This article is about the church figure Pastor Andrey Shapovalov. From this article, we will be able to learn about the biography of the preacher, about life's milestones, his path to fame, opening a church and preaching around the world. We will also talk about the Shapovalov family and emigration to the USA.
Biography of Andrey Shapovalov - pastor of the Church "Transformation Center"
Shapovalov was born in 1974 on November 7th in Ukraine, in the city of Zaporozhye. When Andrei was 17 years old, he emigrated to the United States of America under the program (the child of believing parents). Shapovalov was brought up only by her mother, she divorced her father at an early age of Andrei. Andrew settled in the city of Everett, Washington, DC. During the year after emigration, Shapovalov's life was full of troubles associated with car accidents, of which there were five.
The young man's heart was disturbed by many questions about life and death and why such accidents happen to him. After the last fifth accident, which was very serious, Andrei considered that he would no longer be able to survive such car accidents, during this period of time he workedin a supermarket as a packer and packer. After a year of living in the city of Everett, Andrei went to church to repent and give himself to the service of the Lord God. In 1993, Shapovalov graduated from the Effafa Bible School. By the way, Andrei brought to the service of God many of his friends who had problems with the law and drugs.
Two years later, in 1995, Andrei Shapovalov married a girl, Svetlana, with whom he still lives in a strong marriage and preaches. In the period from 1993 to 2005, Andrei made many attempts to open his own Bible school, various home groups and churches, but from time to time the attempts failed. After all the failures Andrei endured, he decided not to try to open his own church again.
In 2000, Andrei Shapovalov and his wife Svetlana became members of the American Church, in which they received a lot spiritually, but gave nothing away, and this did not suit Shapovalov, he felt indebted to God. In addition, at this time, Andrei had a strong quarrel with his mother, on the grounds that he no longer wanted to preach. After a quarrel, they did not communicate for two years.
Andrey's path to opening a church
At the beginning of 2004, according to Andrei Shapovalov, God turned to him and said that the time had come to repay the Lord for everything he had done for him. The first thing the Lord asked of him was to lose all his worldly addictions, the second was to tell his wife about his past, the third was to clear all his bank accounts and send them to those in need, the fourth -to spend a forty-day fast and, finally, the fifth - to give away my collectible Porsche 911 model, which was very dear to its owner. Andrei overcame all these trials, and after one of the unremarkable days his wife had a dream in which her husband was able to create his own church and unite thousands of people under its roof. Svetlana told her husband that he would see what he dreamed of.
Opening of the Church "Transformation Center"
In 2005, a new chapter began in the life of the Shapovalov family, they managed to open a church that exists to this day and unites under its wing about five hundred thousand people of different racial and linguistic affiliations. Pastor Andrey Shapovalov has formed a very powerful help center for people, which is called the Center for the Transformation of the International Church. It is based in Seattle, Washington.
Starting from the landmark year 2005, Andrey Shapovalov actively preaches and travels around the world with his sermons, gathering huge halls of people. He also opened another church in Oregon, in the city of Portland.
If you read various Russian-language forums about this person, we can conclude that the reviews about Andrei Shapovalov are ambiguous. Some people call him overly charismatic, with a rather aggressive delivery and neo-Christian manners, but there are those who like his sermons.
What the pastor is currently doing
Today the pastorAndrei Shapovalov and his wife Svetlana have three children. He actively preaches around the world in different parts of it, and also appears on television. With pastor Andrei, various talk shows are often released in which he is engaged in his traditional activities. Since this "Church of the covenant" has its own website, people from different states and other countries actively visit it, thus forming another church of the pastor's beliefs on the Internet. The preacher is currently 44 years old and has a long way to go.
