Slavik Pyzh, president of Ukrainian Baptist Theological Seminary, shares an update on ministry efforts taking place in Ukraine. “War is an opportunity to transform a nation.”
On Aug. 20, the Ukrainian Parliament passed long-threatened legislation meant to ban the country’s Moscow-linked Orthodox Church and any faith groups supporting Russia’s invasion.
Seminary students will return campus this fall with stories of what they did over the summer. For at least one group of students, their stories will tell of their efforts to spread the gospel overseas.
A Ukraine-born Houston Baptist layman is seeking to help his homeland rebuild its health care system by offering young Ukrainian medical professionals continuing education opportunities in the United States.
Religious freedom no longer exists in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine, where religious leaders have been abducted and sometimes tortured, several Ukrainian journalists said during a recent visit to the United States.
Brent Leatherwood, president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, affirmed that his commission was doing the good work the SBC expected of them during his address at the Annual Meeting.
With war leaving many Ukrainians displaced along with the general homeless population, housing was a great need that was hard to come by. However, through the work of several Texas men, shipping containers are being converted into housing.
The International Mission Board is launching a new digital engagement strategy for the Paris Olympics and asking for digital responders to ‘minister from their living rooms.’
