Posts by John Haukka
Urgent Letter From The President
This week is intense and events are moving fast in Ukraine. We are in touch with our teams inside Ukraine by the hour. The “Power to Change” giant billboards (some 120 meters long 10 meters high) remain up in the cities of Kharkiv, Mariupol, Zaporizhzhia, and Dnipr (intense fighting going on). Russian and Ukrainian soldiers…
Read MoreChurches In Russia Suffer Amidst The Coronavirus Pandemic
The pandemic continues to spread unchecked in Russia In October, record numbers of deaths due to the Coronavirus were recorded in Russia. An extensive statistical comparison on a popular Russian website revealed that, according to official statistics, over a thousand deaths have been recorded per day. The total number of deaths in the pandemic has…
Read MoreUkrainian Authorities Give Green Light To Media Campaign
Precious Memories From Kiev! Although it’s been several years since the mega city media campaign in Kiev took place, mega church pastor Yuri Babinets remembers it warmly. Yuri was the national director of GCMM’s Kiev campaign and is the leader of the largest congregation in Ukraine. His church has experienced strong growth since the media…
Read MoreEast Ukraine Campaign Amidst The Threat of Invasion
A large-scale evangelical media saturation campaign led by Great Commission Media Ministries is underway in the Eastern Ukraine war zone. Today we called our campaign call centre in Mariupol where the atmosphere in this major city is tense. Mariupol is only 15 km away from the Russian-backed rebel forces. The negotiations between Russia and the…
Read MoreThe God Of Our Valleys…
Some time ago, I came across a message by Pastor Rick Warren, which inspired me to write this editorial. Valleys in life are inevitable. We go through negative experiences not because we are bad, but because we are human. We live in a broken world where bad things happen to good people too. We call…
Read MoreRetreat From Afghanistan: The Church Is Left Behind
Among the thousands of citizens who fled the country were a few Afghan Christians. Only a few got on the planes. In the photo, a mother and daughter are escorted to the plane. There is no information about the father and other members of the family. Retreat From Afghanistan The Taliban took over Afghanistan…
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