Studio of Innovative Leadership by Urban Center
We share practical experience and tools through courses for small group leaders, pastors, and ministry workers. Our hub fosters learning, action, unity, and advocacy for transformative mission, equipping churches and leadership teams with resources to address community challenges through an integral mission approach.
Urban Psychological Art-Studio
A therapy center designed to restore the psycho-emotional, mental, and social well-being of children, adolescents, and adults who are experiencing pain, fear, anxiety, survivors of psychological trauma, abuse, and war. We not only offer comprehensive therapeutic services but also provide essential humanitarian assistance to those in need.
Urban Teens\Youth
A space where teenagers and youth come together to ask questions, engage in meaningful conversations, and explore both self-awareness and understanding of others. We create an atmosphere that fosters safety, where everyone feels heard and understood. Our goal is to nurture individuals who use their abilities to serve and make a positive impact on the lives of others.
Urban Kids
Healthy and safe learning environment for preschool children and their parents. Improving parenting skills, improving parent-child relationships, material and psychological support to families in need. Our focus is on the holistic development of a child’s personality in five different areas – physical, emotional, intellectual, social and spiritual.
Urban Media
Website that showcases all of our projects in the form of courses, audio tracks, and workbooks. It is a valuable resource for educators, complete with ready-made lesson plans, ideas, and training seminars. Social media and entertaining-educational show. Articles, posts, advertisements for offline events, interviews, courses and much more in the online space.
Our Core Directions
We see individuals as unique creations of God, meant to live harmoniously with others. Our goal is to build bridges, preventing exclusion and exploitation. We empower people, regardless of background, to find their voice, fostering hope and transformation in families and communities.
Catalyst for Transformation
Driving integral mission by equipping leaders and promoting holistic approaches to ministry and community development.
United for Impact
A movement advocating for poverty reduction, justice, equality, reconciliation, restoration, safety, and well-being for all.
Platform for Shared Learning
A network for collaboration, reflection, and action—demonstrating integral mission in practice.
Peacebuilding Hub
Creating safe spaces for dialogue, unity, and reconciliation to foster lasting peace.
FAQ
We are based in Moldova—a small country in Eastern Europe, situated between Ukraine and Romania, and known as the poorest in Europe. For more than 25 years, we have walked through different stages of the country’s life, always responding to urgent social issues such as human trafficking, sexual exploitation, domestic violence, and abortion, as well as deep-rooted ideological challenges like apathy, agnosticism, and poverty. Since 2022, the war in Ukraine and cross-border conflicts have also become major concerns in our region. We started in 2000 with programs supporting women. In 2006, we initiated prevention programs against human trafficking and support for people living with HIV. In 2008, we launched assistance programs for victims of domestic violence, and in 2009, we opened a rehabilitation and reintegration center for survivors of human trafficking and sexual exploitation. Since 2010, we have developed an approach to Integral Mission for Evangelical churches, and in 2013 we established the Studio of Innovative Leadership, which promotes this model both in Moldova and abroad. Today, our team has significant experience and is ready to share its knowledge and expertise with other people, organizations, and churches interested in these areas.
Our leadership is a family team of Vladimir and Yulia Ubeivolc. Vladimir holds a PhD in Contextual Missiology (University of Wales, 2012) and Yulia is a psychologist and art therapist. Together they are authors and co-authors of books and numerous articles on holistic mission, human trafficking, and social justice, and they build teams engaged in integral mission. Our wider team includes educators, social workers, and psychologists—practitioners with strong theoretical knowledge and professional training who bring both expertise and real-life experience to their work.
We have developed and authored more than 15 training manuals and books. These resources are practical tools with lesson plans and session outlines for educators, trainers, and small group leaders working with different age groups. All materials are built on in-depth research, critical thinking, and theological foundations, which we actively share through our training programs.
You can connect with us through our social media, website, or email. For more information about partnership and donations, please visit bol.md.