{"id":1532,"date":"2017-06-16T17:53:18","date_gmt":"2017-06-16T17:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/?p=1532"},"modified":"2017-06-16T18:11:32","modified_gmt":"2017-06-16T18:11:32","slug":"ukraine-church-planting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/ukraine-church-planting\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine Church Planting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>by Bob Cave<\/p>\n<p>I just returned from our 2017 church planting trip to the Ukraine. We are on target to plant 25 new location across the country. This is a necessity as thousands have turned to Christ over the last three years. When Russia and Ukraine got into conflict and vast amounts of territory have come into hot dispute, it has turned into a war where more than ten thousand have died and many have been injured. That affects the heart of the country, where people have lost relatives, sons, and friends, and now they are asking deep questions about God.<\/p>\n<p>Bishop Reshetinsky\u2019s mother church in Kiev has sent evangelism teams to towns, villages, and cities to offer the hope of Christ. They saw many saved and in need of a place to grow in the Lord; thus, they need new churches. We have set a goal for 20 this year and the Lord has blessed us with 25.<\/p>\n<p>To make this happen, we asked individuals and churches to sponsor a church plant at $5,000 each. This is a rare opportunity because the war has cut the value of local currency by two thirds to the 1995 price when we were able to plant almost 100 churches in about ten years. Typically the $5,000 bought a house to be renovated into a church, paid a pastor for the first year, and purchased Bibles. We can do the same now!<\/p>\n<p>If a donor or pastor from a US\/Canada church wanted to witness the church being planted, we have opportunities this year and next to make the 9-day trip. If donors do not choose to travel to Ukraine, leaders and pastors are ready and will plant it on your behalf.<\/p>\n<p>Last week we kicked off the plants with Bishop Dayton Birt and Brian Sawyer of Redemption Conference, and Phillip Gschwend of Upper Christian Fellowship. Thank you to Happy Homes Church in Tyner, North Carolina for sponsoring two church plants, and to Upper Christian Fellowship in South Carolina for your contributions.<\/p>\n<p>Please let us know if your church would like to make this your 2017 or 2018 project! We would love for you to join us in this exciting area of ministry!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/give.iphc.org\/missions\/220017\">Give to this project here!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please contact:<br \/>\nBob Cave: <a href=\"mailto:bcave@iphc.org\">bcave@iphc.org<\/a>\u00a0 210.929.9797<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Bob Cave I just returned from our 2017 church planting trip to the Ukraine. We are on target to plant 25 new location across the country. This is a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":1539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[230,195,40,67],"class_list":{"0":"post-1532","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world-missions","8":"tag-church-plant","9":"tag-church-planting","10":"tag-europe","11":"tag-ukraine","12":"entry"},"title_es":"Ucrania Plantaci\u00f3n de iglesias","content_es":"Por Bob Cave Acabo de regresar de nuestro viaje de plantaci\u00f3n de iglesias 2017 a Ucrania. Estamos en el blanco para plantar 25 nuevos lugares en todo el pa\u00eds. Esta es una necesidad ya que miles se han vuelto a Cristo en los \u00faltimos tres a\u00f1os. Cuando Rusia y Ucrania entraron en conflicto y vastas cantidades de territorio han entrado en caliente disputa, se ha convertido en una guerra donde m\u00e1s de diez mil han muerto y muchos han sido heridos. Eso afecta el coraz\u00f3n del pa\u00eds, donde la gente ha perdido parientes, hijos y amigos, y ahora est\u00e1n haciendo preguntas profundas sobre Dios. La iglesia madre del obispo Reshetinsky en Kiev ha enviado equipos de evangelizaci\u00f3n a ciudades, pueblos y ciudades para ofrecer la esperanza de Cristo. Vieron a muchos salvos y necesitan un lugar para crecer en el Se\u00f1or; Por lo tanto, necesitan nuevas iglesias. Hemos fijado una meta para 20 este a\u00f1o y el Se\u00f1or nos ha bendecido con 25. Para que esto suceda, pedimos a las personas ya las iglesias que patrocinen una planta de iglesia en $ 5.000 cada uno. Esta es una rara oportunidad porque la guerra ha reducido el valor de la moneda local en dos tercios al precio de 1995 cuando pudimos plantar casi 100 iglesias en unos diez a\u00f1os. Normalmente los $ 5,000 compraron una casa para ser renovada en una iglesia, pagaron a un pastor por el primer a\u00f1o, y compraron Biblias. Podemos hacer lo mismo ahora! Si un donante o un pastor de una iglesia de EE.UU. \/ Canad\u00e1 quer\u00eda ser testigo de la iglesia que se est\u00e1 plantando, tenemos oportunidades este a\u00f1o y al lado de hacer el viaje de 9 d\u00edas. Si los donantes no eligen viajar a Ucrania, los l\u00edderes y pastores est\u00e1n listos y lo plantar\u00e1n en su nombre. La semana pasada iniciamos las plantas con el obispo Dayton Birt y Brian Sawyer de la Redemption Conference, y Phillip Gschwend de la Christian Christian Fellowship. Gracias a Happy Homes Church en Tyner, Carolina del Norte por patrocinar dos plantas de iglesias, ya Upper Christian Fellowship en Carolina del Sur por sus contribuciones. Por favor, h\u00e1ganos saber si su iglesia quiere hacer de este proyecto su 2017 o 2018! \u00a1Nos encantar\u00eda que se uniera a nosotros en esta emocionante \u00e1rea de ministerio! Para obtener m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n, comun\u00edquese con: Bob Cave: <a href=\"mailto:bcave@iphc.org\">bcave@iphc.org<\/a> 210.929.9797","author_name":"","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/Ukraine-donation-e1497636589153.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb62Ar-oI","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}