On Friday, February 10, leaders of ‘RENEWAL’ drug rehabilitation ministry met in Tomsk, Siberia. The ministry belongs to Western Siberian regional association of the Russian Church of Christians of Evangelical Faith, and includes 14 men’s and 2 women’s rehabilitation programs.

On January 22, Grace Church in Kaluga hosted a marriage seminar. It is wonderful that seminars that are held monthly are attended by both Christian couples and families who have not accepted Jesus as their Savior yet. They see the positive effect of the Word of God and learn to have a life full of trust to God.

On January 27 and 28, 2012 in Yekaterinburg there was a Forum for Christian businessmen, organized on the initiative of the ministers in Ural Mountains region. It was very successful. This meeting was held to establish relationship in spiritual and economic areas, and to develop partnerships between business people of the region.

On January 27 through 29, Estonian Union of Christian congregations in conjunction with the Estonian free congregation Kiyvili held a conference ‘2012 is the Year of Harvest’. The conference was held in Kohtla-Jarve. It was attended by over 220 delegates from different churches of Estonia, seventeen pastors and three bishops. The main speaker of the conference was the first deputy of the Head Bishop of Christians of Evangelical Faith (Union of Pentecostal Churches), Bishop Nikolai Zalutsky. The conference was also attended by the Bishop of the Estonian Pentecostal Church Ago Lilleorg and the first secretary of the Baptist Union of Estonia Erki Tamm.

"Therefore, since we have this ministry, as God has shown us mercy, we do not become discouraged" (2 Corinthians 4:1). These words of Apostle Paul became a motto for the three-day children's ministers’ conference which took place on January 8-10 at the Holy Trinity Church in the city of Miass in Chelyabinsk region (Ural Mountains area, Russia).

On January 14-15, a regional Children’s Ministers’ Conference took place in Astrakhan (city in the south of Russia). It was attended by 20 children’s workers from several churches. The Lord richly blessed us with His presence.

During the school break a unique event took place in Chita – the first teenagers’ conference. The conference brought together over 70 young people from the churches of Trans-Baikal region and the city of Chita. There had never been a conference like that before, and this was the uniqueness of the event.

On January 12-14, 2012 Blessing Church in Angarsk hosted a conference for pastors, missionaries and ministers of the Irkutsk regional association. Regional presbyters also attended the conference.