The story the news media is not telling you about Ukraine is that Russians are torturing and murdering Ukrainian Christians in occupied territories for their faith.
Russians are weaponizing religion. They are making a Holy War out of Ukraine, a Russian Orthodox Jihad.
Protestants are targeted disproportionately. American missionaries have been coming to Ukraine for decades. As a result, Protestants make up about 4% of the Ukrainian population. However, they comprise more than a third of the documented incidents of Russian persecution. At least 26 Christian leaders have been killed for their faith.
Among Protestants, Baptists are particularly hard hit. The Ukrainian Baptist Theological Seminary reports the loss of some 400 Baptist congregations since the beginning of the full scale Russian invasion.
Why are Protestants being persecuted? Russians associate Protestants, particularly evangelicals, with the United States. The Russian Orthodox Church is a working arm of the Kremlin, so Russian soldiers assume that Protestants are agents of the American government.
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Testimonies
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Surviving Torture: A Ukrainian Pastor’s Story of Faith and Persecution under Russian Occupation
Kidnapped, tortured, and accused of being an American spy, Baptist Pastor Oleksandr’s faith and resilience are put to the ultimate test during the Russian occupation.
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Ukrainian Evangelical Leader’s Plea After Russian Attack Kills Pastor’s Daughter and Baby
Pavlo Unguryan, Ukraine’s Evangelical Leader, is addressing the people of America after Russia attacks a residential building in Odessa and kills a Ukraine’s Baptist Pastor daughter and her 3-months-old son.
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Faith Under Siege: Russians Destroyed All Protestant Churches in Melitopol, Ukraine
There is no longer a single Protestant church standing in Melitopol, as the Russians destroyed everything
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Ukrainian Baptist Children’s Pastor Tortured for Faith in Russian Captivity
I had a bag on my head and my hands where handcuffed to my legs, electric wires were connected to my genitals.They beat me with batons, an iron pipe, a woden stick .
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Ukrainian Pentecostal Pastor Targeted For Death by Russians
My name is Gennadiy Mokhnenko, and I am a Ukrainian Pentecostal pastor from Mariupol. Russia sent a group of commandos with orders to shoot me on the doorstep of the church.
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The Russians Targeted a Baptist Сhurch with an Aerial Bomb while Parishioners Sought Shelter Inside
Kidnapped, tortured, and accused of being an American spy, Baptist Pastor Oleksandr’s faith and resilience are put to the ultimate test during the Russian occupation.
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Faith Tested: Baptist Pastor Salfetnikov’s Courage Through Torture and Persecution by the Russians
Kidnapped, tortured, and accused of being an American spy, Baptist Pastor Oleksandr’s faith and resilience are put to the ultimate test during the Russian occupation.
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Tragedy of New Life Baptist Church in Ukraine under Russian Occupation
The women who were with us were terrified. There were dead bodies all around outside from Russian attacks.
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Persecution and Resilience in Luhansk: Viktor’s Story of Courage and Religious Freedom Struggles!
After the Russians came to my native city of Luhansk, they restricted any type of congregation except the Orthodox Russian Church.
