Stirrings in the Ukraine

One New Man is alive and well in the unlikeliest of places …

An insightful report into the Messianic Congregations, Jewish life and history in Ukraine today and how the concept of One New Man is being worked out there.

The Ukraine is not a country that many would consider visiting for a holiday, but, when one has a heart for ministry, God can take a person, or group of people, anywhere. This was the case when I received a flyer in the post from David House, a ministry headed by Piers Arthur-Crow in Hove, near Brighton, advertising a prayer and study tour of the Ukraine. It was billed to cover the unique and very sad Holocaust history there, to meet and fellowship with local Messianic believers in Kiev and Dnipro and to learn about the troubled history of this former Soviet country and also of the Jews, past and present.

I mentioned this to two good friends and they too wanted to come, and so we formed a Northern Irish contingent of a 12-man group from the UK, set to travel in late June 2019. Piers’ assistant translator and guide met us at the airport in Kiev, where we soon got acquainted with the rest of the group. The Hotel Bratislava in Kiev (Kyiv) was very grand with marble floors and dark polished wood furnishings, over-manned with black-suited security men with very severe expressions who spoke no English at all. We were introduced to many kinds of foods new to our palates and the original world-famous Chicken Kiev.