About Our Founder

Anatoliy Rudenki

A mission forty years in the making.

"I told the Lord I would serve Him 100% not just 50."- Anatoliy

After serving in Siberia for 11 years with his family, Anatoliy immigrated to the United States in 2001 with a growing desire to serve.

Meet Anatoliy Rudenki

Founder of Life Minsitries International

After oming to the Lord in 1985, Anatoliy served in missions across Ukraine and Russia, now modern day Siberia.

Spending 11 years serving in the Siberian Region with his family, he had a growing desire to continue evangelizing and serving the Lord.

Life Ministries Story

In 2001, after moving to the United States, Anatoliy was inspired to evangelize. His boldness led him to create a "Jesus Loves You" sign to hold up in the streets of Wasilla. Churches throughout Alaska soon joined in the street evangelisms spanning from Fairbanks down to the Matsu-Valley.

Soon, after much prayer and and tiny steps, God grew the ministry before their eyes.

Groups soon headed out to Trappers Creek to encourage the church and a team

assembled to travel to Noorvik for the first time with the help of a local, Barbara.

With Barbara's help the year of 2015 was fruitful with the intruduction of many new villages. The doors were opened and the vision for Life Ministry was born.

The Friends Church in Noorvik & Kotzebue asked Anatoliy to lead multiple youth camps over the next few years, leading many youths to give there life to Christ and soon after take baptism.

This ministry expanded to the villages of Selawik, Buckland, Noatack, Kotzebu, Ambler and Shungnak.

Life Ministries Expands

In 2020, the North Alaska youth camps came to a stand with the Lockdown.

The Life Ministry Team was steadfast and began to pray for an oppurtunity to serve the community throughout this hard period.

Anatoliy soon reached out to his contacts in Ukraine and heard of a great need for the Gospel and humanitarian aid. Throughout the beginning of the Ukraine-Russia war conflict, Life Ministries was able to provide critical aid. Many families, elderly, and housleless people were in need of basic essentials such as food and assistance with housing. That was taken care of Life Ministries partners located in Ukraine and the generous donations of finances, clothing, and food parcels sent by the local alaskan churches.

Today, we have a thriving Life Ministries base located in Kherson, Ukraine; with a team fully equiped to spread the Gospel message and provide humanitarian aid as needed on a daily basis.

Testimonies

"In the first year of Life Ministries mission trips to Noorvik, we met a local Barbara. She was eager to introduce the team to fellow ministry leaders and pastors in the village. Amoung them was her young son, who through the years of seeing the Great Comission being pursued, desired to pursue it was a similar passion. He soon attended the Great Comission Mission School that now partners with Life Ministries in sending long term missionaries to the corners of the world."

- Anatoliy Rudenki

"In 2019, the team made plans to head up north for a youth camp. Once they arrived at the area, they soon realized the pomised gas stove and kitchen had not arrived and now there was a camp full of children to feed and lunch time was soon approaching. A faithful member of the team, Alex pulled out his small camping stove and tiny can of fuel. With a fervent prayer and a few hours of waiting for the water to boil, the team was able to make macaroni for the entire staff, group of kids and had left overs."

"In 2024, our team booked several boats to take up to the Northern Camps. Due to bad weather the captains refused to drive the boats and the team was stranded. The local villagers banded together and purchesed tickets for the entire team and they were able to safely make their way to the camp cites and make the camp happen."