I had an incredibly blessed time traveling to and speaking at the largest Baptist Youth Conference that happens in all of Russia, this past February 1-4, 2018. The conference is called “Generation For Christ,” and happens in the center of Moscow, every year, led by Vitaliy Zanin, director of the Russian Baptist Union of EBC's youth department. Thank you to Vitaliy and to the Russian Baptist Union for their gracious invitation. This event drew 1500 young people into the city of Moscow, to listen to ten sermons, thirty seminars and four non-stop days of worshipping Jesus, together.
The conference was excellent, the young people were hungry and thirsty for Jesus and His Gospel, and the atmosphere during the four days of the conference was unprecedented. During the conference, we even experienced the most historical snow fall that Moscow has ever seen in the last 100 years.
One of the most memorable moments during this conférence was during the last evening, when I got done preaching the final message and right after we all prayed together for God to send a fresh new revival to all of Russia, we sang “How Great Thou Art,” with all 1500 conference participants in the middle of a city that is the capital of a country that was under a communistic/atheistic regime for nearly seventy years. The significance of that, cannot be overstated.
The presence of God and the passionate desire of these young people to see their country experience a great revival was more than palatable in the conference center that night.
I came back from this trip, feeling more energized than ever to continue our journey of church planting and to continue reaching people with the Gospel of Jesus. I highly recommend young people who still speak and understand Russian to attend this conference next year in Moscow, as it will give you a brand new perspective on life in general and you have a chance to meet so many wonderful young people.
Thank you to everyone who prayed about this trip. God is up to something big in Russia! For more information about this event, please visit: www.imolod.ru. To see more videos and pictures from this trip, follow me on Instagram: @kipko.
Bogdan Kipko, pastor of Forward church, California
Radio-interview recording with Bogdan Kipko is available here (in Russian only.)
PICTURES FROM THE CONFERENCE
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