E.C. Veles
Our Evangelical Church – Veles was founded in the late 90s and over the years we have developed into an active and dedicated Christian community. Today, under the leadership of our pastor Filip Ivanov, we organize worship services, prayer meetings, religious education for children and youth classes. Pastor Filip, who is a graduate in theology, has served on five continents and has started significant projects, such as an orphanage and schools in Uganda. We maintain our activities at the current location while we believe and pray for the construction of our own church building.
Details about the church
The Evangelical Church in Veles was started in the late 1990s. Initially led by elders, after several years and significant growth, the Evangelical Church - Veles was ordained as pastor by the graduated theologian Dragan Manev, who led the church until the beginning of 2017. In the meantime, in May 2016, Filip Ivanov was ordained as pastor and continues to lead the church. Over the years, the church has changed several locations where it holds its services, and for the last few years it has maintained its activities in the place where it is now, until it built its own church building/temple.
For the pastor
The pastor of the Evangelical Church in Veles is Filip Ivanov. Filip was born in 1989 in Veles, where he completed his secondary school education. After his conversion from atheism to faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, in 2006, he became part of and an active member of the Evangelical Church. After several years of spiritual service and work among the youth in Veles, Štip and Negotino, he left for further education in England where he studied applied theology at the "International Bible Institute" near London. After graduating in 2011, he returned to Veles, and in addition to active service in Macedonia, he traveled and served in a dozen other countries on five continents. The most prominent is his service in Africa, specifically in Uganda, where he started an orphanage with 40 children and two schools with more than 200 children. Since May 2016, Filip has been ordained as pastor of the Evangelical Church in Veles, where he remains and works to this day.