Yura Belonozhkin, with his wife Masha and three children, lives above the arctic circle where he ministers to men through his ministry The Arctic Men’s Fellowship.

Several years ago, Yura was commissioned by his church in St. Petersburg to go to the northernmost reaches of Russia – to the region near Murmansk. Since then, his ministry has expanded to serve men in Norway, Sweden and Finland.

In addition to his regular meetings with men, a large part of Yura’s ministry is organizing and mobilizing men’s spiritual retreats. Yura sets the agenda, makes the logistical arrangements, lines up the speakers and teachers (often in partnership with Swedish pastors) and commits the event to prayer. Without Jesus, many of the men are (or will soon become) drug addicted and without hope.