Pylyp Mykhailovych Savochka – bishop and senior pastor of the “Salvation” churches. He was born in a family of ministers in the city of Stepan, Rivne region. Already at the age of 10 he began to preach, at 16 he served as a youth leader, and at 19 he was blessed to serve as the regent of the choir. At the same time, he managed the pop symphony orchestra at the church. At the age of 23, the Lord called Pylyp Mykhailovych to serve as a youth leader in Kyiv. In 1983, God gave him a vision to create the singing group “White Line”, which evangelized in the cities and villages of Kyiv, Chernihiv and Cherkasy regions.
In 1992, God gave Pylyp Mykhailovych a new vision — to open churches in Kyiv and the Kyiv region. The group “White Order” participated in the birth of more than 10 churches.
In 1993, Pastor Pylyp, his wife and several volunteer assistants started a church from scratch in the city of Vyshneve, Kyiv region. The church did not grow for almost two years, but later God’s revelation about house churches awakened it and gave it fruitful growth. In 1997, the church had 20 house churches, in 1999 – 70, in 2001 – 150, and by the end of 2006 – more than 300 house churches, 14 branches and about 4 thousand people.
In 2003, the “Salvation” church completed the construction of the temple, which serves as an architectural decoration of the city.
In 2018, the construction of a 4,500-seat Great Hall began near the church, where the church plans to hold services, conferences, and evangelization.
According to the rate of growth, the “Spasinnia” church is among the leaders of Ukraine today. It includes thousands of saved people, more than 200 local churches and hundreds of home groups.
Pastor Pylyp and his wife Nina have four children: daughter Maryna and sons Oleksandr, Oleksiy and David, as well as 5 grandchildren. The wife serves as a pastor of social and women’s ministry. Daughter Maryna is a guardian and wife of the pastor of the Church “Slovo Blagodati” (Kyiv), son Oleksandr is a glorification pastor, Oleksiy is a pastor and member of the evangelization-missionary team, and David serves as the pastor of the local church and the pastor of the 3 stream.
Due to his high leadership potential, Pylyp Mykhailovych created a strong team of ministers, with whom he works fruitfully for the expansion of God’s Kingdom in Ukraine and beyond.