Marina Alexandrovna Bakuta, М.А.
Among this teacher’s courses: Philosophy of Christian Education; Child Evangelism; Biblical Principles of Marriage and Family; Organizing Children’s Ministry; Psychology; Preparing and Conducting a Bible Lesson.
Zaporozhye Bible College, 1996. Columbia International University, 2005: М.А.
Marina Alexandrovna is director of children’s and youth ministries in a Zaporozhye ECB church.
Maxim Victorovich Belov
Maxim directs the school’s part-time education department. Among the courses Maxim teaches are: Evangelism; Spiritual Growth and Discipleship; Methodology of Working with Pre-Schoolers, Elementary Age and Adolescents; Preparing and Conducting a Bible Lesson.
Zaporozhye Bible College and Seminary, 2009: Bachelor of Christian Education. Zaporozhye Pedagogical College, 2010. Zaporozhye National University, 2015: Master of Social Pedagogy.
Maxim Victorovich carries out deacon’s ministry and is director of ministry to children and adolescents in a Zaporozhye region ECB church.
Vadim Victorovich Biryukov
Vadim Victorovich is ZBCS Dean of Students, and director of the school’s distance education program.
Zaporozhye Technical University, 2000. Zaporozhye Bible College and Seminary,2007: B.Th.
Vadim Victorovich carries out deacon’s ministry in the central ECB church in the city of Zaporozhye. He also leads the church’s group Bible study for adolescents.
Vladimir Ivanovich Gorbenko, Th.M.
Vladimir Ivanovich is Academic Dean. Among the courses he teaches are: Hermeneutics; New Testament Greek; Research Methodology; various courses on the New Testament.
Zaporozhye Technical University, 1997. Tyndale Theological Seminary, Netherlands, 2001: M. Div. Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, 2004: Th.M. Dragomanov National Pedagogical University, 2013 to present: doctoral studies. Vladimir Ivanovich also serves as pastor of an ECB church in Zaporozhye.
Vladimir Alexeyevich Degtyaryov, D. Min.
President of ZBCS, teacher of systematic theology.
Zaporozhye Bible College,1997. Columbia International University, SouthCarolina,2001:M.A.
Baptist Bible Seminary, Pennsylvania, 2007: D. Min.
Vladimir Alexeyevich is also a church pastor and auxiliary for education to the senior pastor of the Zaporozhye regional union of ECB churches.
Andrei Mikhailovich Konovalchuk, M.Div.
Teacher of Old Testament and Homiletics.
Columbia International University, South Carolina, 2001: M.A. Moscow Theological Seminary, 1999: M. Div.
Andrei Mikhailovich is pastor of education at the central ECB churchin the city of Zaporozhye.
Yeveniy Olegovich L’vov, M.A.
Yevgeniy Olegovich teaches New Testament, Systematic Theolgy, and Bible Study and Teaching Methods.
Zaporozhye Technical College of Construction, 1990. Zaporozhye Bible College, 1997. Columbia International University, South Carolina, 2001: М.А.
Yevgeniy Olegovich carries out deacon’s ministry in a Zaporozhye ECB church.
Eduard Petrovich Petrov, M.A.
Teacher of New Testament and Missiology.
Zaporozhye Technical College of Construction,1989. Zaporozhye Bible College,1997. Columbia International University, South Carolina, 2001: М.А. 2001.
Eduard Petrovich is pastor of an ECB church, in the town of Balabino, Zaporozhye region. He is also first auxiliary to the senior pastor of the Zaporozhye regional union of ECB churches.
Kenneth M. Sears, M.Div.
Teacher of Hermeneutics; Old Testament Hebrew; English; and Research Methodology.
Adelphi University, New York, 1979: В.F.А. Evangelical School of Theology, Pennsylvania, 1990: M.Div.
Kenneth Sears has served as a missionary in Ukraine since 1995, carrying out a variety of ministries as teacher and administrator at ZBCS and as an elder in a local ECB church.
VISITING/ADJUNCT TEACHERS:
Philip A. Gottschalk, Ph.D.
Coordinator of ZBCS MTh program.
BA 1980 The Pennsylvania State University, Russian language MDiv 1984 Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield,IL. MA 1997 & PhD 2005 University of Leuven, Belgium.
Serves with Tyndale Theological Seminary, the Netherlands, as Chair of the Division of Theological and Historical Studies and as Associate Professor of Philosophy and Apologetics
Sergei Vladimirovich Sizonenko Teacher of Church History; Bibliology; Homiletics. Zaporozhye Bible College, 1997. Currently enrolled in the Th.M. program at International Baptist Theological Seminary. Sergei Vladimirovich is pastor of the central ECB church of the city of Dnepropetrovsk.
ZBS Staff:
Vice-rector of Administrative Affairs – Yevgeniy Georgiyevich Kalinichenko.
Accountant – Liliya Nikolayevna Shmatko
Registrar – Nina Nikolayevna Kalinichenko
Librarian – Victor Vasilyevich Kuleshov
Secretary – Svetlana Vasilyevna Konovalchuk
Systems Administrator –
Facilities Maintenance Manager – Sergei Ivanovich Savchenko