Tag: #refugees

• Vans and prayers: holding the Christ-light

  Such dark days! It’s 11pm in Poland and I’m hearing more about one church’s ministry to Ukrainians fleeing the war. Marzena, a council member of the Baptist church in Bialystok, Poland, has called me to tell me the latest news. Such are the pressures of all she needs to get done, this is the first…

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  23 March 2022

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  #Christian discipleship, #Christian women, #Lent, #Matthew 27:45, #Poland, #refugees, #Ukraine, #war

• Crossing the border: scenes from a Polish church

  What does ministry at a time of crisis look like? What are the challenges? Marzena Snarska from Bialystok in Poland shares her story. ‘It’s difficult, exhausting and draining, but we know we have God’s blessing.’ Marzena Snarska is one of those extraordinary women who just radiate hope. I’ve only been speaking to her for a…

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  12 March 2022

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  #Christian discipleship, #Christian women, #Isaiah 43:1-3, #Polish Baptist church, #refugee reception centre, #refugees, #Ukraine, #Ukrainian Baptists

• Lent from the borderland

  ‘I’ve never seen anyone look so scared,’ says Marta. I’m speaking to a Polish friend that I’ve known for many years. She lives in Eastern Poland some fifteen miles from the border with Ukraine. In the last couple of days, she and her husband and two young sons have welcomed Viktoria, a Ukrainian mother from…

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  9 March 2022

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  #Christian discipleship, #Christian women, #Foot of the Cross, #Good Friday, #Holy Week, #John 19:25-27, #Lent, #refugees, #Ukraine