In Summer 2023 as the school said goodbye in June to its graduates, it warmly welcomed pastors, church planters, and youth leaders from Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Moldova to a special program on equipping church leaders. Couples from National Presbyterian Church (Washington, DC) and other churches led 30 families through an intensive, practical course on family […]
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Caring for Orphans, Foster Children, and Impoverished Families, Summer 2023
In June 2023, Save The Orphans founder Sylvia Mader returned to Moldova for the first time since the COVID outbreak and met with Serghei Mihailov, Executive Director of Beginning of Life (BOL), a Moldova-based Christian organization focusing on the problems facing adolescents deprived of parental care and orphans. BOL shields these children from human sex-trafficking while addressing […]
UDG graduation, summer ministry; Marriage Ministry courses, Early Summer 2023
In early Summer 2023, UDG graduated a new class and prepared for missions outreach in Turkey. UDG also prepared for its June “Equipping Christian Leaders” conference. Slavic and Alla continued Marriage Ministry activities in two towns where they started courses last year — Falesti and New Zazuleni. After a Marriage Course in Falesti, area churches […]
Washington Welcomes Verenciuc Family; UDG Enters Second Term at UDG, Early 2023
Slavic and his wife Ala traveled to Washington in early 2023 after enjoying Christmas with relatives in North Carolina to talk with supporters and friends about recent ministry work. While Slavic and Ala continued to encourage married couples with the Alpha Marriage Course and to hold evangelistic village tent meetings for couples and children, much of their work […]
UDG, Outreach from Oak House, Refugee Care, Fall 2022
In Fall 2023, UDG continued training students in Theology, Intercultural Studies and Mission, Social Work, and Business Management, but also since March 2022 has been housing 46 Ukrainian refugees on campus and another 180 at its center in Vatic. The young women at the Oak House Transitional Home (affiliated with Youth for Christ in Chisinau) are dedicated and have […]