Jamie & Julia Thornton

Mission to the World
UKRAINE

Jamie became a Christian at a church youth retreat in 1988.  He grew through discipleship and the ministry of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship (IVCF) while studying engineering at the University of Toledo.  His call to missions came during his first short-term missions trip to Russia in 1992, where he saw a people without hope and knew the gospel was the only remedy.  It was also on this trip that he met Julia.  Julia was born and raised in Russia.  She became a Christian just prior to the break-up of the former Soviet Union in 1991.  They were married in 1996.

In preparation for the mission field, Jamie and Julia went to seminary after they married.  Jamie has a Master of Divinity (M.Div.) and is ordained as a teaching elder in the PCA.  Julia has an M.A. in theological studies.

Jamie's vision is to see the existing Ukrainian church strengthened and for new churches to be planted.  Julia's vision for Ukraine is to see strong Christian families being established and for women to be godly keepers of the home, loving their husbands and their children (Titus 2:4-5).

The Thorntons have six beautiful children:  Nadia, Timmy, Anna, Polly, Agatha, and Philip.  Please pray for the Thorntons as they continue to adjust to life in Kherson (hear-SON).