About Four In The Fire Russia Ministries, Inc.
We are a non-profit whose only mission is to take the Gospel of Jesus Christ to Russia.
Four in the Fire Russia Ministries, Inc.will be applying for 501(c)(3) tax exempt status as of April 2008.The people of
Four in the Fire Russia Ministries, Inc. are Stephanie Nelms, Andy Nelms, David Hickey and Kelly Hickey.
All four of us have traveled to Russia multiple times and all four of us are members of the Board of Directors of
Four in the Fire Russia Ministries, Inc.
We travel to Russia every year to teach and
preach about Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. We have worked with a Russian pastor whose
name is Vladimir (Volodya) Kochelev, and his wife Nadehzda (Nadya) Kochelev. They
live in the town of Alexandrov about 100 miles east of Moscow and they preach and teach in the nearby town
of Karabanovo. However, as of 2007 we will be working all over Russia with any evangelical church that can use our help.
Our purpose is to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with the Russian people throuhg VBSs and ESL classes as well as Bible studies. We are not a social ministry though we do give support from time to time to various ministries in Russia.
David and Kelly Kickey joined us on their first trip in 2005 and returned to Russia with us again in December of 2006, with Kelly serving as the VBS Director. In March of 2007 Kelly and David both joined us as directors of Four in The Fire Russia Ministries.
We give all the praise to Jesus for all that He has accomplished through our work in Russia. We invite you to join us on our next trip.
Our
name,
Four in the Fire Russia Ministries, Inc., comes from the Bible, in the old
testament and the story of Meshach, Shadrach and Abednego (of course you know these were not their
Jewish names). These three young Jewish boys along with Daniel and 66 other boys had been captured by King Nebuchadnezzar, the Babylonian
king, in 605 BC and taken back to Babylon.
They were told to bow down and worship a statue that Nebuchadnezzar had
caused to be built. The boys refused to do so and the penalty was to be
thrown into the fiery furnace heated seven times hotter than normal. 
After
the three boys were thrown into the fiery furnace the king looked in and
said, "Look! I see four men loosed and walking about in the midst of the
fire without harm, and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the
gods!" Daniel 3:25 (NASB). To read the rest of the story read
chapter 3 of Daniel or begin in chapter 1 to start with the capture of the
boys.
In the end, King Nebuchadnezzar did find God and I believe
old Neb is in heaven now. See how he found God in chapter 4 of Daniel. By the way, do you know
who that fourth person was who was in the fire with them. First hint: it was not an angel. Second
hint: read John 1:1-3.
Sincerely,
Andy and Stephanie Nelms
David and Kelly Hickey