SLAVIC GOSPEL CHURCH

CHURCH HISTORY

THE CHURCH WAS FOUNDED IN 1990 BY MIRONYUK,SERGEY AND ANATOLY KALCHIK,UKRANIAN IMIGRANTS. FIRST IT WAS STARTED AS A GROUP OF HOME PRAYERS WITH TEN UKRANIAN IMIGRANTS. IN A FEW MONTHS, AFTER PRAYER GROUP GREW IN NUMBERS, IT HAD BEEN TAKEN DECISION TO RENT A CHURCH FACILITY TO CONTINUE THE PRAYER MEETINGS. AS MORE PEOPLE WERE ATTENDING THESE MEETINGS, MIRONYUK & KALCHIK AND OTHER MEN DECIDED TO HOLD A SPECIAL MEETING WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE AGREED TO START A CHURCH. ON CHRISTMAS 1990, THE CHURCH WAS PRONOUNCED, AND ABOUT FORTY PEOPLE HAD BECOME IT'S MEMBERS. THE CHURCH RAPIDLEY GREW IN NUMBERS AND NO OTHER CHOISE BUT TO MOVE IN AN OTHER FACILITY THAT HAPPENED TO BE KENT ALLIENCE CHURCH. A YEAR LATER, THE CHURCH HAD TO MOVE AGAIN TO KENT COVENENT CHURCH WITH A MUCH LARGER FACILITY. ALL THAT TIME THE CHURCH PRAYED AND ASKED THE LORD TO PROVIDE THEM EITHER A PIECE OF PROPERTY WHERE THE CHURCH FACILITY COULD BE BUILT OR A LARGE ENOUGH BUILDING THAT CAN SATISFY THEIR NEEDS. IN NOVEMBER 1998, THE CHURCH CLOSED A DEAL AND BECAME AN OWNER OF A OLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT WAS SOLD BY "CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST" STATE HEDQUARTERS. SLAVIC GOSPEL CHURCH CONTINUES TO GROW IN NUMBERS AND NOW HAS ABOUT 800 MEMBERS. THE SERVICES ARE CONDUCTED IN RUSSIAN AND UKRANIAN LANGUAGES.