Russia is the largest country in the world, spanning 11 time zones across Europe and Asia. The country population is around 143,750,000 people, and the primary language spoken is Russian. The primary religion is Christianity with about 56% of the population reported as professing Christians, and of the 172 people groups there are 118 that are unreached.

Data as of May 14, 2026

ABOUT:
Sergey and Yulia are Russians who first met in Central Asia (Tashkent, Uzbekistan) where participated together in church ministry. They were married in 2000, and moved to Moscow in 2004 to the new ministry field - the Moscow Evangelical Christian Seminary. Sergey earned a Doctor of Ministry degree from the Asbury Theological Seminary in 2017. In the same year he was appointed to be the President of the Moscow Seminary. Sergey and Yulia have two children, daughter Polina (2003) and son Ivan (2005).

MISSION:
 Due to 70 years of Communist Captivity (1917—1987), “the Church in Russia has suffered the most severe and sustained persecution of any nation in recent history. It is reckoned 200,000 Christian leaders were martyred and a further 500,000 imprisoned. There were 100,000 church-owned buildings in 1920 and by 1940 only 1,000 were in use by Christians, the rest being seized or destroyed. Over 90% of Russians have no meaningful link with a church.” (Operation World encyclopedia, the 21st-century edition, 541-542). Our mission is to restore the numbers of Christian ministers for Russia through practical, biblical education in the Moscow Seminary.