Faith Promise - What's Next Day 02
Outreach Partners
Tavriski Christian Institute (Ukraine) & Proem (Poland)
Highlight
At our Bluffton Campus this week we got to hear from Leonid Matseyka. Leonid is one of several pastors that our church supports from Ukraine. We have been invested for more than 20 years in Ukraine, supporting church plants and Christian higher education to raise up the next generation of Christian leaders in the former soviet bloc. In 2022, when Russia launched its major invasion of Ukraine our Outreach Partners sprang into action. Many assisted in the safe passage of countless Ukrainians to the western part of the country as well as neighboring countries. Leonid and his family ministered to hundreds of Ukrainian refugees in Poland, providing translation, spiritual support and relocation assistance. In his work with Tavriski Christian Institute (TCI), Leonid is training evangelists to go back into some of the hardest to reach places in Eastern Europe with the Gospel message of Jesus.
Several of our Ukrainian partners found refuge and partnership in ministry with our partner, Proem in Poland. If you were at our Statesboro Campus you got to hear from Daniel & Edyta Wawrzyniak who are the Directors of Proem’s christian camp. Because of the Refresh Retreats that they have hosted with our church for our Outreach Partners over the years, these relationships became vital lifelines in a time of crisis. Our partners in Ukraine and Poland have come together to bring light into the darkness of war. Proem quickly utilized their campgrounds, church plants and primary school to make a home and provide stability for displaced families. In Poland, where evangelical Christians make up less than 2% of the population, Proem is a bright light ministering to thousands of adults and young people every year.
Reflection & Prayer
Tavriski Christian Institute (Ukraine) & Proem (Poland)
Highlight
At our Bluffton Campus this week we got to hear from Leonid Matseyka. Leonid is one of several pastors that our church supports from Ukraine. We have been invested for more than 20 years in Ukraine, supporting church plants and Christian higher education to raise up the next generation of Christian leaders in the former soviet bloc. In 2022, when Russia launched its major invasion of Ukraine our Outreach Partners sprang into action. Many assisted in the safe passage of countless Ukrainians to the western part of the country as well as neighboring countries. Leonid and his family ministered to hundreds of Ukrainian refugees in Poland, providing translation, spiritual support and relocation assistance. In his work with Tavriski Christian Institute (TCI), Leonid is training evangelists to go back into some of the hardest to reach places in Eastern Europe with the Gospel message of Jesus.
Several of our Ukrainian partners found refuge and partnership in ministry with our partner, Proem in Poland. If you were at our Statesboro Campus you got to hear from Daniel & Edyta Wawrzyniak who are the Directors of Proem’s christian camp. Because of the Refresh Retreats that they have hosted with our church for our Outreach Partners over the years, these relationships became vital lifelines in a time of crisis. Our partners in Ukraine and Poland have come together to bring light into the darkness of war. Proem quickly utilized their campgrounds, church plants and primary school to make a home and provide stability for displaced families. In Poland, where evangelical Christians make up less than 2% of the population, Proem is a bright light ministering to thousands of adults and young people every year.
Reflection & Prayer
- Pray for Leonid and Minzilya Matseyka and their three children. Pray that they would have courage, direction and perseverance as they are displaced from their home. Pray that their ministry would reach many Ukrainians in search of hope.
- Pray for peace in Ukraine. Pray for our Outreach Partners in Kherson, Ukraine and other parts of the country who are putting their lives at risk to share the love of Christ with those who are suffering.
- Pray for Daniel & Edyta Wawrzyniak and their two children from Proem in Poland. Pray that their ministry would continue to reap a great harvest in Poland and that their work with young people would raise up a new generation of devoted followers of Jesus in Eastern Europe.