
accepted Jesus Christ as my personal Savior and joined
the Baptist Church "Dim Evangelia" through
baptism several months later.
From 18 to 20 years of
age, I served in the military (Air Force). Since 1991,
as I returned home after service, I was seeking for
the will and direction of God in my life, as we had
some political and social changes in our country - as
Ukraine gained independence after events in USSR in
August of 1991. Since that time we have freedom and
wide-open opportunities for religious activities and
ministry in Ukraine.
During the time of my
searching for direction from God: I worked as an
editor and speaker on "Christian Broadcast of
Ukraine" through Trans World Radio in the
Ukraine; I was serving in my local church as one of
youth leaders; I got married; and I began to attend
Kiev's Baptist Theological Seminary (one of the first
started in Ukraine after Perestroika) for Pastoral
studies.
After two years of
study there, I got an opportunity to come to US to
receive Bible training in Appalachian Bible College
(in Pastoral/Greek).
During the four years
of my study in Appalachian Bible College, I was
actively involved in:
-- Children's ministry
(AWANA) of my local church
-- Nursing home and
hospital visitations
-- Prison ministry: for
some period of time I was Chaplain in a prison in West
Virginia
-- Chaplain work: for
one and one-half years I have served as Chaplain in
Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV
-- Discipleship
projects to help other Christians to grow in the Word
of God and developing for the ministry
-- Witnessing about
Christ to other people
-- Preaching to Russian
/ Ukrainian congregations here in US
-- Speaking at Mission
Conferences in many different churches of 10 states of
US, and preaching in many different churches in 11
states;
-- A Short term Mission
trip to an Indian Reservation in Montana to help two
church planters there in ministry, construction (I
learned from their ministry experience
-- Assistant Pastoring:
for the last year I have been an Assistant of Pastor
David Mayes in Hilltop Baptist Church (our local
church in West Virginia). Pastor David Mayes did a
great job to help in my spiritual growth and
development/preparation for the ministry in the
Ukraine - through discipleship, mentoring, and special
sessions of preparing for the ministry of pastor.
My wife, Julia,
received her Diploma from International Slavic
Christian College in the education studies for
teaching children in Sunday and Christian Schools. She
has also worked in a Bible Certificate program at
Appalachian Bible College.
Julia is looking
forward to using the education and experience of the
ministry of the local church (Hilltop Baptist Church,
attended during the college years) for the glory of
God in the Ukraine and making spiritual impact on
children, youth, ladies in the local churches in her
homeland, Ukraine.
Our two children -
Veronika (09/26/94) and Vitali (01/08/97) are a real
blessing and gift from God Himself. We enjoy raising
them for God, fellowshipping and playing with them. We
want to do as much as we can to invest in their lives
in the way - that one day - they would continue the
work done by their great-grandparents, grandparents,
and parents (us) the task of the Great Commission of
Matthew 28:19-20.
Vlad's most favorite
verses are : 1Cor 15:10, and 2 Cor 5:14-6:2.
Julia's most favorite
verses are : 2 Tim 2:1,2, and John 17:18.
PURPOSE OF OUR
MINISTRY:
To meet the spiritual
needs in the Ukraine by pastoring a church and being
involved in the work of evangelism, discipleship and
organized structure of church planting. This was never
done before during Communism and is just at the
beginning stage of development.
VISION OF OUR
MINISTRY:
We want (and pray) to
see the land of Ukraine :
1) to be evangelized to
make disciples of those new converts who will get
saved through our ministry, in order that they would
continue the task of the Great Commission (Mt.
28:19-20).
2) have Kiev to become
the center of evangelistic outreach for all Ukraine
and the former Soviet-bloc and overseas countries
through training pastors and church planters and
encouraging other churches to be involved in the
ministry of reaching Ukraine for Christ.
3) as the country
having some type of structure of being mission-minded
and having Fundamental Bible-believing churches
working together, committed to fulfill the Great
Commission of Matthew 28:19,20.
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