The Ukrainian Needed Prayer. The Russian Volunteered. How two Christian friends, divided by borders but united by their passion for evangelism, brought a prayer meeting to tears as war raged. Angela Tkachenko and Alexey S.
The following dialogue is a retelling of an emergency global prayer meeting held by Lausanne Europe on Thursday:
Angela Tkachenko:
My mother entered my room in the middle of the night. “The war has started.”
I live in Sumy, a Ukrainian city of about 250,000 people that sits near the Russian border. One week ago, my husband insisted that I take our kids and my mother and evacuate. While we made it to the United States, he stayed behind.
As Russian troops met stiffer resistance than expected from Ukrainian soldiers and citizens in Kyiv and other cities, pastors in both nations adapted Sunday worship services appropriately.
“The whole church prayed on their knees for our president, our country, and for peace,” said Vadym Kulynchenko of his church in Kamyanka, 145 miles south of the capital. “After the service, we did a first-aid training.”
Rather than a sermon, time was given to share testimonies from harrowing ...
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