Slavic Missionary Service

Pray for your local church and the local churches in Slavic countries. Ask the Lord to increase the spiritual life of each member of the church. Ask Him to assist your church in the area where you live to seek souls with salvation from sin. And may this assistance extend throughout the whole world. Pray for your pastor and leadership, as well as the pastors and leadership in the Slavic world. Pray for peace in the world. Ask God to restrain evil through the Holy Spirit in order that His Word may have free course in every country.

It is so important to concentrate on the centrality of community in Christianity. The church is to be aware of what God is doing in its locale and respond to its calling and commitment. It does not matter if that community is large or small. Grace must be seen operating in every opportunity. A Christian, first of all, is responsible to support and serve in the local church. Then, a Christian must support and, if possible, serve in the world-wide church.

The Gorodets Baptist Church in Gorodets, Belarus has twenty-two members, ten children in Sunday school and ten young people in the youth group. Pastor Valery and Anna Ushchik, SMS missionaries, are grateful to the Lord for this evangelical church which is in their small town of 1,500 people. He and his wife seek to “shine for the Lord” in a community where everyone knows everyone.

During a combined baptism service in Kobrin, which is approximately ten miles from Gorodets, twenty-five were baptized from this large city and the surrounding towns. Two were baptized from the Gorodets Baptist Church. Pastor Ushchik praises God that the church membership is stable and slowly continues to grow.

Slavic Missionary Service understands that God is in control over the affairs of men. His grace can be seen working in large cities, as well as in small towns and villages. Pray that God will give SMS wisdom concerning the best strategic areas to support people and projects.

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Romans 15:13

God’s strategy for world evangelism calls for two equally important elements: Co-missionaries and Go-missionaries, the senders and the sent, the supporters and the workers. A Christian church without missionary enthusiasm is a contradiction. God depends upon the faithful testimony of His people for the evangelization of the world. The Savior expects those who have tasted the sweetness of salvation to spread the news far and wide. He has commissioned His children to share His Word to the lost in every country.