Record Class Graduates from ETSM
Earlier this year, 29 men and women walked across the stage of the Church of God’s Eurasian Theological Seminary in Moscow (ETSM) and received their diplomas and/or certificates – our largest graduating class ever. This includes our first cluster of graduates from the family/marital counseling program and the Christian counseling program. Additionally, we handed out 13 certificates in Christian ministry. We are so grateful to be a part of what God is doing in Russia.
Our guest speaker at graduation was Nick Park from Ireland, a long-time friend of ours and adjunct faculty at ETSM. Other guests included a guest teacher from Cleveland, Tenn. – Emily Brown Stone, who had just taught an intensive in family/marital crisis counseling.
Later in June, Tom spent a week in Moscow with the leading bishops from our churches in Russia and Ukraine, along with our staff and external experts in order to lay out a strategic plan for the coming years at ETSM. The changing demographics of Russia, and in particular of our churches in the former Soviet Union, are forcing us to re-examine our goals, methods, and strategies. Look for us to become more modular and focused on training teachers in a new network of extensions. In the meantime, we once again have a prayer request: That we receive a good and qualified group of new students in the coming year. Please pray with us for the upcoming student cohort.
–Tom and Claudia Rosson
