Established in 1993, Ukraine Christian Ministries works closely with churches in central Ukraine to share the good news of Jesus Christ and see His kingdom grow. Everything that we do is through relationship with our partners in Ukraine. We support churches who minister to their communities, running camps for children and young people, and meeting the material needs of many who find themselves trapped in poverty. We also partner with youth ministries in the area who are seeking to equip the next generation of Ukrainians. We believe that every person needs to know their Saviour Jesus and we are privileged to work with like-minded partners, who are certain that as more people come to trust God in Ukraine, a brighter future is possible.
At the end of October, Hope Church in Cherkasy celebrates 2 years since the members started gathering together in a building. But the real beginnings of this faith community go back quite a bit further, as leaders Sergiy and Vika Kravets explain.“
Back in 2021, we were in the church in Denghi and Pastor Sasha was challenging us to think about finding a ministry outside the church,” Sergiy says. “And then we were watching a video during a service where a young man shared food with a person who was hungry, and I felt very challenged in that moment that this is what we could do: there are hungry people and they need to eat. I felt God speaking to me about the new ministry.”
Vika was on board with the idea and the leadership were supportive, so they put a plan into action. “We prepared some food and made some tea and put them in the car and drove. We were so enthusiastic!” Sergiy laughs. “We were going to feed everybody; we went all around Blagodatne, where we live, trying to find all these people that needed food. We went to the train station. There was nobody there. We went to the town centre - there was nobody there. Everywhere we went there was nobody there.”
Disappointed to have not found anyone in Blagodatne to share food with, they started going across the river to Cherkasy, but still struggled to work out where would be best to establish the ministry. After travelling back and forth for some time, they eventually set up in the market, where they felt sure there would be someone they could help.
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Since the War started we have raised: £258,513 and sent: £191,120
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