NEW PASTOR

INTRODUCING OUR NEW PASTOR, 

BRONISLAV ZILKOVSKI and WIFE, DINA

On April 30, I had an unplanned meeting with Pastor Bronislav Zilkovski in his office. We discussed how our church plant was coming along and then I asked him what his plans were, since he was stepping down as Senior Pastor for the Odessa Region Churches. He had served two years as assistant to the Senior Pastor and the past eight years as Senior Pastor. After he explained several opportunities that were possible for him, I blurted out, “Would you consider being the pastor of the Ascent Church?”

He looked at me with surprise and said he would pray about it with his family. About a week later, he told me that he and his wife and children were all in agreement to come and serve with us, if it was God’s will.

Praise the Lord! This past Sunday, June 6th, we called Bronislav to be our pastor.  Our church and all of you have been praying for eight months for God to send us a pastor. We never thought or imagined that God was preparing for us such a loving, kind and experienced good shepherd.

Pastor Bronislav and Dina have five children – four sons and one daughter. Their oldest son, Arthur, is 23. Reuben is 21. Bajenna is 15 (soon to be 16 she tells me). Mark is 8 and Phillip, the youngest, just turned 7.

Pray with us during this time of excitement and change as we begin to work together with our new pastor and his family. Pray that God’s Spirit will work in us and through us to reach the lost people in our community. Five years ago, in July 2005, Pastor Bronislav asked our church plant team to organize a church in the “’Field of Miracles.” I believe exciting days are ahead for our church.