Mykhailo Panochko is the president of the All-Ukrain e Union of Christians of the Evangelical - Faith Pentecostals (AUU CEFP). He was born on 12 November 1951 in the village of Sulymiv, Lviv region, in a family of Pentecostals.
In 1976, he was chosen for pastoral ministry. In 1976-19 9 8, he pastored a church in his native village. In 1989-1992, he headed the youth department of the AUU CEFP in the Lviv region.
In 1995-1998, he was a senior pastor of the AUU CEFP in the Lviv region.
On 20 May 1998, he was elected head of the AUU CEFP.
In 1998-2000, he was the president of the Eurasian Federation of Unions of Christians of the Evangelical Faith, renamed the Assembly of CEF. At the world convention in the USA in August, 2000, he was elected a member of the Executive Committee of the World Union of the Assemblies of God from Eurasia.
He is married and has 5 children.