Recent Trips
Philadelphia
From February 15-20, Ion conducted a seminar with a discipleship theme based on his forthcoming book, “The Older and Younger Brother” and 2 Timothy. He met with Roy Larsen, multi-cultural church planter with the Eastern District Association of the EFCA and connected Roy with leaders of Russian churches in the area. Roy has followed up helping to fill the pulpit of one church, which is between pastors.
Amsterdam
From March 8-14, Ion met with 150 other Free church pastors and leaders at the European Church Planting Institute in Amsterdam. He made many key connections including those of Igor and Vitaliy Petrov, who run the Trinity Video Seminary (TVS) in Kursk. TVS will provide valuable training materials for the ILT, many of which Ion obtained at the Institute.
Portland and Vancouver
From March 15-25, Ion conducted seminars in the Portland/Vancouver area, again focusing on discipleship as in Philadelphia. He also met with local church leaders in the area. The planned seminar in Seattle was postponed until a later date.