Randy King
Randy King began doing mime in 1978 at the age of 22 in
Florence, Alabama. He traveled through the southeastern
United States as a solo act or, sometimes, with a group
ministering on the streets, in churches, coffee houses and
at Christian concerts and festivals. He was privileged to
open for such notables as DeGarmo and Key, Lenny LeBlanc,
Will McFarlane, David and the Giants and others.
In 1983, Randy and his family moved to Knoxville, Tennessee
where he continued to minister in mime, traveling into
Michigan, Texas and Utah as well as continuing to do
concerts with other known Christian artists such as Phil
Driscoll and Clay Crosse.
In 1991, Randy traveled to France to teach mime in a local
Christian school in Le Puy. The next year, he was a
featured entertainer at the 1992 World’s Fair in
Seville, spain and returned to France to minister at a
church in Bordeaux.
In 1993, Randy made his first trip to Ivanovo, Russia. He
continued to travel to Ivanovo yearly in the summers for
short term missions trips until 2000 when he moved with his
two youngest children to live and minister full time at
Ivanovo Christian Center (ICC), a Full Gospel charismatic
church with which he’d been working each year.
His children moved back to the States in 2001 to finish
their education and Randy continued to live and minister in
Ivanovo.
He teamed up with Sergei Sorokin in 2001, first traveling
together with Sergei as his interpreter, and later working
together as a duo in different parts of Russia and into
Finland. Randy became youth pastor of ICC in 2004 and
Sergei is assistant youth pastor.
They have a dynamic youth group of 50+ and, for 6 years,
have done large evangelical outreaches in the largest state
theater in Ivanovo using the youth drama and dance teams.
These outreaches are always a great success and have
garnered much fruit for the kingdom. They have progressed
to the point that they are now seen as an annual even by
the citizens of Ivanovo, and especially the large
university and college student population.
The father of 4 children (3 daughters and a son) and
grandfather of 4, Randy shows no signs of slowing down and
his vision of expanding the ministry into Europe, Asia and
Africa is gaining in urgency and becoming reality. In 1991,
Randy traveled to France to teach mime in a local Christian
school in Le Puy. The next year, he was a featured
entertainer at the 1992 World’s Fair in Seville,
spain and returned to France to minister at a church in
Bordeaux.
