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THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH GRACE
FOUNDATION HISTORY |
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Rauza Landorf is GRACE church pastor from the moment of it's foundation.
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If you want to learn more about the United Methodist Church in Russia go to its web-site: http://umc-eurasia.ru/en/node/109 |
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| Rudiger Minor was born in Leipzig (Germany). He studied in Methodist Theological Seminary in Germany and graduated from a theological faculty of the University in Leipzig. He served as a pastor of the Methodist churches, as a teacher and director of the seminary. In 1986 he was elected to be the Bishop of the United Methodist Church. Since 2001 he served in Russia as the Bishop of the Eurasian area. |
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Hans Vaxby was born in 1944 in Sweden. That was his mother who took him to the Methodist congregation. In 1967 Hans Vaxby graduated from the Scandinavian Theology Seminary in Gothenburg. He served in Finland and in 1989 was elected to be the Bishop of Scandinavia and Baltic region countries. Since 2001 he served as the Bishop in Helsinki. In 1990s Hans Vaxby helped to establish and strengthen the congregations not only in Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia but in Russia too. He was elected to be the Bishop of Eurasian area in 2005.
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| Our church was visited by the first Bishop of the Russian United Methodist Church Rudiger Minor in 2002. |
Bishop Hans Vaxby was with a visit to our church in 2006. |
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The UMC GRACE is
a part of Saint Petersburg district |
The character of our church
ministry is between confessional- we take part in arrangements
together with the Baptist, Orthodox, Catholic and Lutheran Churches. |
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