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Finding Refuge in His Everlasting Arms

By Rick Erb, BCM missionary Ukraine/Poland REFUGEE!  Recent global events have caused a tsunami of refugees to hit the shores of many countries, including my own birth nation, the United States.  Probably none of us wants or expects to be a refugee. But several months...

Volunteering for God-Venture in Romania

By: Jeanette Windle with Daniel Rusu “Me! Me! I’ll do it!” Volunteering for new adventures was nothing new for BCM Romania missionary Daniel Rusu, whether skydiving in his teens or a university major with few job opportunities—aircraft engineering. But when caught in...

Sharing “FIHAVANANA” With Madagascar’s Most Vulnerable

By Lisa Biegert The island nation of Madagascar, located off Africa’s southeastern coast, practices what is known locally as fihavanana, a term encompassing concepts of unity, brotherhood, and general peace. To the Malagasy [i.e., Madagascar ethnicity] people, this...

Kiev-BCM Director Dr. Igor Kotenko – BCM Ukraine

Director of BCM Ukraine Dr. Igor Kotenko came to know Christ as Savior in the early 1990s after spending half a week’s salary on a Bible. Read more of Igor and Oxana’s testimony here (Changing Ukraine, One Heart at a Time). Igor’s love for God and concern for his...

Church Plant – BCM Ukraine

Mukachevo, a city located on the far western side of Ukraine near the borders of Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania, is the location of a new BCM church plant pastored by BCM missionary Rev. Timothy Dymchenko. The church property was purchased in 2008. Rev. Dymchenko...

Refugees – BCM Ukraine

The crisis in eastern Ukraine has created many refugees, opening new doors for ministry. The Mukachevo church plant cares for more than forty refugees by providing food and helping them find jobs. These include families with children who are poor, hungry, homeless,...