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Educational Background

  • 2006-present PhD Student at the Evangelische Theologische Faculteit (Leuven, Belgium, http://etf.edu). Researching in history and philosophy of theological education in Eastern Europe.
  • 2005 Master of Theology and Religious Studies (magna cum laude) from the Evangelische Theologische Faculteit (Leuven, Belgium, http://etf.edu). Thesis: “The phenomenon of conflation in the textual witnesses of the New Testament: a tentative search for conflation in the Epistle to Galatians” (part of the research project at the ETF) under supervision of Prof. Dr. Gie Vleugels.
  • 1997 Bachelor of Theology from Donetsk Christian University (Donetsk, Ukraine, http://dcu.org.ua). Diploma paper: “The importance of using New Testament Greek in ministry.”

Languages

  • Ukrainian: mother tongue
  • Russian: writing, reading and speaking
  • English: writing, reading and speaking
  • NT Greek: reading

Professional Background

  • 2011-present Regional Coordinator for Eurasia at Overseas Council International (http://overseas.org)
  • 2011-present Educational Development Coordinator at Euro-Asian Accrediting Association of Evangelical Schools (http://e-aaa.info).
  • 2008-2011 Coordinator of Slavic Research and Resource Center (http://research.e-aaa.info) of Euro-Asian Accrediting Association of Evangelical Schools (http://e-aaa.info).
  • 2006-2008 Academic Dean at Donetsk Christian University.
  • 2005-2009 Associate professor of New Testament at Donetsk Christian University.
  • 1998-2002 Chief librarian at Donetsk Christian University. Teaching assistant (Old Testament Introduction, History of Missions, New Testament Greek, Homiletics). Member of the editorial board of DCU’s journal “Dialog”. Coordinator of DCU’s satellite program “Basic of Theology and Missions” in Mariupol (Ukraine).
  • 1997-1998 Academic dean at Rivne Regional Bible College (Rivne, Ukraine). Teacher of Comparative Theology and Old Testament Introduction. Member of the editorial board of “Svichnyk” (a journal-chronograph of Rivne Regional Union of Baptist Churches)
  • 1990-1994 Pressman at the Christian Printing House “Format Antique” in Rivne, Ukraine.

Church Experience

  • 2009-present 1st Baptist Church (Rivne, Ukraine). Preacher, Bible study leader. \ Pastor: Vladimir Bakhur
  • 2005-2009 Hope Church (Donetsk, Ukraine). Preacher, Bible study leader, church council member. \ Pastors: Herald King, Samuel Hanchett; Artem Bedarev
  • 2004-2005 1st Baptist Church (Rivne, Ukraine). Preacher, youth group leader in a village. \ Vladimir Bakhur
  • 2002-2004 International Baptist Church of Brussels (Belgium). \ Pastors: Roger Roberts, Eduard Friesen
  • 2000-2002 The Holy Trinity Church (Donetsk, Ukraine). Preacher, Bible study leader, church administrator, musician. \ Pastor: Alex Melnichuk
  • 1998-2000 Blagovest Church (Donetsk, Ukraine). Preacher, musician. \ Pastor: Peter Kyslyak
  • 1997-1998 1st Baptist Church (Rivne, Ukraine). Preacher. \ Pastor: Vladimir Bakhur
  • 1994-1997 Good News Church (Donetsk, Ukraine). Preacher, Bible study leader. \ Pastor: Nikolay Mankovsky
  • 1991-1994 Light of the Gospel Church (Rivne, Ukraine). Sunday school teacher, Bible study assistant. \ Pastors: Taras Pristupa, Sergey Tupchik
  • 1991 Baptized and became a member of the Light of the Gospel Church (Rivne, Ukraine).
  • 1990 Had accepted Jesus as my personal Saviour in the 1st Baptist Church (Rivne, Ukraine).

Visiting Professorships

  • 2012 Vinnitza Regional Bible Colledge (Vinnitza, Ukraine) | “Introduction to General Epistles”
  • 2011 Vinnitza Regional Bible College (Vinnitza, Ukraine) | “Essence of Church Sermon” | “Introduction to Soteriology” • Lviv Theological Seminary (Lviv, Ukraine) | “Exegetical Analysis of General Epistles” • Yakutsk Bible School (Yakutsk, Russia) | “Essence of Church Sermon”
  • 2010 Vinnitza Regional Bible College (Vinnitza, Ukraine) | “Introduction to General Epistles” | “New Testament Homiletics” • North-Caucasian Bible Institute (Prohladny, Russia) | “Introduction to New Testament Greek” • Yakutsk Bible School (Yakutsk, Russia) | “Evangelical Soteriology”
  • 2009 L’viv Theological Seminary (L’viv, Ukraine) | “Exegetical Analysis of Pastoral Epistles” • IFES-Ukraine Annual Institute (Kiev, Ukraine) | “Introduction to Soteriology”
  • 2008 Yakutsk Bible School (Yakutsk, Russia) | “Exegetical Analysis of Pastoral Epistles” | “Introduction to Orthodox Theology” • IFES-Ukraine Annual Institute (Donetsk, Ukraine) | “Hermeneutics”
  • 2007 Yakutsk Bible School (Yakutsk, Russia) | “Exegetical Analysis of General Epistles” • IFES-Ukraine Annual Institute (Donetsk, Ukraine) | “Introduction to Pastoral Epistles”
  • 2006 IFES-Ukraine Annual Institute (Kiev, Ukraine) | “Introduction to General Epistles”
  • 2005 North-Caucasian Bible Institute (Prohladny, Russia) | “Hermeneutics”
  • 1997 Kharkiv Center for Christian Education (Kharkiv, Ukraine) | “Old Testament Introduction”

Participation in Projects

  • 2011-present (2013?) “The Theoretical Foundations of Ukrainian Evangelical Theological Education: the historical, cultural, educational and ecclesiological premises that directed its development from 1989 through 2011″ (doctoral dissertation)
  • 2010-present (2015?) Project manager of the Slavic Bible Commentary. The initiator of the SBC is the Euro-Asian Accrediting Association (http://e-aaa.info). The Editor in Chief of the SBC is the President of the EAAA, Sergey Sannikov.
  • 2005-2007 Performing a qualitative research “What Expectations Do Pastors of Local Churches in the former Soviet Union Have of Higher Theological Education at the Beginning of the 21st Century?” During the course of this research, interviews were conducted with seventy pastors of local evangelical churches in five distinct parts of the former Soviet Union: Western Ukraine, Southern Ukraine, Eastern Ukraine, Southern Russia and Yakutia (Russia).
  • 2004-2005 Participating in a project “The Greek New Testament with 7471 textual notes, containing the collation of the four major recensions” (http://bibles.org.uk/gnt.pdf). Published under the same title by “Format Antique” (Rivne, Ukraine).

Papers Read

  • 2011 “Clarifying Expectations of the Church from the Seminary“ \ Sammit of six Ukrainian Evangelical Denominations “20 Years of Evangelism: Achievements and Failures” (Polyana, Zakarpatye, Ukraine)
  • 2010 “What Expectations Do Pastors of Local Churches in the former Soviet Union Have of Higher Theological Education at the Beginning of the 21st Century?” \  Doctoral Colloquium at the Evangelische Theologische Faculteit (Leuven, Belgium)
  • ____ “Clarifying Expectations of the Church from the Seminary” \ Overseas Council Institute for Excellence (Kiev, Ukraine)
  • 2009 “Worldview: the Lost Dimension of Theological Education in the former Soviet Union” \ Overseas Council Institute for Excellence (Minsk, Belarus)
  • ____ “The Phenomenon of Conflation in the Textual Witnesses of the Epistle to Romans” \ Doctoral Colloquium at the Evangelische Theologische Faculteit (Leuven, Belgium)
  • ____ “What Expectations Do Pastors of Local Churches in the former Soviet Union Have of Higher Theological Education at the Beginning of the 21st Century?” \ A closed conference of the leadership of the 10 theological seminaries and 2 Christian universities with the leadership representatives of the Ukrainian Baptist Union (Kiev, Ukraine).
  • ____ “Textual Analysis of 1John 5:18: protects him or protects himself?” \ 2nd Colloquium of the Colloquium Publishing House (Cherkassy, Ukraine)
  • 2008 “The Phenomenon of Conflation in the Textual Witnesses of the Epistle to Galatians” \ Doctoral Colloquium at the Evangelische Theologische Faculteit (Leuven, Belgium)
  • 2007 “Autonomy as a Path to Agony: a Possible Response of Evangelical Churches to Theological Schools” \ 1st Ukrainian Baptist Symposium “Are Baptists Autonomous? Relationships of Local Churches and Church Unions” (Kiev, Ukraine)
  • ____ “Theological Education as an Organic Part of Worship: Biblical Foundations” \ 2nd Theological Forum “Theology in Worship” (Kiev, Ukraine)
  • ____ “Agony of Theological Education in the former Soviet Union” \ 8th EAAA Conference (Irpen, Ukraine)
  • 2005 “Textual Analysis of 1John 5:7-8, ‘Comma Johanneum‘” \ Theological Seminar at Donetsk Christian University (Donetsk, Ukraine)

Publications

  • “Short Comparative Analysis of Sergey Kobzar and Sergey Khudiev’s Understanding of the Assurance of Salvation.” Web log post. Religious Information Service of Ukraine. 31 Dec. 2011. Web. <http://risu.org.ua/ua/index/blog/~dyatlik/46166/>.
  • “Expectativas Para a Educação Teológica Na Antiga União Soviética.” A Igreja Do Futuro. Ed. Manfred W. Kohl and Antonio Carlos Barro. Londrina: Descoberta Editora, 2011. 191-225. Print.
    • Other contributors:  Jürgen Moltmann, Bill Fillebrown, Peter Brierley, David E. Ramírez, Riad Kassis, Wilson W. Chow, Bill Houston, Stuart M. Brooking, Jonathan Menezes.
  • “Non-Theological Reflections on Ecclesiastes 7.16-17.” Svychnkyk 1 (2011): 12-13. Print.
  • “God the Father.” Svychnkyk 3 (2010): 4-5. Print.
  • “Does He Who Has Been Born of God τηρει εαυτον or τηρει αυτον?” Theological Reflections 11 (2010): 20-29. Print.
  • “Fasting in the Old Testament.” Svychnkyk 1 (2010): 4-5. Print.
  • “What Expectations Do Pastors and Local Churches in the Former Soviet Union Have of Higher Theological Education at the Beginning of the 21st Century?” Theological Reflections 10 (2009): 97-119. Print.
  • “Israel, Humanity and God the Son in the Fullness of Time.” Svychnkyk 4 (2009): 4-5. Print.
  • “The Desire for Autonomy as a Possible Path to Agony: the Question of the Relationship between Local Congregations and Theological Institutions.” The Local Church Autonomy: First Symposium on Baptist Ecclesiology (6-7 December, Kiev) (Odessa: EAAA, 2009).
  • “Change as the Core of Education.” Dialogue 1 (2001): 9. Print.

Translations from English into Russian

  • 2009 Charles Stanley, RELYING ON THE HOLY SPIRIT
  • 2008 David M. Levi, WHAT EVERY JEWISH PERSON SHOULD ASK
  • ____ William H. Brackney, AN HISTORICAL THEOLOGIAN LOOKS ANEW AT AUTONOMY (an article)
  • 2007 Perry W. H. Shaw, TRAINING TO FAILURE, TRAINING TO SUCCESS: THE HIDDEN CURRICULUM OF SEMINARY EDUCATION (an article)
  • 2003 Donald M. Fairbairn, EASTERN ORTHODOXY THROUGH WESTERN EYES
  • 1999 David A. Black, USING NEW TESTAMENT GREEK IN MINISTRY

Editor of

  • November 2008 Collected Papers of “The Second Theological Forum of Evangelical Theological Schools” (Kiev, Ukraine)
  • November 2006 Collected Papers of the Conference “Christianity and Politics” (Donetsk, Ukraine)

 

Academic dean at Rivne Regional Bible College (Rivne, Ukraine)

Member of the editorial board of Rivne Regional Union of Baptist Churches’ journal-chronograph “Svichnik”

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