The opportunity for the Hershey Free Church to join a team of dedicated Russian believers began shortly after the Soviet Union crumbled in the early 1990s. The Trinity Equipping Center (TEC) was established by Lois McNeill and her late husband, Jim, in Kursk to train Russians for ministry. Graduates from TEC participate in local ministries to Gypsies, operate a Christian bookstore in Kursk and are involved in five church plants in the Kursk area. Trinity Video Seminary was birthed through the vision of our Russian leaders as they assessed the wide open opportunity to provided seminary training for Russian speakers around the world in an efficient and cost-effective manner. Their vision is to put more courses in circulation as technology options increase.