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Ivan Kasymov
Address: ii mkh # 28 apt 27 Armyaksk, Crimea. Ph# ( 06567) 3-49-44 Born: August 6, 1964 Wife Irena, October 23, 1965 Children: Olga, March 2, 1985 Pavel, February 22, 1992 Served in Perekop Ordained pastor Education Kiev Bible Institute I used to work as a welder to support family Even though now I am an Invalid, I still work in ministry full time. God has blessed my efforts and enabled me to plant 5 churches. I agree with your teaching about grace, and salvation by Grace through faith in Jesus Christ. Denominations are ok but the urgency is not to build a denomination but to win the lost to Christ. Therefore I agree to work with any denomination that believes and teaches the truth of Gods Word. My greatest wish is to have a prayer house (in 2 villages) and a bus to drive ( evangelize and to do charity work) My Testimony Ivan Kasymov 1992 the most difficult period in my life. It was the year when we decided to divorce. We were physically strangers and there was no real conversation- just arguments. What could be worse! My wife prayed and she repented first. She wanted to preserve our family. I didn’t want to and I did not even try. She went to her parents to Moldova. In her absence I saw a dream – hell stretched before me. It was so real that I woke up and could not go back to sleep. I got up and began to think of my life and concluded that it was more than a dream, it was my future reality unless I made some effort to change. That next day I talked to a man who I knew to be a believer and he witnessed to me, not about sin, but about God’s love and willingness to forgive me. I repented, and prayed to receive Jesus Christ as my Savior. It was like stepping from the darkest and coldest night into the sunshine. God had really made me a new creature. My testimony was printed in a Christian paper” NOVOYA zhizni” ( New Life) In Armyansk where I was living I witnessed everywhere. In 1994 I got a vision from God --- I don’t know how else to describe it. I knew from that moment on I will be his servant! I started working with different missions. The first one was ” Christ love” my first tutor was Daniel’s Prebyschuk father. In 2000 I was ordained as a pastor and began to plant churches in the nearby villages. At the moment I’m servicing in Pervomayskoye. I’m physically a sick person but I am spiritually well and whole! I will work for Our Lord until He calls me to His kingdom! Ivan Kasymov |
