Russia & USA Pastorate
Alan’s Testimony
Hello, my name is Alan Fluegge. I was born the first time in Chicago, IL on February 19, 1947. My dad worked for International Harvester in Chicago and, when I was 7 years old, we moved to St. Clair Shores (a suburb of Detroit on the east side). I was blessed to be raised in a home where both of my parents were born again believers. At the first opportunity they brought me to church. I have attended a Baptist church all my life.
While a youngster I made a profession of faith in Sunday School. As I grew into my teenage years I did not live for the Lord. Upon graduation from high school I matriculated into Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan. As a freshman I continued in my carnal ways. I met the one the Lord had chosen for me to be my wife while in my sophomore year at Tech. In the fall of the year we went to a revival meeting at First Baptist Church in Laurium, MI. It was at that meeting that the Lord got a hold of my heart and I gave my life to Him. Subsequent to that day Sandy and I got engaged and were married on March 22, 1969. I graduated in August of that year and we moved to Detroit so I could work at General Motors as an engineer.
While at GM I received my notice from Uncle Sam to join forces with other draftees to go into the Army. The Lord allowed me to enlist in the United States Air Force where I served for 4 years working on the flight line at K.I. Sawyer AFB in Marquette, MI.
While in the USAF the Lord called me to serve Him in whatever capacity He chose. To prepare for ministry I enrolled in Temple Baptist Theological Seminary. Four years later, I graduated with a Masters of Divinity degree and a degree in Christian Education. From there Sandy and I moved to several different ministries while raising 11 children.
In 1992 my wife and I took a survey trip to Moscow, Russia to see what the Lord had in mind for us as church planting missionaries. Earlier in the year I was blessed to go on a ministry trip to Moscow with the Bill Gothard Basic Youth Conflicts ministry. From that trip, the Lord gave me a burden to resign my pastorate and relocate, with my wife and 10 of my children, to Moscow. After 3 years of deputation we arrived in Moscow in May of 1995. During Y2K we went back to the states for our furlough. During that time I believed the Lord led us to remain in the states. In 2002 we moved to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan where, over the next 16 years, I pastored two churches. In the latter part of 2018 the Lord led us to apply to Missionary Acres to live out our retirement years there. On December 1st of 2019 we moved our stuff to the Acres and we moved into our new home (403 Oak Ln) in the summer of 2020.
