Baptists from Ukraine open 160 churches in European countries, report says
Ukrainian refugees are establishing new churches in Europe. Photo: public sources
Ukrainian displaced persons have opened 160 new religious communities in European countries. As reported by the ECMI, over the past four years refugees from Ukraine have taken on the role of missionaries across the entire European continent.
After attending a specialized conference in Poland, ECMI Director for Strategic Partnerships Jim Memory said he was impressed by the resilience of believers amid the crisis. Among Baptists alone, 160 new congregations have been established across different parts of Europe.
The organization stated that Ukrainians refuse to see themselves solely as victims of circumstance. On the contrary, many of them have come to understand their stay abroad as a Divine calling to preach among the peoples of Europe.
The authors of the report compared the current situation to the events described in the Acts of the Apostles, when persecution of the first Christians contributed to the spread of the faith. According to mission representatives, the displaced persons brought with them not only emotional trauma but also prayerful zeal and a desire for evangelization. ECMI concluded that through the suffering of people, God continues to build new communities and to transform tragedy into testimony.
As the UOJ reported, Ukrainian Baptists published a list of forcibly mobilized fellow believers.
Read also
Wounded Catholic priest in Poland calls to forgive Ukrainian attacker
A Catholic priest wounded in the attack on a Benedictine abbey in Jarosław asked the faithful to pray for the attacker and not blame the Ukrainian people as a whole.
UOC begins celebrations honoring St. Kuksha of Odesa
A service on the eve of the feast day of St. Kuksha of Odesa was held at the Dormition Monastery.
Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra Reserve raises concern over Sviatohirsk shrines
Exhibition organizers stressed the need to document the impact of the war on Sviatohirsk in order to preserve Ukrainian identity.
Favor Foundation donates food and diapers to Kharkiv hospital
The UOC charity provided hygiene supplies for patients at an emergency hospital in Kharkiv.
Dumenko presents awards to staff ahead of Soviet-era Reserve’s anniversary
The OCU claimed that the creation of the Soviet museum made it possible to preserve the Kyiv Caves Lavra during the years of atheist persecution.
UOJ-USA publishes scandalous Phanar document about chronicles of OCU creation
In the document prepared for Patriarch Bartholomew, a Phanar representative described the SBU's surveillance of the Constantinople delegation and Poroshenko's pressure on the course of the "Unification Council."