International Theological Education Ministries, Inc.

Lithuanians are open and hospitable. Straight professional questions receive straight answers. Business cards are used widely and shaking hands is the common form of greeting and farewell. Most Lithuanians are punctual - being late for a meeting can be a bad start. It's polite to round up bills in bars and restaurants although you should check your bill to see if service is included before doing so. Lithuanian-Russian relations are not as tense as those between Estonians and Latvians and Russians, although care should be taken when discussing Russia and its role in the region. Lithuanians also dislike being described as members of the Baltic states, rather than Lithuanian.

 

 

 

 

 

Rev. Algimantas recognizes that with religious freedoms comes the responsibility to guard God’s people from false teachings, and the only way to do this is through sound biblical teaching and preaching (on photo: a church service in the Reformed community in Papilys, Lithuania).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pastor Algimantas and his wife Zita, an ER Pediatrics surgeon, discussing the future of Reformed Church in Lithuania during a meeting with Dr. R. David Ludwick in Vilnius, Lithuania.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rev. Algimantas Kvedaravicius meeting with various dignitaries and denominational representatives at the synodical meeting of the Evangelical Reformed Church of Llithuania - Unitas Lithuaniae (ERCL-UL).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rev. Algimantas Kvedaravicius, one of ERCL-UL denomination’s licentants, Dr. Ludwick and John Lewis discuss the future of theological education in Lithuania in practical terms.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vilnius, 1993 - interior of the church building after the communist depression. Much work needed to go into the reconstruction, much love too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Teaching Elder John Lewis teaching Ethics Class in ITEM supported Reformed school in Lithuania.