SAINT-PETERSBURG – EMPOWERED 2023 — the annual Youth Conference in the Northwest Federal District — took place on November 17–18 and was attended by 470 young people from St. Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast, Kaliningrad, Arkhangelsk, Sortavala, Pskov, Moscow, Perm, Cherepovets, Murmansk, and other Russian cities. It was organized by the Northwest Regional Association.
Youth Conference EMPOWERED is a place of strength, renewal, exchange of experience, new acquaintances and inspiration. For two days the Lord spoke to the hearts of young people in a special way, opened new horizons and called them to ministry. The main message of this year was “Seeing the Invisible”.
Bishops Alexander Tsvetkov and Alexander Kalinin, youth ministry leader Alexander Khudyakov, youth ministry coordinators Dmitry Dolgopolov, Anna Shpakova, Sergey Luzyanov, Stefan Volkov, Alina Motsio, Maxim Zakharov shared their messages at the conference.
In addition to the main sessions there were mastermind groups, a talk show on topical issues and a praise and worship night with Karen Karagyan.
Two worship teams took part in the conference: the youth worship team of the New Covenant Church from Arkhangelsk and the worship team of the Awakening Church from Cherepovets.
The Russian Church of Christians of Evangelical Faith
