Stephen V
Stephen V
Starting Year with SAMS: 2015
Calling to Ministry: After being born again, and knowing, not believing, that God exists, He arranged situation for Ministry in Europe.
Mission and/or Vision for Ministry: To Bring the Saving Message of Jesus Christ to the People of the Europe in the Anglican Christian Tradition and in the power of the Holy Spirit, and by God's Grace to plant a church in the Anglican tradition; to establish a Retreat Center to serve the persecuted Church and her missionaries; to partner with other local Christians to spread the Gospel; and to translate the Book of Common Prayer and other relevant texts into the native language.
Personal Points of Interest: Hobbies: philosophy, theology, spiritual formation, psychology, hiking, riding bike, picking mushrooms.
Favorite books: All three parts of Gulag Archipelago from Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Favorite music: Johan Sebastian Bach and other Baroque music style. Also playing violin, guitar, and other instruments.
Personal background: Defected from a communist country to the US. and was a literally born again (John 3:1-8) soon after getting political asylum in the United States. Studied theology, philosophy, psychology and spiritual formation. Became a priest in ACNA.
Favorite Bible Verse: O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory. Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you. Psalm 63:1-3 (ESV)