Today our church is remembering Pastor Peter Rodoslavov who died just over a year ago. He was a humble servant of God and as a result God used him as a preacher, pastor and evangelist. I personally am one of literally thousands who were impacted by his ministry.
The photos and information below can be found in Russian here http://www.hopeforpeople.org/news/309
Peter was born in 1958 in the USSR in the city of Odessa.
First row -Lidia Ivanovna (Mother), Zhenya (brother), Konstantin Stepanovich (Father)Second row – Misha (brother), Vera (sister), Peter
He was baptized at the age of 16.
1976-1978 he served in the Soviet army in the city of Leningrad.
Genadiy Yefremov, Peter Rodoslavov
After serving in the army he started serving as youth leader in the church.
In 1980 he was married to Tamara Ivanovna.
In 1985 he was ordained as an evangelist in Odessa’s Peresipskaya church. Since 1987 he worked in many churches of the brotherhood of Evangelical Christian Baptists.
In the early 1990s he participated in and developed various ministries in Odessa’s Peresiplskaya church:
Christian school, printing of the church magazine “Living Steam”, planting of new churches in Odessa and the Odessa region and in other areas.
2003-2009 – Representative for the All Ukraine Association of Evangelical Baptists.
Peter Konstantinovich at the All Ukraine Association of Evangelical Baptist conference in Kiev 2009.
In 2005 He began planting a new church “Hope for People” with a team from Peresipskaya church.
2010 marked 25 years of ministry as a pastor and evangelist. He often said that you need to be more than a pastor, you need to be a pastor/father. That is who he was.
Peter Rodoslavov preaching during the worship service at Hope for People church -2010.
God blessed him with a big family. He and his wife Tamara Ivanovich had 8 children.
Luba, Vadim, Inna, Tima, Peter Konstaninovich, Tamara Ivanovich, Zhenya, Nadya, Pavel -2004.
Peter Konstantinovich with children and grandchildren spring 2010.
In 2010 he was diagnosed with cancer. For 1.5 years with great pain he fought the disease.
On 11.1.11 the Lord took his soul to heaven.
Ridgely
November 12, 2012We mourn the passing of these great saints…who will fill the gaps?
Caleb
November 12, 2012One of the ways Peter was a great example for me was that he always allowed others to join in the ministry. He was never afraid to give someone an opportunity to serve. As a result many people gained valuable ministry experience and were trained for service!