| By Johanna Hansson,
on 14-04-2008 18:00
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Friday, the second day of the 14th Anniversary of the Embassy of God church, started with a time of powerful worship. Then it was time for Kingdom Center's special greeting to Pastor Sunday and the church. Pastor Chris Segerliv came out on stage with his 3 year old son, Gideon. Gideon greeted the vast audience with the word "Privet" ("Hello" in Russian) then Dwayne Williams, a country singer from Texas, came out together with Miriam, Anne and Tobias and performed the country song "He's alive". After that song, Tobias gave a presentation of the Kingdom Anthem while the dancers from Kingdom Center marched out with the Ukrainian, Swedish and Texan flags. The Kingdom Center team then ministered with the song "Kingdom Anthem", and finished it off in Ukrainian with the whole audience singing "Twoje Boch Tsarstvo na viki" - "Your Kingdom Lord it will never end". After the song, Pastors Chris and Helena Segerliv congratulated Pastor Sunday, Pastor Bose and the Embassy of God church on their 14th Anniversary.
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The day continued with the same theme as the previous day with testimonies and presentations from different ministries and social organizations. "Young people of Ukraine" is a social organization, started by a former drug addict, Sergey Kushniruk, with the goal of influencing the educational system with information about drugs and gang prevention etc. 200 leaders from this movement filled the stage during their presentation. The organization works at schools, colleges and universities and they educate 25 000 students every week. Another powerful testimony was that of Victoria Melnik. Her organization is called "The Center for Restoration of Personality and Transformation of Society". In the center people are trained to fulfill the purpose and plan God has for their lives and to become influential members of the society. The center now has 50 branches in 9 countries and 50 000 people have graduated from the center within the last 4 years. One of the graduates of this center, a 65 year old woman, has become the mayor of her city, one the richest cities in the Ukraine.
The evening service was dedicated to the large number of rehabilitation centers that have been started by members of the Embassy of God church. Pastor Natalja Potopayeva was the first member of Pastor Sunday's church. She had been an alcoholic for 30 years when she met Pastor Sunday 14 years ago. He showed her the love of God and lead her to Christ. Pastor Natasha then started the first rehabilitation center and many more followed. Now over 5 000 people have been set free from drug and alcohol addiction in the rehabilitation centers! A large group of these former addicts filled the giant stage in the sports hall and told the story of who they once were, addicts for many years, and how they now have become pastors, business men and leaders of the society. One of these people, who had been a mafia boss, came 9 years ago to the church armed with a gun to kill pastor Sunday, because he was so angry that his brother had been saved in the Embassy of God church. The same instant he lifted his gun to shoot, he got a heart attack and was rushed to hospital. Some pastors from the church went to the hospital and prayed for him. Now the former Mafioso is a Christian and not only that, he has now started a church and a rehabilitation center filled with former mafia members!
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