Fedir Raychynets

• Head of the Department of Theology, Director of the Transformative Leadership Master’s Program, Ukrainian Evangelical Theological Seminary, Kyiv, Ukraine
• Doctoral Student in Applied Theology, Free University of Amsterdam (the Vrije Iniversiteit Amsterdam), Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Instructor of Church and Society, Gospel of Matthew, Life of Jesus Christ, Social Teaching of the Church, Leadership and Political Theology
• Pastor of Bethany Church, All-Ukrainian Union of Churches of Evangelical Christian Baptists, Bucha, Ukraine

EDUCATION

Since 2018 – The Free University of Amsterdam (the Vrije Iniversiteit Amsterdam), Amsterdam, Netherlands

  • Qualification: Doctoral Student

  • Specialty: Philosophy in Applied Theology

2001–2004 – International Baptist Theological Seminary / University of Wales, Prague, the Chech Republic

  • Qualification: Master of Theology

  • Speciality: Bible Studies

1992–1996  – Evangelical Theological Seminary, Osijek, Croatia

  • Qualification: Bachelor 

  • Speciality: Theology

 

EXPERIENCE

Since 2008 – Pastor of Bethany Church, All-Ukrainian Union of Churches of Evangelical Christian Baptists, Bucha, Ukraine.

2019 – 2023 –  Editor-in-Chief of the Holistic Mission Guide for the Central Asian Region.

2015–2020 – Developer and Coordinator of the Peacebuilding for the Central Asian Region Project, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

2011–2016 – Member of the editorial board of the Slavic Bible Commentary, co-editor of theological articles.

2011–2015 – Member of the Council of the Euro-Asian Accreditation Association.

2010–2015 – Assistant and Advisor to a regional deputy of Zakarpattia regional council, Uzhhorod, Ukraine.

2007 – 2008 – created and developed Transformative Leadership Master’s Program, which  was accredited with the European Evangelical Accreditation Association (EEAA), Ukrainian Evangelical Theological Seminary, Kyiv, Ukraine.

2004–2007 – President of the Baptist Union, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

2002–2007 – Pastor of the Baptist church in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

2005 – Member of the project of peace-making initiatives for Central Asia for the British Tearfund Charity, London, Great Britain.

2002 – President of the Student IBTS organization, Prague, the Chech Republic.

1996 – Leader of student outreach group, Osijek, Croatia.

 

PUBLICATIONS

2023 – «Библейская культура лидерства: Соломон – пример для подражания или пророческое предостережение» в «Целостная миссия: Ответ церкви на контекстуальные вызовы».

2023 – «Про війну, миротворчість і мир, що розділяє: три суперечливі твердження Ісуса в Євангелії від Матвія» в журналі «Християнська Думка».

2019 – «Церковь, миссии и политика в Евангелии от Матфея» в Горизонты Миссии, Том 2. – Черкассы: Коллоквиум, 2019.

2017 – «Стол / трапеза как культурное средство социализации: застольные истории в Евангелии от Луки» Христианская Мысль, № 10, Декабрь 2017, с. 28–50.

2016 – «Ключевой вопрос лидерства: Притча Иофама» в Христианская Мысль, № 8, Декабрь 2016, с. 23–47.

2016 – Коментар на Євангеліє від Матвія в Слов’янському Біблійному Коментарі, Київ: Книгоноша, 2016.

2014 – «Политически-аполитичный Иисус» в Христианская Мысль, № 8, Декабрь 2014, с. 5–25.

2014 – “Politically-apolitcal Jesus: Reflections on the evangelical churches’ response to crises in Ukraine” \\ Christian EthicsToday, fall 2014, pp. 10–16.

2012 – «Церковь перед государством: Миссия свидетельства и напоминания»in Theological Reflection, special edition, 2012.

2011 – «Есть ли социальная и политическая позиция у Евангельских Церквей Украины» в Форум 20: Двадцать лет религиозной свободы и активной миссии в постсоветском обществе. Киев: Дух и Литера, 2011, с. 318–334.

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