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Active in the church
during the communist era, Pavel
and Julia (Julka) Raus served God and His people in
evangelism and discipleship. Having earned degrees in Engineering (Pavel) and agriculture
(Julka), they worked in the state run businesses during the day and ministered
at night and on weekends. Following
the Velvet Revolution and new found freedoms, they founded and developed the
largest evangelical publishing house in the
Czech
Republic
. In
preparation for continued ministry, Pavel earned M.A.s in Clinical Psychology
and Theology from
Wheaton
College
in
Wheaton
,
Illinois
. They
returned home and continue in Parakletos ministry. Pavel
and Julia have two teenage daughters.
For more than 30 years, Pavel has been
involved with the Church in the Czech Republic in discipleship, mentoring,
evangelism, and lay leadership roles. For the past 20 years, he has been joined
by his wife Julia in these ministries. During the communist era, Pavel worked as
a research scientist while using his remaining time to minister in underground
development of the church.
Following the fall of communism, Pavel
and Julia started the Christian publishing house Navrat Domu which now is the
only evangelical publisher in the Czech Republic. Pavel, Julia, and their two
daughters moved to the U.S. for two years, during which Pavel earned graduate
degrees in Clinical Psychology and Theology at Wheaton College. They returned to
the Czech Republic in 2002. In addition to his work with Parakletos, Pavel
serves as the Chairman of the Pastoral Care Department at the Evangelical
Theological Seminary of Prague and serves in many ways with his local church.
Professional & Ministry Experiences
Many
years of counseling/mentoring (regular meetings with people with relational and
personal problems like marriage difficulties, anxiety, bulimia)
Several
years of informal helping providing an advice, encouragement and support to
people in different needs.
Related
Experience
Ten
years experience with basic scientific research (materials science)
Eight
years in Christian book publishing
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Development of a publishing house
·
Management experience
·
Leadership experience
·
Working with people
·
Team building
Church
ministry (leading youth work, evangelism, chairman of the board of elders,
Navigators)
Different
leadership experience (Chairman of the board of IFES Czech Republic, Board
member of other three Christian organizations)
Teaching
experience - two years teaching at Evangelical Theological Seminary in Prague,
Director of the Pastoral Department at the seminary
Started
organization for people helping Parakletos - developed seminar about the role of
the father, organizing Christian counseling seminars
Research
- research paper The Role of the Father
in the Czech Culture, supervising thesis of ETS students
Speaks
five languages: Czech, Slovak, English, German, Russian
Speaker
experience - different seminars and lectures throughout the Czech Republic
Education
M.A.
Clinical Psychology, Wheaton Graduate School, Wheaton, Illinois (anticipated
graduation May, 2002)
Clinical
Internship, New Life Resources, Inc., Waukesha, Wisconsin, May 2001 – May 2002
M.A.
Theology, Wheaton Graduate School, Wheaton, Illinois (anticipated graduation
May, 2002)
Masters
of Science, Czech Technical University in Prague June 1979
Experience
Highlights
Leadership:
Different leadership positions.
People
work: people helping experience raging from evangelism/discipleship through
mentoring to counseling.
Research:
Both materials science and pastoral care research performance and supervision
experience.
Teaching:
Developed and taught four courses in Pastoral Care Department at ETS Prague.
Work
History
Research
assistant at The High-Power Research Institute in Prague Summer 1979 - Summer
1981
Research
assistant at The Czech Academy of Science: Physical Metallurgy Institute Summer
1981- December 1986
Research
assistant at The Czech Academy of Science: Plasma Physics Institute January 1987
- Summer 1991
Director
of a publishing company Navrat Domu Summer 1991 - Summer 1999
Founder
of a non-for-profit organization Parakletos Summer 1999
Director
of a Pastoral Department at the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Prague Fall
1999 - Fall 2000
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