Embassy of God

A New Name

God has given this church a new name - "The Embassy of the Blessed Kingdom of God for All Nations".

God desires to reveal Himself to people and to establish His Kingdom on earth in order to change everybody’s life for the better. But He always starts with small things.

That’s why on February 6, 1994, seven people got together in one apartment in Kiev to worship the Lord and to know His Word. They didn’t even have an idea that they were laying the foundation for one of the biggest churches in Europe.

This was the beginning of the Word of Faith Church, which in ten years would have about 20,000 members and more than one million people receive Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.

On September 12, 1994 the church was officially registered at Kiev City Administration.

God has a big vision for His church: from growing a strong church with thousands of members out of a handful of people who will take the Gospel into all the world (primarily into China and Arab countries) and will make all nations disciples of Jesus Christ, establishing His Kingdom on the Earth.

God found a man with the potential for making this church’s vision a reality. He called Sunday Adelaja from Nigeria to serve Him in Ukraine. Right now Pastor Sunday has an international apostolic ministry, helping plant new Christian churches in Ukraine and other countries as well.

FACTS AND STATISTICS EMBASSY OF GOD

* Over one million salvations in the first 8 years.

* Over 600 churches planted in over 45 countries.

* Three thousand leaders ministering in the Kyiv church.

* 40 services held weekly in the Kyiv church (in various auditoriums).

* One thousand salvations recorded monthly in the Embassy of God’s Central Church (over 10 thousand per year).

* Although African, Pastor Sunday pastors a congregation of 25,000 members in the city of Kyiv of which 99% are white Europeans, showing that cross-cultural evangelism is still a reality in the 21 century.

* Between 1-2 thousand people fed daily in the church’s "Stephania Soup Kitchen" (almost two million people fed over the past 6 years).

* Over 3,000 people set free from drug and alcohol addiction.

* There are homes for street and abandoned children (where over 2000 children have been restored to their families).

* The Embassy of God television ministry reaches over 100 million homes across Europe, Africa and Russia.

* Political and Senate leaders are members of and attend the church regularly.

* The Embassy of God is unswervingly implicated in the transformation of all strata of society; church members are involved in schools, factories, banks and other social groups of society.

* Thousands of mafia members have come to the Lord through the activities of the Embassy of God.

* The church’s hot-line has counseled over 70 thousand people, of which 1,500 are now church members.

* Pastor Sunday has written over 80 books.

* The Embassy of God is embarking on building a 10-15 thousand seat auditorium in Kyiv, the first of its kind in Europe.

* Established 13 years ago, the Embassy of God is now the largest Evangelical Charismatic church in all of Europe.

A Fresh Portrait: Pastor Sunday Adelaja

Sunday Adelaja, born and raised in Nigeria is today the senior pastor and founder of what is considered by church growth experts as the biggest and fastest growing church in Europe.

The Embassy of God church is situated in Kiev, and has 600 daughter churches in different parts of Ukraine, Europe and over 45 countries of the world.

Pastor Sunday, as he now fondly named, came to Eastern Europe more than 21years ago to study journalism, but later felt called by God to plant a church that would one day become a mega church of over 25 000 people.

Although he is a Nigerian man, he successfully pastors a congregation consisting of 99% white Europeans in a racially sensitive country.

Pastor Sunday studied the Russian language in 9 short months and speaks, preaches and teaches in Russian fluently today.
 
By age 33, he had successfully built the largest charismatic church in Europe, having started with only 7 alcoholics and drug addicts in a small apartment in downtown Kiev, 1994. Since then he has commissioned the planting of more than 600 churches in over 45 different countries of the world, and has been instrumental in starting over 300 rehab centres for drug addicts and alcoholics, situated all over Ukraine and Russia.

The Embassy of God church, now 13 years old celebrates the results of more than 5000 former addicts restored back to normal society, stopping with crime to become respectable citizens and leaders in society - holding down jobs and starting families of their own.

1 000 to 2 000 people are fed daily at feeding centres in Kyiv, and 100s of homeless people have been taken off the street and taught skills, also being restored back to normal life and work.

Over 2000 children have been helped off the street, and are being instituted back to their families.

Pastor Sunday recently started and organisation for businessmen, “CLUB 1000” where Biblical principles of integrity and honesty are taught in an attempt to deliver the country of mafia and criminal based business.

The work that Pastor Sunday has dedicated his life to doing has profoundly impacted Ukraine for the better, also extending to more than 20 other countries of the world. He painstakingly set his heart to training over 5000 leaders who now continue this work in these different parts of the world.

Out of 25 000 people, several thousands testify of a restored family life, leading to further stability in the country.

The church runs a 24 Hour Hotline where 100 000 people to date have called in for help – many of these being rescued from suicide, family problems and numerous other difficulties.

Having in his heart to bring global change and relief, he has now started a new ministry that will reform and revolutionize the presupposed format of the western church, who will be effective in reaching out and touching the lives of hurting people in every sphere of society. This ministry is accurately named Churchshift and will be instituted first in the USA, then to Europe and the rest of the world.

Pastor Sunday has also invested in helping the church in Europe to thrive instead of dwindle, as it has done for decades.

All of this started some years ago when a young Sunday had an encounter with Jesus, and this changed his life forever. It moved him to begin living his life by Biblical principles and with real purpose. He felt that if God could forgive him of his sins, then he wanted others to know this same freedom.

He was raised by his grandmother, but she died before he could apologize for his unruly, stubborn behaviour while growing up. After her death, decided to compensate by doing his best to touch and uplift others, because he might not have a second chance to help if not today, as he didn’t have a second chance with his grandmother.

Pastor Sunday Adelaja is a unique and passionate man who has proven that not all Nigerians are unscrupulous, but that there are those who are honourable, sincere and genuine.

Although he grew up in poverty in Africa, today he plays an active role in the political and social life of Ukraine, and is acknowledged by world political leaders such as Bill Clinton, Ariel Sharon, Olusegun Obasanjo - former Nigerian President.

He is also recognized as an influencing factor in political change in Ukraine, called the Orange Revolution.

Pastor Sunday was honored to open the U.S. Senate in prayer April 23rd, 2007 and also to speak at the United Nations on August 23rd, 2007.
 
World leading media agents have reported on his work, such as Reuters, Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, BBC, Forbes, and others.