CHRISTIAN ANALYSIS
We’ve seen it all.
Uprisings. Communism. Persecution. The Iron Curtain. The Cold War. The construction and tearing down of the Berlin Wall. The collapse of the Soviet Union. And now two devastating wars in Israel and Ukraine.
For decades, Slavic Gospel Association (SGA), the ministry I lead, has operated quietly behind the scenes in Russia, the former Soviet Union and Israel. Right now, we’re in a unique place to help tens of thousands of people whose lives have been torn apart.
2024 marks exactly 90 years of this one-of-a-kind ministry serving evangelical churches across a huge landmass covering 11 time zones, reaching even into the Arctic Circle.
Covert to Centerstage
We’ve never sought attention. You could say we’ve been a “covert operation.”
But now we suddenly find ourselves centerstage — serving the most vulnerable, and the forgotten, in the midst of two terrible, high-profile conflicts.
Just as Aaron and Hur supported Moses and lifted up his weary hands as the Israelites fought a critical battle (Exodus 17:11-12, NASB), SGA endeavors to “lift up the hands” of beleaguered local churches.
It surprises many people that a ministry founded to take the Gospel to the Slavic world is active in Israel.
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