SGA’s “Encountering Hope” stories feature one hundred eighty inspiring testimonies of believers who are overcoming very difficult circumstances in Russia, Ukraine, and the former Soviet countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. As you listen, you’ll hear Bible-based life application to help you grow in your faith and enhance your daily walk with the Lord.
When you give to support the work of the churches and pastors SGA serves, you equip faithful servants of the Lord to keep advancing the Gospel of Jesus Christ—so that the hurting and the lost may encounter hope!
. . . and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
(Romans 5:5)
It’s a surprising truth that often the largest plants spring from the tiniest seeds. That’s what Dima discovered. Listen how a SGA-supported Belarus summer camp had a profound effect on three young, unbelieving girls.
Loneliness can be one of the most difficult trials to endure. Vyacheslav is an SGA-supported pastor who heard of a trapped young man, who felt entirely alone. Alone, but not forgotten.
Jesus was often moved by empathy to help the distressed and dispirited. So how do we model compassion in action? Nikolai, an SGA-supported missionary pastor, shares how he and his church are putting Christ’s principles into practice.
For those who have lived in a war zone during a conflict, it’s hard to fully grasp what daily life is like. Today, Pastor Sergei shares his experience of faithfully serving Christ and his people in the midst war in Ukraine.
In Far East Russia, Oleg discovered true change needed to begin in his hard heart. Then, what was predicted to be his life’s end was instead a new life in Christ! With a new heart for Jesus, Oleg sought to help others.
Human wisdom doesn’t seek a painful path to draw closer to God. Yet this is how God, in His wisdom, reached Olga. She’s just one of the great number of Ukrainians brought to repentance and faith in Christ during the war.