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.

The interim director of Slavic Missionary Service and Peter Korotash, SMS missionary and pastor of Grace Church in Bendery, Moldova, had the joy of providing food to the needy in his church and in the community this past summer. Nine families were presented with a huge bag of groceries, including basic foods for sustenance and a few extra treats. Each family was grateful to the Lord and to the church for presenting them with something that spoke to them “louder” than words.

“So then, while we have opportunity, let us do good to all men, and especially to those who are of the household of the faith” (Galatians 6:10). A member of the church recommended to the pastor to share this “gift of kindness” also to an older unsaved man in her apartment complex. He was extremely appreciative and even attended the church that following Sunday.

The interim director then left some contributions with the pastor in order to buy potatoes for other needy families during the fall months. Because there is very little work in Bendery and the pensions are quite meager, many people struggle to feed themselves and their families. Peter understands that the church must meet the needs of the church community first and then reach out to the unchurched community with “deeds” of love and kindness.

Of course, with these gestures of giving, words from the Bible are shared concerning the “indescribable gift” that God has given to the world. Many are thankful for this humanitarian aid, and some desire to know more about the gift of salvation presented by God.

Pray that SMS can provide to Peter and Tanya Korotash, as well as other SMS missionaries, the needed resources in order to reach their communities for Christ. Now is the time for believers in Transnistria (Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic) to share the Good News that God can alleviate the physical needs of anyone, but more importantly, the spiritual needs that affect every man and woman throughout the world.

From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.

Luke 12:48

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.