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Stephen and Vanessa Pomeroy & Family
Stephen and Vanessa Pomeroy grew up in Seattle, Washington. They met at the end of their Junior year of High School. Vanessa, and her family played a big part in Stephen’s returning to the Lord, as they re-introduced him to his loving Savior. After high school the two attended Calvary Chapel Bible College in Indianapolis where they grew in the grace and knowledge of Jesus Christ. After Stephen graduated he spent one year as an intern at the Bible college where he continued to grow in his understanding that life is all about knowing Jesus, the power of the Holy Spirit, the grace of God and practical daily service for the Lord. At the finish of the internship and Vanessa’s graduation from Bible College the two where married. They continued to live in Indianapolis; Stephen worked on staff at Horizon Christian Fellowship, and Vanessa at Starbucks.

During his time on staff at Horizon Stephen sensed the Lord leading them on, not sure exactly what that meant, continued to pray and talk to his pastor concerning this leading from the Lord. The Lord eventually lead the Pomeroy’s to serve along side friend and mentor Billy Brandle in Kharkiv, Ukraine. They spent 1 year in Kharkiv before returning to America to have their first child. During the time in the States Stephen worked and they prayed about what the Lord would have for them. After only a few month they sensed the Lord was telling them to return to Ukraine to serve. On April 1st the Pomeroy’s landed in Ukraine, and as they where in the way the Lord led them back to Kharkiv to serve. The founding pastor of Calvary Chapel Kharkiv and his family made plans to return to America, and stay. The Lord made it very clear to both Billy and Stephen that Stephen was to take over for Billy. The congregation was going through the gospel of Luke at the time of the transition, Stephen picked up where Billy left off in Luke and continued to teach through the Bible.

Stephen’s heart and vision for ministry is to simply teach the Word of God simply, his goal and hearts desire is to be able to say like Paul, “I have not shunned to declare unto you the whole counsel of God.” Through the teaching and sharing of the Word of grace (Acts 20:32) the ministry in Kharkiv is one of building up, edifying and people growing in the grace and knowledge of their savior. Kharkiv has a population of roughly 2 million people and almost a quart of the population is made up of college student, many of which are from all around the world. The prayer for this church is that the people would walk in the constant awareness of God’s presence in their lives and that they would be filled with the knowledge of His love for them.

Personal Homepage: www.thepomeroys.org

~ Stephen, Vanessa, Stephen and Joelle Pomeroy
serving with Calvary Chapel Mission: Ukraine ~