This article is about a church leader pastor Andrei Shapovalov. From this article we can learn about the biography of the preacher, about the milestones of life, his path to fame, the opening of the church and preaching around the world. We will also talk about the Shapovalov family and emigration to the United States.
Biography of Andrei Shapovalov - pastor of the Transformation Center church
Shapovalov was born in 1974 on November 7 in Ukraine, in the city of Zaporozhye. When Andrei was 17 years old, he emigrated to the United States of America under the program (child of faithful parents). Shapovalova was brought up only by her mother, she divorced her father at an early age of Andrei. Andrew settled in Everett, Washington, DC. During the year after emigration, a lot of troubles occurred in the life of Shapovalov related to car accidents, of which there were five.
The heart of the young man was alarmed by many questions about life and death and about why such accidents happen to him. After the last fifth accident, which was very serious, Andrei considered that he could no longer survive such car accidents, during this period of time he worked at the supermarket as a packer and packer. After a year of living in the city of Everett, Andrei went to church to repent and give himself to the service of the Lord God. In 1993, Shapovalov graduated from the Effafa Bible School. By the way, Andrew led to the service of God many of his friends who had problems with the law and drugs.
Two years later, in 1995, Andrei Shapovalov married the girl Svetlana, with whom he still lives in a strong marriage and preaches. In the period from 1993 to 2005, Andrei made many attempts to open his bible school, various home groups and churches, but from time to time the attempts failed. After all the failures Andrei suffered, he decided not to try to open his church again.
In 2000, Andrei Shapovalov and his wife Svetlana became members of the American Church, in which they received a lot in spiritual terms, but did not give anything, and this did not suit Shapovalov, he felt indebted to God. In addition, at this time Andrei had a big argument with his mother, on the basis of what he no longer wants to preach. After a quarrel, they did not communicate for two years.
Andrey's path to the opening of the church
At the beginning of 2004, according to Andrey Shapovalov, God turned to him and said that it was time to pay the Lord for everything that he had done for him. The first thing the Lord asked him to do was to lose all his worldly preferences, the second to tell his wife about his past, the third to clear all his bank accounts and send them out to those in need, the fourth to hold a forty-day post and, finally, the fifth to give his collectible car "Porsche" 911 model, which was very dear to its owner. Andrei overcame all these trials, and after one of his unremarkable days, his wife had a dream in which her husband was able to create his church and unite thousands of people under her roof. Svetlana told her husband that he would see what he dreamed about.
Opening of the Transformation Center Church
In 2005, a new chapter began in the life of the Shapovalov family, they managed to open a church that exists to this day and unites under its wing about five hundred thousand people of different racial and linguistic affiliations. Pastor Andrei Shapovalov has formed a very powerful help center for people called the Center for the Transformation of the International Church. It is based in Seattle, Washington.
Since the landmark 2005, Andrei Shapovalov has been actively preaching and traveling around the world with his sermons, gathering huge halls of people. He also opened another church in Oregon, in Portland.
If you read the various Russian-language forums about this person, we can conclude that the reviews about Andrei Shapovalov are ambiguous. Some call him overly charismatic, with a rather aggressive presentation and neo-Christian manners, but there are also people who like his sermons.
