Embassy of God

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Embassy of God is a Charismatic Protestant church and parachurch organization in Kiev, Ukraine. It was founded and is led by pastor Sunday Adelaja, who is an immigrant from Nigeria (which is a big issue because it is very uncommon for an individual not from the former USSR region, let alone a black African, to achieve prominence in that region).

The church faces opposition from local Eastern Orthodox and Catholic churches; authorities; and anti-Westernization political groups. The majority of Kiev's population consider the Embassy to be a sect.^{[citation needed]}

The church claims to have 25,000 members in Kiev and many more elsewhere in Ukraine.

Leonid Chernovetskyi, the mayor of Kiev as of 2007, is a prominent member of the church.