Teachers | Donetsk christian university

Sergei Solokha

Instructor of New Testament and Homiletics, 1998-present.
Coordinator of DCU extension program in Kharkov, 1996-1998.
Coordinator of DCU’s “Svet” Bible Study Program, 1998-2004.
Co-Academic Dean, 2002-2003.

Bachelor of Missiology, 1996 (Donetsk Christian University)

Sergei is from Kharkov, Ukraine. He is married and has two children. Sergei developed and ran the “School for Preachers” at DCU in 2006 to help local people in ministry improve their ability to preach. Sergei is currently pursuing a master of theology degree at the International Baptist Theological Seminary in Prague, Czech Republic. He began the program in 2003.

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Colleen Gingery

Missionary with International Teams.
Instructor of Theological English, 1997-present.

Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education, 1978 (University of Northern Colorado)
Master of Arts in Missions, 1985 (Denver Seminary)
Master of Arts in Curriculum Development and TESOL, 1998 (University of Colorado at Denver)

Colleen is from Denver, Colorado. She is married to Lawrence and has two children.

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Lawrence Gingery

Missionary with International Teams.
Instructor of Theological English, 1997-present.

Bachelor of Arts in English/Secondary Education, 1979 (Phillips University)
Master of Divinity, 1987 (Denver Seminary)
CELTA certification as teacher of Adults in ESL/EFL.

Lawrence is from Denver, Colorado. He is married to Colleen and has two children. Lawrence helps facilitate DCU’s Summer English Intensive Program.

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Yana Kruchkova

Head of the English Department 2005-present.
Instructor of English and Theological English, 1993-present.

Bachelor of Arts in English and Russian Language and Literature, 1992 (Gorlovka, Ukraine)
Master of Biblical Studies, 1999 (Moody Bible Institute)
- Translated into Russian: Larry Crabb’s “Understanding People” (Co-translator)

Yana is from Donetsk, Ukraine. Yana helped develop DCU’s Saturday English intensive program in 2005. Yana plans to begin doctoral work (Candidate Degree) in philological studies at Donetsk National University in 2006. She is interested in researching the Bible as literature for her degree.

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Vyacheslav Lytvynenko

Vyacheslav is from Druzhkovka, Ukraine. He is married and has three children. Vyacheslav is currently pursuing his doctoral studies in the area of Greek Patristics at the Evangelical Theological Faculty in Belgium through a part-time program. He began his studies in 2004.

• Teacher of Church History and Orthodox Theology, 2003-present.
• Lecturer of Systematic Theology at Donetsk Regional Bible College, 1999-2000.
• Translator, 1996-1998.

EDUCATION:

• Bachelor of Theology, 1996 (Donetsk Christian University).
• Master of Theology and Religious Studies, 2003 (Evangelical Theological Faculty, Leuven, Belgium). Master’s Thesis: The Doctrine of the Trinity in Gregory Palamas: An Attempt to a Systematic Exposition. (Thesis Advisor: Prof. Dr. Andreas J. Beck).

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Andrei Platovskiy

Assistant Instructor of Old Testament, 2007-present.

Bachelor of Theology, 2007 (Donetsk Christian University)

Andrei is from Dimitrova, Ukraine. Andrei is married and has one daughter. Andrei as a student and now as DCU staff has been involved on the committee for student life.

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Nadezhda Ruzhina

Instructor of Old Testament and Research Methods, 2003-present.

Bachelor of Theology, 2001 (St. Petersburg Christian University)
Master of Theology, 2005 (University of Wales, through St. Petersburg Christian University)

Nadezhda is from Zaporozhe, Ukraine. She has written DCU’s standards for written work and coordinates student diploma paper research.

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Taras Dyatlik

Academic Dean, 2006-present.
Instructor of Hermeneutics and New Testament Exegesis, 2005-present.
Instructor and Head Librarian, 1998-2002.

Bachelor of Theology, 1997 (Donetsk Christian University)

Master of Theology and Religious Studies, 2005 (Evangelical Theological Faculty, Leuven, Belgium)

- Master’s Thesis: “The phenomenon of conflation in the textual witnesses of the New Testament: a tentative search for conflation in the Epistle to Galatians”

- Translated into Russian: David Alan Black’s, “Using New Testament Greek in Ministry: A Practical Guide for Students and Pastors” and Don Fairbairn’s “Orthodoxy through Western Eyes”

Taras is from Rivne, in western Ukraine. He is married and has two children. Taras also worked as the academic dean at Rivne Bible College from 1997-1998. Taras plans to begin his doctoral studies in the area of New Testament textual criticism at the Evangelical Theological Faculty in Belgium through a part-time program in 2006.

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Igor Tararoshenko

Instructor of Practical Theology (2006-present)
Dean of Part-time and Certificate Programs (2006-present)
Student Dean (2002-2006)

Master of Arts in Intercultural Studies, 2007 (Nyack College)

Igor is from Donetsk, Ukraine. He is married and has two children. Igor helps coordinate Donetsk’s branch campus in Balakleya as well as certificate programs for preachers and Sunday school teachers on DCU’s campus.

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John White

Missionary with WorldVenture.
Instructor of Missiology and New Testament, 2002-present.
North American Director of Public Relations, 2003-present.

Bachelors of Science in Engineering in Operations Research, 1993 (Princeton University)
Masters of Divinity, Emphasis in Missions, 1999 (Trinity International University)
- Published article in Russian:
“Christian Responsibility to Reform Society: the example of William Wilberforce and the Clapham Sect”

John is from Downers Grove, Illinois.

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Olga Zaitseva

Missionary with Bible Centered Ministries, International.
Instructor of Greek and Hebrew, 2004-present.
Registrar 2008-present.

Bachelor of Arts in French Philology, 1998 (Udmurt State University)
Master of Arts in Biblical Studies, 2003 (Capital Bible Seminary)

Olga is from Izhevsk, Russia. She coordinated DCU’s Summer English Intensive Program in 2004. Olga often works with the Student Dean’s office, ministering to female students as well as to wives of staff and students.

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Viktor Zherdev

Instructor of Hermeneutics, Theology and Philosophy of Culture, 2003-present.

Bachelor of Theology, 2003 (Donetsk Christian University)
- Bachelor’s Thesis: “The Role of Mysticism in the Religious Conception of Protestantism”
- Other publications in Russian:
“Does Protestantism need Mysticism?”
“The Postmodernist Idea of the Death of the Subject and the Image of God”
“Tendencies of Modern Theology in the Interpretation of the Doctrine of the Trinity”
“The Gospel and Media”

Viktor is from Makeevka, Ukraine. Before beginning his studies at DCU, Viktor worked as a radio-electronic technician. Viktor is now pursuing a bachelor of philosophy degree at Eastern Ukrainian National University part-time. His interests include modern theology and its relationship with philosophy, science, and modern culture.

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Rostislav Tkachenko

Assistant Instructor of Historical and Dogmatic Theology, 2007 – present.

English to Russian translator and interpreter for the American and European visiting professors at DCU, 2007 – present.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Theology (B.Th.), 2008 (Donetsk Christian University).
Thesis title: “Luther's Theology of the 'Scripture-Tradition' Correlation in the Context of Medieval and Post-Reformational Developments”

GENERAL INFORMATION

Rostislav is from the town of Snyezhnoye, in the Donetsk region, where he was born and brought up in a Christian family. After graduating from DCU, he married and has continued to work at the university as a staff member. He is also involved in ministry at the “Holy Trinity Church” of Donetsk as a preacher.

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Personal Blog: http://rostislav-tkachenko.blogspot.com