Pastor Vasily and Family in Zhitomir, Ukraine. Mariners supports Pastor Vasily’s evangelistic work in four rural villages near Zhitomir. When he started there were no evangelical Christians in these villages. They now have established churches in three of the villages and home Bible studies in others. Mariners helped build the church in Studenytsya and helped them purchase two vans to bus villagers to church. Ws also sent a short-term team to Zhitomir in March of 2006 to help dedicate the new church building at Studenytsya and had another trip in 2008.
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Pastor Alexei and Family in Ivanovo, Russia. Mariners’ supports their work in the Shuya Orphanage, their Christian Bookstore (an evangelistic outreach), their college seminars, and their anti-abortion efforts. They are presently working to establish place where orphans can acquire life skills before entering back into society. Mariners’ Church sent a short-term missions team to Ivanovo in October of 2006 and another in the fall of 2008.
The Church of the Good Shepherd, Pass Christian, MS. This church is in the heart of the Katrina devastation. Mariners’ has deployed several teams to assist in the Katrina recovery (two in 2007 alone). We will continue to work with them in the recovery effort in the years to come.