This southern Russian city is the home base for the Evangelical Christian Missionary Union (ECMU). Alliance workers have been active here since 1993. Currently ministries that are based in Krasnodar include church planting, church health and growth ministries, theological education at the Kuban Evangelical Christian University, small business development that aids bivocational church planters, and facilitation of our ongoing partnership with leaders of the ECMU. As well, several families are studying Russian at a Cultural Learning Center in this city.