Staff
Arkadiy Sleza
Head of the Education department
Arkadiy was born on December 7, 1975, in the village of Omelyan near the Rivne.
In 1997, he graduated from Rivne State University of Culture, where he majored in “Manager of the socio-cultural sphere.” During his student years and after, he was an active member of “Plast” – the Ukrainian scout organization. He worked in the club for teenagers, it’s ZOSH number 3 in Rivne, in the Social Service of Youth. Within 1998-2016, he was a regional representative of many sociological services, in the Razumkov Center.
In 2008, he started reading the Gospel more carefully, and later on the Old Testament.
04.12.2009 – he repented and accepted Christ. In 01.19.10 – he was baptized, and entered into the covenant with the Lord at the Baptist church in Rivne. In 2012, Arkadiy along with the several families separated from their original church in attempt to plant a new one, which a little later was called – “Reconciliation” church in Rivne.
He also has finished the International Baptist Bible College and “Precept Ministry,” which is the Euro-Asian Institute for Inductive Bible Studies (2015-2018).
He is a staff worker of the mission since 2016.
He works as a manager for the distribution of the Christian pedagogical journal “Word to the Teacher,” he is a member of the editorial board, author of articles, photographer.
Arkadiy is married, and the father of 2 sons and 2 daughters.
From the very first day of Bible reading his favorite verses from the Gospel are the same:
“But to those who received Him, to those who believe in His name, He gave power to become the sons of God,
Which were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
(Gospel of John 1:12,13)
Ruslana Kovalchuk
Education department
She was born on the 11th of July 1969 in village Krajev, Ostroh district, Rivne region. On the 23rd August of 1992, she was baptized.
In 1993, she graduated from Rivne Pedagogy Institute with major in teaching of the Ukrainian language and literature. In 2002, she graduated from the National University “Ostroh Academ” program “Christian Ethics.”
Since 2001, she works as a teacher of Biblical disciplines in IPO “Hope to People.” She teaches Christian ethics in Rivne Ukrainian Gymnasium and Klevan’ orphanage for children with sight defects, and leads Bible study group. She is a member of the “Communion of Good Shepherd” church.
She has a married daughter. She likes to knit and embroider.
Nadezhda Dolja
Editor of the magazine “Word to the Teacher”
Member of the Evangelical Christians-Baptists Church. Married and has three adult children.
Favorite Bible verse: “Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.” (Psalms 139:5).