Ministry Opportunities with Oleg Voskresensky

Инфомация о миссии "В поисках веры" на русском языке. (435 KB PDF)

Oleg Voskresensky, B.A., M.Div.

Oleg Voskresensky was born in Moscow and grew up in a family of Russian intelligentsia, in what was then the Soviet Union. His interest in language arts and humanities led him to the B.A. in Linguistics and Literature from Moscow Pedagogical University, with numerous classes in Philosophy, History and Arts. Before coming to the USA in 1991 to pursue an M.Div. from Bethel Seminary, Oleg's professional experience included teaching on high school and college levels, guiding tours in the Kremlin, and organizing campaign events and PR publications for a national newspaper. In recent years he has completed coursework for his M.A. in Cross-Cultural Communications from Bethel University; published a collection of sermons, essays and poetry; hosted a Russian-language Christian Radio broadcast; and served as a Refugee Resettlement Counselor with World Relief Minnesota.

Dr. Don Bierle's book Surprised by Faith–with its focus on presenting the Gospel with logical and rational evidence–caught Oleg's attention as the one which, if translated, would be especially fitting to the educated Russian-speaking audience. His translation has now been published, and he looks forward to introducing it to his home country. He will also be translating and making cultural adjustments to other FaithSearch resources and presenting them to the Russian-speaking audiences in the USA, and in Eastern Europe in the Russian Orthodox and Protestant churches, colleges, conferences and other settings.

Oleg's cross-cultural and cross-denominational experience, training, connections--and his passion!--are opening a unique window of opportunity for the Russian expansion of the FaithSearch ministry.

FaithSearch Outreach Events:*

FaithSearch Discovery: Discovering the Ah-ha! of Life

FaithSearch Discovery offers an eye-opening, logical case for believing in the historical person of Jesus Christ. Non-Christians will discover why they should believe. Christians will realize their faith is supported by astonishing evidence.

FaithSearch Testimony:

The compelling story of a Soviet-era atheist becoming a believer in Christ through the prayers of friends, the evidence from the arts and nature, the testimony of the Church and the research of the biblical texts.

Additional Speaker Topics:*

• Cross-Cultural Training for Russia-focused missions, missionaries and immigrant ministries
• "A riddle-wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma": Unwrapping the Russian soul for the mystery of Christ's love.

* All presentations are conducted in either English or Russian.

FaithSearch Resources
Over 300,000 Copies In Print

FaithSearch resources include the bestselling book, Surprised by Faith–NOW available in Russian. In it, learn of a personal discovery of faith. A former skeptic explains the evidence and reasons that satisfied his questions and led him to faith in Christ. Complete with the latest historical and archaeological information, including photographs, the book is also the text for the FaithSearch Discovery presentation.