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Indigenous agencies. A blossoming of agencies followed independence with Ukrainians working in outreach (evangelism, literature, media), with children (in summer camps and schools), and especially in humanitarian work (with prisoners, hospitals, orphanages and soup kitchens). Pentecostals/charismatics and Baptists minister both within Ukraine and without, sending missionaries to other former Soviet states. Most of this was […]

Leadership training will remain a long-term and strategic need in Ukraine. Twenty years of sustained growth created thousands of new congregations requiring leadership formation. There are dozens of seminaries, Bible schools and institutes, the capacities of which must grow to meet current and future demands. Western agencies contribute helpfully in this area, including SGA, GEM, […]

Ukraine has a strong Christian legacy, and evangelicals emerged stronger and more numerous from 130 years of sustained persecution in which millions of Christians were killed. Freedom of religion is vastly improved but not yet enshrined in both law and practice. Pray for the Church to engage this new context with boldness. There are several […]

The Soviet Union dissolved over 30 years ago, but its shadow still looms over Ukraine. Even before the ruin visited upon the country from 2022, Ukraine was struggling to emerge from its Soviet-era shackles. The unmanaged market economy of the ’90s and ‘00s drove many deeper into poverty while a few powerful oligarchs gained extreme […]

Thank God for the rich Christian heritage of Ukraine. Christianity in the Slavic world began in Kyiv 1,000 years ago. Churches here suffered greatly in the Soviet era until independence (1991). Millions of Christians died. Then, Russian interference and invasion brought incalculable destruction. This included religious persecution in the occupied areas, as well as hostility […]

Leadership training will remain a long-term and strategic need in Ukraine. Twenty years of sustained growth created thousands of new congregations requiring leadership formation. There are dozens of seminaries, Bible schools and institutes, the capacities of which must grow to meet current and future demands. Western agencies contribute helpfully in this area, including SGA, GEM, […]

Indigenous agencies. A blossoming of agencies followed independence with Ukrainians working in outreach (evangelism, literature, media), with children (in summer camps and schools), and especially in humanitarian work (with prisoners, hospitals, orphanages and soup kitchens). Pentecostals/charismatics and Baptists minister both within Ukraine and without, sending missionaries to other former Soviet states. Most of this was […]

The Soviet Union dissolved over 30 years ago, but its shadow still looms over Ukraine. Even before the ruin visited upon the country from 2022, Ukraine was struggling to emerge from its Soviet-era shackles. The unmanaged market economy of the ’90s and ‘00s drove many deeper into poverty while a few powerful oligarchs gained extreme […]

Ukraine has a strong Christian legacy, and evangelicals emerged stronger and more numerous from 130 years of sustained persecution in which millions of Christians were killed. Freedom of religion is vastly improved but not yet enshrined in both law and practice. Pray for the Church to engage this new context with boldness. There are several […]