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Cornerstone Church is preparing and will host a conference on parenting with Henry Cloud, a well-known American Christian psychologist and New York Times bestselling author. Read More …

The pastors in Israel are asking us to support them praying for the following: “During the month of March, we have street evangelism in various cities and villages proclaiming the Messiah, the Savior – Jesus Christ! It is a spiritual warfare for the people’s souls. There are many enemies, those who show apathy, atheists, zealots for the law, and various worldly mindsets. We need intensified prayer for the cleansing and forgiveness of sins of the nation. May many hearts in Israel and in every place where the message of Christ is preached turn to Him! Grace upon grace to you!”

The question of predestination, especially the so-called “double predestination” is interesting for many Christians. The churches are divided because of disagreements over this question, and sometimes church members have many misunderstandings and concerns about this theology. Read More …

A person with an unusual past, who was a counterfeiter, famous criminal on the USSR time, received the Lord Jesus Christ and then became a pastor and evangelist. Viktor Ivanovich Sikorskiy was able to visit Sacramento in February. Together with the assistant of the head of the Association’s Missionary Ministry, V. Khripunov, he participated in teaching seminars in street evangelism, developing evangelism in various places, and in the local churches. Read More …

On February 24, 2024, there was another meeting of pastors of the Association’s churches at Bryte Church in West Sacramento. The first part of the program was dedicated to evangelism and the role of senior pastors in developing the culture and atmosphere of evangelism in the local church. That is the only way how this mission becomes the priority of the church, when the evangelism to the people around us becomes a natural lifestyle of every church member, and it isn’t getting accomplished just by a certain church program or activity. Read More …

PCSBA's February newsletter is available here: in Russian  | in English Read More …

On February 3, 2024Б Salvation Baptist Church in Orlando, FL (pastor Andrey Kravchuk) hosted a conference for the pastors in Florida. Pastors of Slavic churches of ECB from all over the state came to this event. Read More …

PCSBA's January 2024 newsletter is available here: in Russian | in English.Read More …

On January 13, The Spring Church in Moraga had a leaders meeting for those serving in mission ministry and for PCSBA’s pastors of Bay Area. Aleksey Kharlamov was the one to initiate and organize this event. He is a pastor of the church that recently became part of the PCSBA. Read More …

PCSBA's December newsletter is available here: in Russian | In English. Read More …

This is unheard of in the Slavic churches! Over 12,000 people attended the “Bethlehem Village” at the Bryte Church. There was so much going on in this village! Over forty stations including a prayer station, Bible and Gospel tracts distribution station, and much more. Over 800 volunteers were dedicated to preparing and serving at this event. Their main goal was to unite the church members, and to share the story of Christmas with unbelievers. Read More …

On February 3rd, First Slavic Baptist Church will host a conference for Sunday school teachers. Read More …

The well-known Moldovan missionary music group “The Kirnev Family” plans to hold Christmas evangelistic events in several cities of Lebanon: Tire, Sidon, Beirut, etc. Sergey and Pavel, members of this group, explain why they decide to take such a risky trip to a country in the south of which there is military action - watch the recording of their interview (in Russian only.) Read More …

Please read J. Sheremet's November newsletter about ministry in Poland here - click this link (in Russian only.) Read More …

On October 11, 2023, Grace Family Church in Sacramento hosted a Mission Reunion, which is a friendly get-together of missionaries from different countries. Over 100 people from different cities were able to attend. Read More …

While evaluating the results of the past convention, we can say that the 85th convention has a special place in the Association’s history. We celebrated the 95th anniversary of the Association. What seems to be such a distant past, in 1928, the first convention of the Slavic immigrants on the West Coast took place in Kerman. The issue at hand was about developing the ministry of the Slavic immigration. By now, 4-5 generation passed, but by the grace of God, the Association continues to care about impacting the next generation. They are still focusing on missions work both internationally, as well as locally. Read More …

PCSBA's October 2023 newsletter is available here: in Russian  | in English. Read More …

On September 19-20, there was a pastors’ retreat near Athens. Close to 80 people were able to attend. Joseph Sheremet and the missionary ministry of PCSBA had an idea of such retreats which later became a regular annual event. Read More …

PCSBA's September newsletter is available here: in Russian  | in English. Read More …

On August 17-20, The Living Stones Church of Sacramento had a three-day church camp. The theme of the camp was, “Rebooting your relationship with God”. Vladimir Omelchuk was the guest speaker from Irpen, Ukraine. Over the course of three days, we had an opportunity to meditate on the Word of God, and think about how important it is to have a personal relationship with God. The Bible is the revelation of God that is shedding light on the world that we live in. It helps us to understand His being, and our purpose as we discover our proper outlook on life. As an example, I would like to share a few key ideas that stood out the most to our members: Read More …

PCSBA's August 2023 newsletter is available here: in Russian | in English.

Along with other churches and Connect International mission, the Second Slavic Baptist Church in Sacramento were able to get involved in a short-term missions trip to Ukraine to organize two family camps for widows and orphans. Hundreds of people experienced the call of Christ and responded in submission to following Him. Read More …

It is a difficult task to proclaim to others about the Lord. It is a challenge to speak to people who are in a hurry, who are sometimes aggressive, and who don’t want to hear anything about eternity. Over the course of many years, Vasiliy Khripunov, along with his ever-changing team of preachers, has been proclaiming the Gospel on the streets of Sacramento, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and many other cities. They preach at the intersections to the homeless, as well as to everyone who is able to hear them. Read More …

On July 9, after the morning service, the Cornerstone Church had a special picnic for immigrants. Over 350 people were able to attend, and it was a great success! There was a lot of food, games, fellowship, and make new friends. Read More …

From the time of moving to a new building, with God’s help, we made minor repairs of a rental building where we meet for church service, but the building is now too small for us. We renovated the kitchen and were able to celebrate the anniversary of the church with a dinner and evangelistic service. Read More …

PCSBA's April Newsletter is available here: in Russian | in English.

By the grace of God 2023 has been an eventful and fruitful year thus far at Spring of Life Church. We have been blessed to have a teens winter camp where over 70 teens were able to go into the mountains and hear the Word of God, respond in worship and fellowship together. Read More …

“For Jesus doesn't change - yesterday, today, tomorrow, He's ALWAYS totally Himself.” Hebrews 13:8. There is a great urgency nowadays to share the Good News of the Gospel with people around us. Due to current global events, many people are searching for answers regarding meaning of life, if there is there is life after death and who is this Jesus? God enables you to be His body to fulfill His purposes. Read More …

PCSBA's March 2023 newsletter is available here: in Russian | in English. Read More …

Dear Ladies, please join us on April 29th for our women's conference "A Woman by the heart of God" with guest speaker Oksana Grabchuk. It will be held at "New Hope" baptist church at 10720 Coloma Rd, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670.  Read More …

There is a ministry that few people notice, but is very necessary in almost every church. They notice it only when it is not there or it stops working. That is the sound ministry. We immediately recognize the importance of this ministry when during the Sunday morning worship service, for example, we cannot hear the preacher well, or there is static, or we get the faulty amplification. After that, we start appreciating the importance of having quality sound equipment. Many years after Rick Warren opened The Saddleback Church, he was asked a question: “What would you do differently as part of your church plant?”. He said that he would have bought quality sound equipment. Read More …