Sisters who came to the conference as well as women from local churches gathered in the morning to discuss what God expects from them in fulfilling the Great Commission.
Round-table discussions took place in the evening for the pastors and missionaries.
Anna Deaner, a sister from the USA, shared her testimony. She said that we are all called to serve and it is very important to be ready when God will call us and not to follow our own decisions. Sisters shared about their lives, how they got faith, and about their call to serve. Women’s role in building God’s Kingdom is quite important: prayer, evangelism, deacon ministry, biblical influence on children and relatives, support of a minister-husband, and, ultimately, personal participation in the missionary work. This is not a full list of the areas where sisters serve. It’s so nice that some missionaries were able to arrive with their wives. There were some single women who are active sharing the Gospel to the women of other nations living in their countries.
In the afternoon, there were meetings of the conference guests where they discussed different plans for new trips. Round-table discussions took place in the evening for the pastors and missionaries. It was on Similarities and Differences Between Missions and Evangelism. Pastors and missionaries who had planted churches among other small nations shared their understanding of the Great Commission that the Lord revealed to them. The conversation was informative, deep, and constructive. The brothers noted a necessity to hold such conferences at most churches, to invite missionaries in order for their testimonies to awaken the hearts of Ukrainian brothers and sisters.
Every day participants of different meetings pray for those ministers who wanted do be present on the conference, but have to undergo very complicated surgeries on heart and brain. They are the missionary from the Far East Yuriy Morokhovets and our brother R. We had a sister from the Middle Asia with us. She has served a lot in God’s field under difficult conditions of persecution. Now the Lord is leading her through a complicated disease and she needs prayer support. They prayed for the ministers in the East Asian region whose life is full of daily risk and the ministry is not an easy one and very exhausting.
Tetyana Arterchuk