The Rev. Dr. John Kovalchuk elected president of Ukrainian Evangelical Baptist Convention (10/10/99)

The Rev. Dr. John Kovalchuk elected president of Ukrainian Evangelical Baptist Convention

LEVITTOWN, Pa. - The Rev. Dr. John Kovalchuk of Harrisburg, Pa., has been elected president of the Ukrainian Evangelical Baptist Convention in the United States.

The election was held Saturday, September 4, at the First Ukrainian Evangelical Baptist Church in Levittown, Pa., during the group's 54th annual conference.

Elected as vice-presidents were the Rev. Victor Shvetz, pastor of the First Ukrainian Evangelical Christian Baptist Church of Sacramento, Calif., and the Rev. Avdiy Chripczuk, pastor of the Levittown church.

The secretary is the Rev. Anatoly Moshkovsky, pastor of the Ukrainian Evangelical Baptist Church in Crum Lynne, Pa. The treasurer is the Rev. Michael Jakubovich, pastor of the Ukrainian Baptist Church in Manchester, N.H.

Others elected to the executive board include the Rev. Dr. Volodymyr Domashovetz, pastor of the Ukrainian Baptist Church in Livingston, N.J., as editor-in-chief of The Messenger of Truth magazine; the Rev. Dr. Wasyl Kravchuk, assistant pastor of the Crum Lynne parish, as assistant secretary; the Rev. Dmitro Login, pastor of the First Ukrainian Evangelical Baptist Church in Philadelphia, as assistant treasurer; and the Rev. Aleksandr Kalinin, pastor of the Ukrainian Baptist Church in Berwyn, Ill., as a member.

All the terms of office are three years.

The women's fellowship elected as its president Ella Jakubovich of Winthrop, Maine.

The youth association elected as its president Leo Letushko, leader of the youth group at the Ukrainian Baptist Church Home of the Gospel in Vineland, N.J.

As a minister, the Rev. Kovalchuk has served as a pastor, choir director, editor and college lecturer. He is currently the state language director for Pennsylvania and South Jersey of the Southern Baptist Convention.

At the conference it was pointed out that the Ukrainian Evangelical Baptist Convention is supporting 46 missionaries in Ukraine, with a goal of at least two missionaries per oblast. The UEBC also has helped finance the construction of dozens of church buildings in Ukraine.

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