With the COVID-19 pandemic impacting everyday life, Slavic Missionary Service is so grateful for how each supporter has continued to faithfully support our outreaches. SMS understands that many of you have been affected physically and financially during this season of time, yet you have stayed the course and given of your resources sacrificially. SMS wishes you and your family (and church) the peace and the hope that only the Lord can provide during these unprecedented times! The restrictions on travel because of the pandemic have brought a new set of challenges to SMS, yet God has provided ways to continue to assist the missionaries overseas. As we adapt to these unparalleled circumstances, SMS continues to trust the Lord...
The guiding purpose of the church is to “preach the Gospel” (Mark 16:15) and to “make disciples of all nations” (Matthew 28:19). Slavic Missionary Service praises God that national workers in Slavic countries are fulfilling this central purpose. The growth of the church increases through God-given ministers and saints who desire to please the Lord Jesus Christ in all things. “For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building” (1 Corinthians 3:9). Christ and His members work together for the growth of the church. Every member has a task to accomplish. And when it is necessary to expand the work into other communities, cities or countries, Christians must be at God’s disposal to fulfill...
A missionary that has ministered to the Slavic people in the states, as well as in the country of Israel, was given some flannel graph sets by Slavic Missionary Service a few years ago. One set was never given to anyone for ministry. Recently, the missionary asked the interim director of SMS if he should return the set. As this missionary and the director reminisced about their work together in New York City with Slavic immigrants, as well as their service together in a camp in Connecticut that concentrated on children from Slavic families, the director asked if there was anyone that could benefit in ministry with this Flannel graph set. The missionary thought of one such man who...
