Reformed Theological Seminary of St. Petersburg Russia

Blake Purcell, Pastor of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of St. Petersburg, is the director and primary instructor of the seminary. Blake is married to his wife, Cathy. They have two daughters and four sons.

The Purcells were among some of the first missionaries to move into the former Soviet Union when they moved to St. Petersburg Russia in 1990.

Blake Purcell has been reaching people and teaching in the Russian language in St. Petersburg since 1990. Blake is ordained as a teaching elder in the Mississippi Valley Presbytery of the PCA. He was sent in 1998 as an evangelist/missionary to Russia to plant churches and train and ordain leadership.

The Reformed Seminary of Saint Petersburg Russia is the only Reformed Seminary in Russia. It has students enrolled from Orthodox, Baptist, and Communist Backgrounds. The students come from all over Russia: Vladivostok, Ufa, and St. Petersburg. A distance spanning 6,000 miles!Follow this link for more information on Reformation Christian Ministries in Russia.