Church structure

The bishop

and senior pastor

Philip Savochka

Spiritual Board

The bishop leads the Spiritual Board of the “Salvation” church which consists of the pastors of the regions. The pastor of a region is the pastor of a local church, but he/she also takes care of some other local churches that form a region as such.

Today the Spiritual Board consists of 6 pastors of the regions:

Tetyana Keba

Yuri Savochka

Sergiy Sergienko

Mykola Savchuk

Yurii Tsiviliuk

Roman Korniiko

Nina Savochka

The Spiritual Board makes strategic decisions concerning the development of the church and also settles the most complicated questions of the church life.

At the beginning of 2009 the “Salvation” church had the local churches at the following places:

The central church in Vyshneve town,

5 churches in Kyiv city (2 at Borshahivka area, 1 at Livoberezhna station’s area, 1 at Golosievo area and 1 at Obolon area), 

2 churches in Boyarka town (Kyiv region),

Petrivske village (Kyiv region),

Zabiria village (Kyiv region),

Brovary town (Kyiv region),

Irpin town (Kyiv region),

Sofiivka village (Kyiv region),

Kriukivschyna village (Kyiv region),

Lviv city,

Ukrainka town (Kyiv region),

Zbarazh town (Ternopil region),

Scraglivka village (Zhytomyr region),

Kozyatyn town (Vinnytsya region),

Kalynivka town (Kyiv region),

Borova town (Kyiv region),

Plysetske village (Kyiv region),

Stepan town (Rivne region),

Volodymyrets town (Volyn region),

Nagirne village (Cherkasy region),

Kremenchuk town (Poltava region),

Vasylkiv town (Kyiv region),

Gaivoron town (Kirovograd region),

Boguslav town (Kyiv region),

Troyanka town (Kirovograd region),

Ulianivka town (Kirovograd region),

Shpitky village (Kyiv region),

Fastiv town (Kyiv region),

Derazhnya town (Khmelnytskyi region),

Polonne town (Khmelnytskyi region),

Radomyshl town (Zhytomyr region),

Piskivka town (Kyiv region).

Each local church holds the Word study services in the middle of a week according to the topics that are common for all the local “Salvation” churches.

Some of the local churches also have their own central services on Sundays. Others attend the central service held in the temple of the “Salvation” church situated in Vyshneve town.

Church Board

Each of nearly 50 local “Salvation” churches has its own church board which is headed by the church pastor. The church board consists of either the deacons or the pastors of the regions (one region can have up to 10 deacons).

A church board can settle the following matters: ratification of a church’s vision, the budget and all-church projects, laying on of hands and dismissal from order of pastors and deacons, ratification of the principal structures, services and the directions of a church’s development, ratification of the account and inspection committees, theological and questionable all-church issues, the right for the examination of the question about the ministry of the senior pastor. The decisions are made according to the agreement of the majority and the head of the board. If either the majority or the head of the board does not agree on a matter then the decision is considered invalid. 

Administrative Board

Besides the church board, each local “Salvation” church can also have its own administrative board which is the executive body of a church.

An administrative board settles the following matters: direct observance of the budget, purchases and building, giving employment and dismissals from office, the arrangement of the festive services, exploitation, signing of agreements, ratification of the established schedule, settling of current household questions, and ratification of the building projects. The decisions are made in the same way as those of the church board. The members of the administrative board are the pastor, accountant, administrator and other executives in case of need.

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