The Khanti-Mansian Call

No, it wasn't a vision. In this case it was a Senior Pastor saying "Come over to Surgut to help us."

Several months ago, Pastor Sergei Kubata came to our IMB offices here in Moscow. He came with Pastor Alexander Popov from Udmurtia. We have had a stateside church partnership with Udmurtia for a few years already, and the two had been talking.

"Can you find us a partnership like the one with the Udmurt?"

"We need help reaching the Khanti people in our area."

As we talked, Pastor Sergei shared about their church planting efforts among the people group of 20,000. Scattered throughout the region in remote villages, the Khanti have had little or no chance to hear the Good News of Jesus Christ. The Russian Baptist churches have one Russian missionary trying to reach them.

They have asked for our help.

This week's trip is designed to learn more; more about the Khanti and more about the efforts to get the Gospel to them. We are hoping and praying that what we see, what we learn, and what we experience, will lead to a partnership between some of YOU and the Khanti People of Russia.

Follow this Blog, sign up for our Twitter, and join us through your prayers as we follow the Khanti-Mansian Call!

S'Bogum

Tim for Team Engage Russia