It all started with meeting some Russian-Jewish immigrant friends. There are between 50,000 and 100,000 living in Philadlephia. We started some small group meetings and holiday dinners in our home.  Eventually we began working on planting a Russian speaking congregation among Jewish immigrants from the former Soviet Union.  Marko Malyj, who was a bi-vocational volunteer with CHAIM, did tremendous work in getting this rolling. God sent us an organizing pastor, Rev. Ilya, a congregational planter with Mission to North America, of the Presbyterian Church in America. Rock of Israel is now a reality! We now have weekly meetings and the congregation is growing!  New people are contacted by door-to-door visitation and by telephone.  CHAIM's director, Rev. Fred Klett serves in a pastoral capacity in the congregation and helps with evangelism and worship.  

Rev. Rick Anderson helps with telephone calling. (He doesn't really wear a Russian hat while calling!)

Rock of Israel, the Russian speaking PCA congregation we are working on planting, now has it's own web site:

www.rockofisrael.com

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