ALL
UKRAINIAN EVANGELICAL BAPTIST FELLOWSHIP LEADERS MEET WITH
UKRAINIAN WORLD CONGRESS PRESIDENT
On July 19, 2007 the
leadership of Ukrainian Evangelical Baptists outside Ukraine met with
Ukrainian World Congress President Askold S. Lozynskyj at the Ukrainian
Evangelical Baptist Church in Crum-Lynne, Pennsylvania. The following
Church leaders were present: Rev. Dr. John Kovalchuk, President of the
All Ukrainian Evangelical Baptist Fellowship; Rev. Avdij Chripczuk,
President of the Ukrainian Evangelical Baptist Churches in the
United States and Pastor of the Church in Levittown, Pa.; Rev. Anatoly
Moshkovsky, Coordinator of Ukrainian Baptist Churches in the eastern
region of the United States; Rev. Dmitro Login, Pastor of the First
Ukrainian Evangelical Baptist Church in Philadelphia, Pa.; and Rev.
Vasiliy Kravchuk, Pastor of the Ukrainian Evangelical Baptist Church in
Crumm-Lynne, Pennsylvania. The Fellowship represents Ukrainian Baptist
Churches in North and South America, Australia and Europe.

The people in the picture from left to right are:
Pastor
Anatoly Moshkovsky, Pastor Avdy Chripczuk, Dr. John Kovalchuk, Askold
S. Lozynskyj, Dr. Vasiliy Kravchuk, Pastor Dmitro Login.
The purpose of the meeting was to establish lines of communication and
cooperation between the Ukrainian Baptist Church and the UWC. Ukrainian
Baptists have been a part of the UWC's Church Council since the UWC was
formed in 1967. The current leadership of the Fellowship represents a
new generation and has been significantly reinforced by new immigrants
from Ukraine. The following topics were explored: participation by the
Church in the UWC's Church council and UWC's meetings; mutual
participation in the Church's and the UWC's events; reciprocal
assistance in organizational efforts with Ukrainians throughout the
world; mutual information through electronic and print communications
and publications; assistance in safeguarding human (religious) rights
in violating countries through international channels; access to Church
leadership in Ukraine.
Ukrainian Evangelical Baptists represent a very significant portion of
Christian Ukrainians in Ukraine and abroad. There are some three
thousand Ukrainian Evangelical Baptist Churches in Ukraine and several
hundred outside Ukraine. Furthermore, there is a long history of
ecumenical cooperation between this Church, the Ukrainian Catholic
Church and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the Diaspora. The principal
purpose of the UWC's Church Council which is open to all traditional
Ukrainian Christian churches is to foster cooperation among the
Churches in order to enable a working relationship among the faithful.
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