In his absence Ivan Bodrug and Ivan Negrich, already students of theology at Manitoba College, as well as priests in the Seraphimite Church, were able to obtain guarantees of Presbyterian funding for Seraphim's Church on the grounds that it would be shifted onto a Presbyterian model over the course of time.
I hans fravær fik Ivan Bodrug og Ivan Negrich, som allerede var teologistuderende på Manitoba College såvel som præster i Seraphimite kirken, garantier for finansiering fra den presbyterianske kirke på betingelse af, at Seraphimite kirken med tiden ville blive omdannet til en presbyteriansk model.