Missions

Jesus said, "Go into all the world and make disciples of all the nations." Each member of the church participates in this mission when he faithfully serves Christ in his weekly vocation. In addition to the witness of labor done to the glory of God, there are numerous opportunities at Covenant to pray and support.

 

Missionaries We Support

With Acts 1:8 in mind, we seek to support missions work locally, nationally, and in all parts of the world. We encourage the congregation to pray for and support our missionaries.

 

Reformed Theological Seminary of St. Petersburg Russia
Blake Purcell

 

 

Update Letter from Blake - April 2008

                                                 January 2006

                                                 December 2005

                                                

                                                 

The Reformed Seminary of Saint Petersburg Russia is the only Reformed Seminary in Russia. It has students enrolled from Orthodox, Baptist, and Communist Backgrounds. The students come from all over Russia: Vladivostok, Ufa, and St. Petersburg. A distance spanning 6,000 miles!

The curriculum includes an intensive study of the Scriptures, discipleship, the original languages, systematic theology, and church history.

The seminary's calling is to prepare Russian laborers in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. They are looking for men who will serve as pastors, missionaries, teachers, and church planters for the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Russia. They need men to be servants for the body of Christ, who will faithfully, skillfully, and lovingly contend for historical, orthodox Christianity and for the building up of Christ's church, and the growth of the kingdom of God on the earth. 

To accomplish their goals, they need support for more students to study at the seminary. The average cost of supporting a seminary family per month is $420.00.

Blake Purcell, Pastor of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of St. Petersburg, is the director and primary instructor of the seminary. Blake is married to his wife, Cathy. They have two daughters and four sons.

The Purcells were among some of the first missionaries to move into the former Soviet Union when they moved to St. Petersburg Russia in 1990.

Blake Purcell has been reaching people and teaching in the Russian language in St. Petersburg since 1990. Blake is ordained as a teaching elder in the Mississippi Valley Presbytery of the PCA. He was sent in 1998 as an evangelist/missionary to Russia to plant churches and train and ordain leadership.

The Reformed Presbyterian Church of Russia is raising money
to publish Reformed literature in the Russian language. It is also
seeking to purchase property in St. Petersburg to serve as
a church, seminary, and publishing house.

They need your prayers and financial help.


e-mail: blakepurcell2000@yahoo.com  and  blake@peterlink.ru