An update from Brovary, Ukraine
Here’s an email update we just received from Pastor Anatoly and Sophia Lepak of First Free’s longtime sister church, First Baptist Brovary, Ukraine. Brovary is a city of 109,000 people (before the war) about 12 miles east of the capital city of Kyiv. Anatoly and...
Front-line ministry in Ukraine
Money sent by First Free Rockford is helping Ukrainian chaplains minister to soldiers on the war’s front lines. First Free has a long relationship with their church, Cirkev Bratska (Church of the Brethren) in the east Slovak village of Hermanovce nad Topľou. It’s...
Serving War-Weary People
When your loved ones need help, you go. For First Free missionaries Jim and Sandy Bellair, the war in Ukraine has been of particular concern because they lived there for four years in the late 1990s, and still have close friends there. They’ve returned often over the...
Global Ministry, Local Venue
“I was a stranger and you invited me in.”Jesus to his disciples (Matthew 25:35b) Looking for a chance to meet and minister to people from other cultures? First Free Rockford hosts English as a Second Language (ESL) classes on Saturday mornings throughout the year, and...
