EDUARD KHEGAY

Eduard Khegay was born (1970) and grew up in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, Soviet Union. He studied at the Bauman Moscow Technical University and majored in Mechanical Hydraulic Engineering. He became a Christian through the missionary work of Jonathan Park during his years at University and went on to study at Moscow United Methodist Theological Seminary, which he graduated in 1996.

During 1990s Eduard served as a leader of the college student ministries at Moscow Central UMC and pastor of the First UMC in St. Petersburg. In 2000s he served as director of church development of the Russia UMC, pastor of Aspiration UMC and district superintendent of St.Petersburg district, pastor of Raduga ministry of Moscow UMC, assistant to the Bishop Hans Vaxby, and district superintendent of Central Asia. In October 2012 Eduard was elected a bishop of Eurasia Episcopal Area of the United Methodist Church. He received his Master of Divinity degree from Candler School of Theology, Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia in 2001 and Doctor of Ministry degree from Wesley Seminary in Washington, DC in 2010. Eduard is married to Viktoria Nogay and they have two daughters, Liudmila and Lydia. They live in Moscow, Russia. 


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