David and Katya Snead

Calvary Chapel missionaries in Lviv, Ukraine

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Our Mission

Why is this so important?

Our guiding passage for this vision is from 2 Timothy 2, verses one and two:

“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.”‬‬

2 Timothy 2:1-2

The Apostle Paul knew that he could not be with Timothy or the churches that he had planted forever, which is why he encouraged Timothy to raise up leaders that would raise up other leaders. One of the issues with missions in the church was made clear through the full-scale Russian invasion in February, 2022 – missionaries, like Paul, are temporary. Many missionaries were forced to evacuate even before the first bombs fell. Our goal, then, as missionaries is not to “do the work of the ministry” instead of Ukrainians, but to equip them for the work of the ministry (Ephesians 4:11-16), so that the local church would be mature and able to stand on its own.

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Who are we?

David is a graduate of Calvary Chapel Bible College in Indianapolis and has his bachelor’s degree in pastoral ministry from the Ukrainian Baptist Theological Seminary in Lviv, Ukraine. He is continuing his studies at that seminary to get his master’s degree in local church development and growth. He has also authored or co-authored several books:

• Public Speaking in a Second Language, which is especially relevant for missionaries
• Lviv Has Two Christmases, an Advent calendar for friends of Ukraine
• All About Ocean Creatures, a children’s math book
• The Formation of a Culture of Worship in the Church, a manual for worship leaders and pastors, co-authored with Ukrainian leaders and pastors for Live Sound Movement (unavailable in English)

Katya is a graduate from Coram Deo, a biblical counseling college in Ukraine, and has her bachelor’s degree in mentorship and effective ministry to women and girls from the Ukrainian Baptist Theological Seminary. She also has her master’s degree in Polish language and literature from Ivan Franko University in Lviv. Katya has translated or edited several books and study materials in Ukrainian from either English or Russian, including:

• Thomas: Hero of the Faith, translated for Et Libros, a Christian book-publishing ministry in Ukraine
• The Expositor’s Collective’s workbook on expositional preaching (edited with Irena Stokolos and David Snead, translated by Sofia Perdomo)
• Textbooks for Coram Deo, an international biblical counseling institute
• Multiple class materials over several semesters for Ukrainian Baptist Theological Seminary

David and Katya met in Lviv in 2010 and started working together in youth projects at her local church. After their friendship blossomed, they got married in 2013 and have been passionately serving the Ukrainian church together ever since.

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