On August 26, Grace Avenue Bible Church (previously Third Slavic Baptist Church) hosted a meeting of the Association’s pastors. I was pleasantly surprised seeing a well-decorated sanctuary (I thought that I was coming to a wedding reception). Brothers and sisters of the local church prepared a tasty lunch and even supplied technical support for the conference. Big thanks to Vladimir Ivanovich Troshin for the warm welcome and organization of the event.
After discussion of the project “Association’s Vision”, its result was unanimously decided to be presented at the 80th PCSBA Convention. I taught two seminars: “Foundational Values” and “Leadership Development in the church”.
We also discussed various current questions pertaining to the Association’s livelihood, and the upcoming 80th Convention which will be dedicated to celebrating 500 years of the Reformation.
The conference was attended by about 40 people, representatives of various churches of PCSBA. I am grateful to all who actively participated in the discussion of the PCSBA’s vision, and other questions. I am convinced that the ministers of the church must have the opportunity not only to listen to reports, but also to share their opinions on various issues. They can also participate in open forums where they can find ways of resolving spiritual questions together--the issues that our churches are faced with in this unique, as well as difficult time of immigration. We have an opportunity to continue our dialogue among the ministers of the PCSBA’s ministers in a Viber group.
Video recording of the seminar will be available for viewing on the Association’s website at a later time.
Ivan Mileyev
PASTORS MEETING
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