Russia Mission Initiative
The Russia Initiative, which also includes the Ukraine, Moldova, and Belarus, is a partnership among annual conferences, congregations, and institutions committed to church growth and development in that region. It is sponsored and organized by the General Board of Global Ministries.
The initiative began in the winter of 1991-92 under the leadership of the General Board of Global Ministries. Its primary purpose was to deliver food to Russia's Moscow Region.
Later Global Ministries expanded the project to include the re-establishment of Methodism in the former Soviet Union. The Eurasia Annual Conference was established in 1997, with expansion to four annual conferences in 2003 and a fifth annual conference in 2005. The Eurasia Conference emcompasses Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
See Also:
Global Ministries Missionaries
Bryant, Richard L.
Area Financial Executive (AFE) with the United Methodist Church in Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan. Listen to an Interview with the Rev. Bryant.
View a list of missionaries serving in the Ukraine, which is included in the Russia Initiative.
Photo: Bishop Hans Vaxby of Moscow. Photo by Jerry Chapman.
