Posted on 02/04/2022 12:37:52 PM PST by daniel1212
As threats of a Russian invasion of Ukraine continue to spread, Christians in Ukraine are contemplating how they should respond to the possible danger....
Despite threats of a possible invasion and war, some Christians are choosing to wait out the threat instead of evacuating immediately.
Jane Hyatt, an American missionary living in Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, said she doesn't presently plan to leave...."We have over 20 some children at our rehab center, and I have many responsibilities, and I feel that I need to do as many of those responsibilities as I can," she asserted...
Pastor Anton Tishenko, who leads New Generation Church, one of Kharkiv's largest evangelical congregations, told CBN News that his church had launched a 21 day fast for revival and peace in Ukraine.
"We gather with our church at 7 a.m., and so we pray about peace in Ukraine, we pray about revival, so we keep praying, we keep fasting, and we believe God will protect because He's a very faithful God," Tishenko said.
The church is located near the Russian border by the provinces of Donbass and Luhansk. Russia annexed both areas in 2014.
Nevertheless, Tishenko asserted that God is moving across the region. A year ago, New Generation Church led an evangelistic crusade where 27,000 people packed a stadium in Kharkiv.
According to Tishenko, over 10,000 people made professions of faith at the crusade.
"People like never before are open to Jesus Christ," the pastor said.
Tishenko also told CBN News he will continue preaching messages of hope regardless of the Russian threat.
"It's going to be a great opportunity for us to preach more, to pray more, and we will see how many people will come to the Lord," he said.
Baptists in Western Ukraine, however, are concerned that the possible conflict could send Ukrainian Christians into hiding.
"If Russia will invade, they will invade in eastern part and northern part, and a little bit of south," Yarsolav "Slavik" Pyzh, president of Ukrainian Baptist Theological Seminary (UBTS), told Christianity Today.
The threat isn’t coming from Russia....It’s coming from the USA. Geez...
Er, Putin isn’t noted for suppressing Christians.
Christians should prefer Russia over anything promoted by the US State Department Globohomos.
I think he has. Only the Orthodox church he leaves along.
Actually, he blatantly is. Russian Orthodoxy is the state controlled and endorsed church. All others face persecution.
Spiritually, yes.
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