This month’s topic: Out of the storm, God answers. The many Methodist churches throughout Russia and Eurasia continue to serve their communities, despite challenging, and sometimes severe, circumstances. At the same time, the Methodist Theological Seminary in Moscow provides ongoing hope by raising up new leaders who are committed to doing the Lord's work..
Join Cindy Stone, coordinator of the Russia Initiative as we hope Rev. Alexandr Shevchenko, MD, pastor at Luhansk UMC in Eastern Ukraine will be able to join us. We share this message from the DS in Ukraine, Pastor Oleg Starodubets, who has evacuated Kiev and set up refugee centers in the Methodist churches in Western Ukraine: "There is a wave of refugees here now, the traffic jams on the borders with the European Union are unreal. But there are so many people who have nowhere to go... Our 2 churches are full of people, not only from our churches, but also people who need shelter. We were thinking of renting apartments for those who were coming to us from Kyiv and putting 2 or 3 families together in each apartment. And of course, they need food to be prepared for them... The more funds we have, the more we can reach different people. And there are a lot of non-Christians who need help..."