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Our
worship services take place in the Fellowship Hall
of Bethesda Presbyterian Church (entrance from the back)
located at 808 Red Lion Rd.
(between Bustleton Ave and Varee Rd.)
Saturdays
5:00pm
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Rev. Ilya Berdichevsky is a Russian Jew who was born in Samarkand, Uzbekistan (an ancient Muslim city in Central Asia) and immigrated to the U.S. in 1992. He is fluent in Russian and English and has a good comprehension of Hebrew. His wife, Pnina, is an Israeli believer; they have two children: a girl, Lana, and a boy, Oren. Rev. Berdichevsky is a congregational planter and a staff worker with Chosen People Ministries. He holds the M.Div. degree from Reformed Theological Seminary and the M.Phil degree in Bible Interpretation from Stellenbosch University. Even though his primary field of ministry is in Philadelphia (home of 110,000 Russian-speaking immigrants from the former Soviet Union), he also teaches in Russian twice a year at Israel Theological Seminary in Tel Aviv. |
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Rev. Fred Klett came to faith in Messiah while in college. He earned his master's degree from Westminster Theological Seminary and now directs CHAIM, an organization committed to reaching out to the Jewish community, as well as teaching Christians about Jewish issues. Rev. Klett served for four years as the North American coordiantor of the Lausanne Consultation on Jewish Evangelism. He has also taught courses at several seminaries, including Westminster East and West and Reformed Theological Seminary. Fred and his wife Jean were married in 1978, and have been blessed with three children. |