Story

An abandoned building in Borodyanka with a lone pink teddy bear amidst debris, symbolizing loss.

1000 Days of war.

Leave a Comment / Prayer, Story / By

1000 Days of War In Ukraine As the Russian-Ukrainian war reaches its 1,000th day on November 18, 2024, the conflict has profoundly impacted Ukraine’s population, infrastructure, and social fabric. The following are 20 pivotal events that have shaped the course of the war and their effects on the Ukrainian people: February 24, 2022: Russia launches a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, initiating widespread displacement and civilian casualties. March 2022: The siege of Mariupol leads to significant destruction and loss of life, with thousands of civilians trapped without essential supplies. April 2022: Ukrainian forces reclaim Kyiv’s suburbs, revealing mass graves and evidence

1000 Days of war. Read More »

Chernyayev, Stanislav & Nataliya

Our Missionaries, Story / By

Stanislav and Nataliya Chernyayev Stanislav (usually called Stas) and Nataliya Chernyayev have devoted over three decades to church planting in Ukraine through Kontaktmission, demonstrating resilience and impact amid significant challenges. Since founding Rakovka Evangelical Church in 2000, Stas has pastored a thriving congregation while serving as the national director for Kontaktmission Ukraine, which now coordinates over 15 missionary families. Their work has truly become a family mission, with their son, Vlad, now also ministering as a part of Kontaktmission. In 2012, Stas expanded his vision, founding the School of Discipleship and Evangelism (SDE) as part of Kremenchuk Evangelical Seminary. With

Chernyayev, Stanislav & Nataliya Read More »

The merneptah Stele

The Merneptah or the “Israel Stele”

Leave a Comment / Story / By

The Merneptah or the “Israel Stele” By: Dr. Chad Summa In approximately 1210 BC, Merneptah, a pharaoh of the 19th dynasty, led a campaign into Canaan defeating various people groups. One of the people groups that are listed as having been defeated by the Pharaoh is Israel. We know this from an inscription known as the Merneptah Stele sometimes called the “Israel Stele” for it is the first recorded mention of the people group known as Israel outside of the pages of Scripture. Most understand that this places the nation of Israel within the land that would become known as

The Merneptah or the “Israel Stele” Read More »

assorted-title of books piled in the shelves

Library Digitization

Projects, Story / By

Library Digitization project In order to meet the challenges of teaching in the digital age, we will be digitizing our entire library (ca. 30,000 volumes) and making them available to our students through our partnership with the Digital Theological Library. This will give students all over the world access to high quality, German resources for their training. Even with a relatively small library collection, the project is gargantuan. We will need to make three major purchases to facilitate the project: (1) a high capacity document scanner (2) a powerful workstation for preparing documents (including image correction and highly tailored, accurate

Library Digitization Read More »

Buser, Stefan and Alissa

Our Missionaries, Story / By

Stefan and Alissa Buser We are Stefan and Alissa Buser. Alissa grew up as a ministry kid with the KMUSA Office and Stefan grew up as a Kontaktmission MK (missionary kid) in Mistelbach, Austria, where we live now. Since Alissa moved to Austria in 2021, we have always prioritized serving our small church here and being involved in the Kontaktmission community and as time goes on our roles in that are becoming more official. Stefan is a youth social worker in our area and Alissa currently works at the local elementary school as an after-school care teacher. We are extremely

Buser, Stefan and Alissa Read More »