Why Russia
Why Russia?

Since 1978, Randy King has been using the art of mime to transcend cultural and linguistical boundaries to present the Gospel in clear and uncompromised terms.

While he has traveled and taught in France and was a featured performer at the 1992 World Expo in Seville, Spain, his heart has been touched by the people of Russia. He has traveled there since 1991 and returned in August of 1999 to announce his plans to take up residence there as of July 3, 2000.

He mainly travels to the Ivanovo region (approximately 150 miles Northest of Moscow. He works with the Ivanovo Christian Center there. Using Ivanovo as a base, he has traveled as far north as St. Petersburg and south into Moscow. He has established many lasting friendships and has an outreach to the deaf and hearing impaired of Ivanovo in which he does annual performances at the school there.

Living in Knoxville, Tennessee, he has traveled throughout the Southeast ministering in small group and large church settings, outdoor concerts, and large arena events. He is a member of the worship team at his local church Trinity Chapel, trains mission teams for outreaches in South and Central America, and works closely with the local hospice and home health programs in the area at bereavement camps and memorial services. The single father of three children, he has begun to incorporate his children in his ministry and they have traveled with him to Russia