Kirill and Elena Swiderski
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Since 1998, Kirill Swiderski has been a missionary with the Messianic mission “Chosen People Ministries”. He founded the Messianic congregation “Beit Hesed” in Düsseldorf and was involved in founding several Messianic congregations in Essen, Aachen, and Bonn in Germany. Since 2008, he has been working among Jewish people in Chicago (USA), where a new Messianic congregation, “Beit Emet,” has been established under his leadership.
Kirill and Elena have been living there with their three daughters ever since. Their vision is to make the gospel of the Messiah of Israel and Savior of the world, Yeshua, known, especially among Jewish people. To this end, they are building Messianic congregations, publishing the Messianic newspaper “Kol Hesed” (Voice of Grace), organizing evangelistic conferences for Christians, and conducting evangelistic outreach. Kirill currently leads the Messianic congregation “Beit Emet” (House of Truth), which he founded in 2008. His responsibilities include regular preaching, leadership and Bible teaching, pastoral care, building up the leadership team, and regular evangelism.
In 2021, he began hosting “Around the Word with Kirill and Elena Swiderski,” a one-hour radio program aimed primarily at Russian-speaking Jews, which was aired every Saturday at 1:00 pm on 1430 AM and 99.1 FM in Chicago.
Together with Elena, he also leads the evangelistic and public work of the Kol Hesed newspaper (in German, Russian and English). The vision of the Russian edition is to reach Russian-speaking Jewish people with the gospel. The German and English editions aim to introduce the Messianic movement to German and English speaking countries.
The newspaper's annual conference, called “Messianic Perspectives,” takes place regularly in November at the Hohegrete recreation center (Westerwald, Germany).
In 2025, Kirill was elected president of the Russian-speaking Jewish Messianic Association of the USA (AMJRC). In the same year, he began teaching a course on the history of the Messianic movement at the MJTA (Messianic Jewish Theological Academy) in Berlin (online).
The couple is constantly looking for followers of the Messiah who (want to) serve Jewish people and familiarize them with the Good News of the Messiah, as well as people who want to support their ministry. Kirill Swiderski preaches in various Christian and Messianic congregations and would be delighted to visit your congregation as well.
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