UPDATE FROM RUSSIA

Dear Partners in the Ministry,

Thank you so very much for your prayers and support this month! The month of June was very busy for Olga and I and the rest of ICM Russia Crew. As you may already know that we believe in training and equipping the saints for the work of ministry. We appreciate your prayerful and financial support  because you enable us to travel and teach Inductive Bible Studies all over the former Soviet Union and to the ends of the Earth. A lot of people, most of whom are ministers, gather for a joint search for God and learning how to study the Word of God line by line and chapter by chapter and build a dynamically growing church or ministry.

On the first evening of the opening of the conference, which is accompanied by a live worship we give an inspiring teaching on  how important it is for all of us hear the Word of God and obey it in our practical life. We encourage people to read the passage carefully asking questions of observation, interpretation and application. 

The next day begins with a lively teaching on how crucial it is to break the Bread of Life into small bite-size pieces so that we could effectively chew on the Word and meditate on God's will for us and all mankind. In this message, we speak of a radical study of the Word in which people do not just say that they read their Bibles, but really take heed to what God has to say to them through the prophetic Word so that they might live for Christ and His will. Three step study: Observation, Interpretation of the Word and Application leaves nobody indifferent; we encourage the participants to really hear God and dig deep into the Word so that they could get true revelations and new solutions in their personal relationship with God. 

ICM Russia ministers teach the principles of productive Bible study. Practical advice on how we can teach through the Bible in our home Bible studies and congregations is shared. They speak of the fruitful work of the Holy Spirit as we teach and preach the Word inductively in our ministries.

The culmination of the conference is the laying on of hands and prayer for the participants. We pray the participants may apply what they have learned at the study, believe in God, in His power to live and to fear nothing. It is a very blessed ministry in which the Word of God penetrates people’s hearts and changes their lives. At the end of our services we prayed for people individually knowing the Father's heart! We are called to pass on the blessing  to ministers of the Gospel so that they can have their case continued in the future. This prayer is a landmark for all of us who participated in the conference. This is what we believe in and do in our service.