During the Reformation Sunday worship service on October 30, 2022, ELCIR Bishop Ivan Laptev installed Pastor Konstantin Subbotin in the position of Rector of the ELCIR Theological Institute. The new rector took up his duties on November 1. Please keep Pastor Konstantin and his new ministry in your prayers!
“You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus, and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also. Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.” (2 Tim. 2:1-3, ESV)