Commonwealth of Independent States
Freddie & Esperanza Steenkamp
We have been in full-time ministry for 31 years are currently the visionary leaders of a multi-cultural church assembly in Nelspruit Mpumalanga, South Africa. We often use the slogan to sum up our heart: “Loving the church, blessing the nations!”
We have a passion for the nations and have been in partnership with World Mission Centre since 2011. The Live School ministry inspired me to connect with Russian church leaders to mobilize them and their local churches to reach unreached people groups not only in Russia but to many countries of the world!
South Africa and Russia are both a part of the BRICS partnership of countries, and, as such, there is a great openness for South Africans to visit and do business in Russia. This is a privilege many other nationalities have never had. We have formed partnerships with Russian, Siberian, Belarusian, Latvian, and Armenian churches to reach and disciple unreached communities with the good news of the gospel!
I believe Live School is one of the most powerful and practical tools to reach and teach believers in the small villages of Russia who have a powerful part to play in the great commission but who are often forgotten and left behind by the global church.
Come and join us in this adventure and experience firsthand the fulfillment of Hudson Taylor’s prophetic word spoken over every Christian in the Russian world!
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Blogs, Stories and testimonies from the Commonwealth of independent Sates (CIS) Region
Launching Live School in Mongolia
It was a rainy day when we landed in Mongolia. As we drove from the airport located just outside the capital of Ulaanbaatar it was difficult to fathom that 85% of the countries population live in one enormous city.I have never seen so much green grasslands void of any...
The One Year for Jesus Story
About three years ago myself and Pastor Anatoli talked about the “One Year for Jesus” evangelism teams. Specifically, their challenges of discipling the people they reached from town to town after they left to go to another city!
The Mikhailovka Story
70 Live School units have been taken into the region and 32 schools have started. In total there are 308 schools that have started and there are a total of 393 units in the field, including those that have started and those who still need to start.
Update from a Cold Russia
Willie Crew, Ivor Temlet, Pastor Freddie and a delegation from South Africa, met with leaders church leaders in Moscow about the continuation of Live School in Russia.
Russia and Her Youth
My journey started in Chita, east of Lake Baikal in Siberia…
A Northern Country
In the picture you will see one of the three churches planted in a small village in the country I cannot mention that was previously part of the Former Soviet Union. The dedication of the people in this country and especially the church we work with is amazing! (Author: Hennie, CIS region)