We want to express our thanks to all the churches in the UK that supported our recent mission trip to Ukraine. There are five churches in particular that deserve special mention.
These were:
Reigate Baptist Church
Epsom Baptist Church
Stoneleigh Baptist Church
Surbiton New Life Church
Horley Baptist Church
The DHM team recently arrived back to the UK after an amazing trip to Ukraine. The team of 12 worked together alongside our Ukrainian partners. We were all privileged to see the work that God is doing in Ukraine.
Here are a few picture highlights from the trip last week…
One of DHM’s key mission partners in Ukraine, Pastor Alexander Demyanchenko from Transfiguration Baptist Church on the outskirts of Kyiv, has just sent us an update of a recent evangelistic event that he organised through the church.
Alexander writes: “These are some photos from our recent evangelism day for the
On Sunday 19th January 2020, the DHM team received a warm welcome from the congregation at Stoneleigh Baptist Church in Surrey. Joshua was invited to preach about mission and to talk about what God is doing in Ukraine. Varduyi led the church in a light-hearted quiz about Ukraine.
The DHM
We’re really grateful to DHM supporter, Jacquie, from Epsom, who organised a cake sale this week, which raised a significant sum to support the ministry of DHM in Ukraine as we prepare for our trip at the end of January.
DHM values its relationship with Epsom Baptist Church, where our
Recently, Dr Mykhailo Cherenkov and a group of Mennonite Brethren friends from Kansas and California, visited some ministry locations in Eastern Ukraine and participated in feeding the homeless in Zaporizhe, a large city in Eastern Ukraine, south of Dnipro.
Mykhailo is Vice-President of the Association of Spiritual Renewal (ASR),
Recently, DHM has started to build relationships with Poltava Baptist Church (PBC) in Eastern Ukraine. Located on the Vorskla River, which is a south-flowing tributary of the River Dnipro, Poltava is a city of great cultural and historical prominence.
At the end of January 2020, a DHM team will visit
Our team in Ukraine, led by our Community Outreach Co-ordinator, Karine, produced this video, which went out on social media, inviting young people from the village to celebrate Christmas at DHM’s centre of ministry in Ukraine, known as the House of Hope in Vasylkivka.
In Orthodox Christian countries, such as
Today, 7th January, is Christmas Day in Ukraine. So Merry Christmas!
The Ukraine team celebrated Christmas by preparing some packages filled with small presents. The packages were put in boxes and Pastor Alexander used the DHM minibus to take them to some of the poorest families in the surrounding villages.
Just last week, a team from DHM were warmly welcomed by the congregation at New Malden in West London. For Joshua and Varduyi it was great to be back with friends at NMBC, especially with Pastor Johnny Pozzo and his wife Kate, and Simon Bramwell, who is minister-in-training, currently studying