Churches Mobilize to Bring Relief in Jesus Name to Russia/Georgia Conflict
I pulled this off the MNN web site this morning.
As the saber rattling continues, thousands of people are suffering. Slavic Gospel Association says evangelical churches in the region are ready to help.
SGA's Joel Griffith has been in contact with pastors in North Ossetia. They're reporting, "The hostilities between the Georgian and Russian armies have already resulted in several thousand civilians being killed and an estimated 100,000 people having lost their homes. Refugee families from South Ossetia have flooded north across the Russian border."
The refugees are going into the southern Russian regions of Kabardino-Balkaria, Rostov, Stavropol, and Krasnodar. Griffith says, "In all of these regions, we have SGA-sponsored church planters and partner UECB (Union of Evangelical Christians Baptists) churches."
According to Griffith, these churches are being proactive. "All of the UECB churches in North Ossetia are sending people to visit the suffering injured in the area hospitals. They are trying to help the refugees with food and clothing. And you can be sure that they are seizing every opportunity to share the Gospel with them."
posted by Bryon Mondok @ 6:11 PM
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