A first step for Russian- and Ukrainian-speaking believers sensing a call to plant, pastor, or go.
Welcome: who this hub is for
Read this first. It will tell you in two minutes whether you're in the right place.
If you are reading this, something has stirred in you. Maybe it has been there for years — a quiet sense that God is not finished with you, that there are people He wants reached, churches He wants started, a calling you have been half-afraid to name out loud. This hub exists to take that stirring seriously and walk with you, step by step, from "I wonder" to "here is my next step."
We built this specifically for the Slavic diaspora — the Russian- and Ukrainian-speaking believers whom God has planted across the United States. You carry something the wider church urgently needs: a language, a culture, and a story that open doors no one else can open.
This hub is for you if…
You are discerning a call. A first- or second-generation Slavic believer wondering whether God is calling you to plant a church, pastor an existing one, or serve overseas.
You are already a pastor or ministry leader looking to plant, replant, or strengthen Slavic ministry in your region.
You lead a sending church and want to raise up and send planters and missionaries from within your own congregation.
You simply want to understand how church planting and missions actually work in the American and Southern Baptist context — the organizations, the steps, the money, the expectations.
What this hub is
A map and an on-ramp. It orients you to the landscape, names the next step, and connects you to the people and primary sources who can take you further.
What this hub is not
It is not a substitute for your sending church, a mentor, formal training, or the leading of the Holy Spirit. It points you toward those — it never replaces them.
A word to the immigrant heart
You may believe your accent, your visa story, or your lack of American seminary connections disqualify you. Hear this plainly: in this work, your background is not a liability — it is an asset. There are millions of Russian- and Ukrainian-speaking people in North America and far too few churches among them. On the mission field, a Russian-speaking believer is unusually valuable. The very thing that has felt like a wall is, in God's hands, a door.
One note on language
This hub is written in English on purpose. The institutions you will work with — government forms, denominational bodies, training — operate in English, and many second-generation planters are most comfortable here. Where the heart-level material matters most, we point you toward resources in your own language. English is our common ground, not a barrier.