Probably some of the youngest attendees who saw the old man seated in a chair at the front of their church sanctuary conducting the choir on Easter Sunday did not know who he was. And according to Voice of the Martyrs Korea Representative Dr. Hyun Sook Foley, that is exactly the way the old man ...
Prior to February 24, Viktor Polunin was the pastor of the Gospel of the Grace of God church in Kyiv. Now, Pastor Polunin and his wife are the Gospel of the Grace of God church in Kyiv. “Before the outbreak of hostilities, Pastor Polunin’s church had about 70 people, and it was dynamic and growing,” ...
Authorities demolished part of their building, sent them the bill, and jailed a deacon who came to their aid, but the Baptist Church in Archangelsk, Russia is praising God for what they call a “glorious victory” as the deacon begins his second year in prison. According to Voice of the Martyrs Korea Representative Dr. Hyun ...
Olesia is a pastor’s wife. Normally she and her husband serve a church in a small town in western Ukraine. However, these days, nothing is normal for Ukrainians. Olesia’s husband continues to live in the family’s home, helping refugees who pass through as they head out of the country. He hosts as many as he ...
Five Ukrainian Christians who cared for 200 people living in a church basement until a grenade hit their car were remembered by Mariupol residents at a memorial service earlier this month. Four of the men were buried in a shared grave in the courtyard of a church near the burned remains of a house where ...
Funeral services were held on March 12 at Spring of Life Church in the city of Kremenchuk for the man Voice of the Martyrs Korea is calling “Ukraine’s IT martyr”. 26-year-old Anatoliy Berezhny was struck from behind by Russian mortar fire on March 6 while assisting a woman and two children who were attempting to ...
A church leader for the Luhansk region and his small house church composed mainly of his wife and 19 children are bringing protection, food, and hope to a village in one of Ukraine’s most war-torn regions. According to Voice of the Martyrs Korea Representative Dr. Hyun Sook Foley, they are also changing the way the ...
A call for national repentance from more than 400 Russian church and seminary leaders was posted on a small Russian Christian website, then quickly removed. A Russian lawyer instructed Russian churches via Facebook how to avoid trouble when they pray for peace during their worship services. A popular Russian pastor assured Russian Christians that private ...
“Now in the city there is a curfew,” says Vitaly, a 28-year-old Ukrainian church leader from a Baptist Church in Kiev, as he gathers together for the evening in a home with his coworkers, in a room with a small desk, a printer, paper, and scissors. “Some people are preparing ammunition and armor. Others might ...
As the Russian invasion drags on, some Christians in Ukraine are literally taking their churches underground in an effort to survive missile and artillery attacks, while other Christians have little choice but to seek supplies and safety as temporary refugees in neighboring countries like Poland and Moldova. But according to Voice of the Martyrs Korea’s ...
