The Evangel Theological University (ETU), a premier educational institution, was founded by the Ukrainian Pentecostal church, the Assemblies of God USA, and the National Slavic District of the Assemblies of God. Through its higher education system, ETU provides quality education, equipping students and members of evangelical churches in Ukraine and worldwide with essential knowledge, practical guidance, highly accredited and recognized diplomas, and evangelical values. The aim is to train professional ministers, leaders, teachers, preachers, scholars, and qualified workers who can positively impact the development of the modern church, establish new churches, create spiritual educational institutions, shape an evangelical worldview, and bring evangelical values into society. These individuals will serve professionally as God’s ministers, influencing Ukraine and beyond in various spheres of social and public service. (More about ETU’s vision, mission, and goals.)

Located in Kyiv, Ukraine, ETU was established in 2000 by the Assemblies of God USA and the International Assembly of Christians of Evangelical Faith (IACEF) as a leading institution in the post-Soviet region for higher theological education. It prepares professional clergy, preachers, pastors, missionaries, educators, and religious scholars to serve in modern society with a high level of evangelical Christian theological education among evangelical Christians in Ukraine, the CIS, Central Asia, Western and Eastern Europe, and the USA.

ETU is a higher theological educational institution offering programs accredited at the level of religious educational institutions in Ukraine, with diplomas recognized by the state and the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine. Additionally, ETU offers programs accredited by the alliance of higher educational institutions of the Assemblies of God in the USA.

ETU is God’s response to the vision and dreams of the Ukrainian Pentecostal Church, Assemblies of God USA, and the International Assembly of Christians of Evangelical Faith in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and the Far East. Key evangelical leaders recognized the need for an educational institution providing advanced theological education at the master’s and doctoral levels, offering quality training for professional ministers, teachers, and theologians to equip evangelical churches worldwide.

In 1997, during a meeting of evangelical associations and churches in Ukraine, initiated by President Leonid Kuchma, evangelical church representatives appealed to the president to facilitate the allocation of land for the construction of a seminary in Kyiv.

Through collaboration between the All-Ukrainian Union of Churches of Christians of Evangelical Faith (now the Ukrainian Pentecostal Church) and the Kyiv City State Administration, a plot of land was allocated in one of Kyiv’s central districts, near the Holosiivska metro station in the Holosiivskyi district.

Construction of the seminary building and the “Philadelphia” Christian church began in 1998 and lasted 2.5 years, during which God miraculously blessed and supported the project with finances and wisdom.

In 2000, ETU opened its doors to its first students, fulfilling the Assemblies of God USA’s dream of establishing a significant and influential seminary in Ukraine.

For over 25 years, ETU has carried out its ministry and expanded its influence in Ukraine, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and the Far East. ETU graduates are a testament to the ongoing work of this evangelical theological seminary, sustained by God’s blessing and a grand vision to proclaim hope and salvation in the name of Jesus Christ.

The first president of ETU was Frank Martin, one of the initial directors of the Assemblies of God USA in Eastern Europe.

Since 2000, ETU has held 20 graduations, with over 1,000 graduates from Moldova, Ukraine, Russia, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Latvia, Lithuania, Germany, the USA, Canada, Belarus, France, Poland, Austria, Romania, and other regions. These graduates are now key leaders in building the modern church of Jesus Christ and spreading His kingdom across generations.

As of September 2023, ETU transitioned from being under the International Assembly of Christians of Evangelical Faith, one of its founders, to becoming an integral part of the Ukrainian Church of Christians of Evangelical Faith and the Assemblies of God USA.

Since 1999, ETU’s presidents have included Frank Martin, David Nelson, Solomon Wong, Arnold Lastinger, and Vasyl Voytovych. (More details about ETU presidents.)

Since 2022, Igor Semenyuk has served as the president of ETU.

Today, ETU collaborates with prominent state universities in Ukraine in the field of higher theological education, international partner universities, the education department of the Assemblies of God USA, and the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.