Currently, David is the Senior Pastor (teaching pastor) of Christ Baptist Church, the Academic Dean of Christ Seminary, teaches various courses in Christ Seminary, and he also serves as the TMAI African Regional Coordinator and the GMI Regional Missions Shepherd for Africa. If you would like to request receiving this ministrys newsletters (if applicable), then check the 'Subscribe to Newsletter' checkbox below. Our mission is to reach people of all nations with the Gospel of Jesus Christ in the city of Rome, in the nation of Italy and to all the world, to encourage spiritual growth in a truly international fellowship and to equip believers to fulfill their God-given purposes and to reach their world with the love of Christ. Alexey Prokopenko has served as a professor at Samara Center for Biblical Training since 2007 and as pastor of Transfiguration Baptist Church in Samara, Russia, since 2012. He now serves as pastor at Cornerstone Bible Church in Fullerton, California, while continuing to mentor teachers at various African Bible Training Centers. The Shoulder to Shoulder Campaign has announced two online events related to relationships with Middle East Ecumenical Delegation Day 7, April 25, 2023 Written by Rev. ITA has been an incredible blessing for me. Annually, it hosts a flagship conference for its men in training called The Church (a conference aimed at assisting church leaders in conforming to a more biblical philosophy of ministry in their own pastorates and local churches). You will encounter the presence of His Spirit as you lift your heart and voice to Him. In 1979, the Waldensian Church was federated with the Italian Methodist Church. GMIThe Italian Missionary Group (GMI) is an Italian missionaryservice agency. The FCEI, formed in 1967, [2] includes the historical Protestant churches of Italy, that is to say the Union of Methodist and Waldensian Churches (a united denomination comprising the Waldensian Evangelical Church and the Methodist Evangelical Church, 35,000 members), the Baptist Evangelical Christian Union of Italy (15,000), the Lutheran A 3% processing fee is charged on designated gifts (donations for GMI are exempt). They have been called, by God's grace alone, to be his people in Christ, the only Lord of the universal church, and in the Holy Spirit who gathers, guides and renews the church time and again. Take part in a training ministry in Italy Italy Church Records FamilySearch In addition, he will be traveling to the extension sites already present. On October 3, she was officially re-installed as the ICF Rome Lead Pastor. Premend is a graduate of CTEF and The Masters Seminary. All donations are tax-deductible. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. We believe the Bible is God's truth, that the Gospel is the message that saves us, and that the Church should be committed to making disciples. The teachings of John MacArthur were one of Gods instruments to correct his false views and to guide him into a more biblical ministry. David Zadok was born in Israel but grew up in Iran. After his conversion, he was again involved in falsehood with the prosperity gospel and the pragmatic philosophy of ministry. Leonardo De Chirico, Italian evangelical pastor of the Church Breccia di Roma, told those gathered at the Conference last week in Orlando, Florida, that despite his overtures, the pope and Roman Catholic Church maintain positions contrary to the spirit of the Protestant Reformation and that are at odds with modern evangelicalism. He and his wife, Ging, have been married for almost 30 years, and they have three children. In this light, the ITA strives to pursue training in expository preaching firmly convinced that the need of the day in Italy is a minister and a ministry trained in expositing the whole counsel of God for the Church and people of God in Italy. He got an MBS from the National Theological College and Graduate School (NTCGS) in Cairo, Egypt; an MDiv. in Art History, and started serving in the Kids Ministry in January 2020. Newer Waldensian congregations sprang up as well as the Free Christian Church[5] (which lasted from 1852 to 1904) and the Evangelical Christian Church of the Brethren. He is the author of Compasssion: Seeing with Jesus Eyes and the co-author of several other books. The Italian Theological Academy (ITA) is a pastoral-training ministry started in 2004 out of the need to introduce the Italian evangelical church in Italy to expository preaching.