Facilitating Church Planting and Humanitarian Outreach
Cross-cultural faux pas are going to happen if you interact with people in or from other cultural settings. Beth and I are no strangers to this phenomenon. It has been said that the difference between long-term and short-term missionaries is that the longer you stay in your host country, the more linguistic and cultural mistakes … More Putin’s Friends
Reader’s Note: In September of 2024, Donald Trump reportedly told Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy that he wanted a “fair deal for everybody” regarding Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. Earlier this year, the president of Türkiye, Erdoğan, reiterated his desire to “continue to work with all our strength to establish a just and lasting peace.” … More The Myth of a Fair and Just Peace
We have all heard it over and over… the reason Russia invaded Ukraine is because of NATO expansionism. The problem is that NATO does not have an expansionistic vision. If they had some form of a Manifest Destiny, they would be pressuring Ukraine to join them and at the very least, they would have made … More NATO & Ukraine (Part 2)
Here, in The Ministry of Truth, we like to correct false notions even when those notions are espoused by those holding the highest office in the land. The following is a direct quote from current president, Donald J. Trump, on February 13, 2025: “Biden went out and said that they could join Nato, and he … More NATO & Ukraine (part one)
In a remote section of Ukraine, there is a church planter who was given responsibility to take a tiny church that was in danger of extinction and replant it. We’ll call him “E”. The church is off life-support and although small, like many village churches, it is vibrant. Pastor E has the ability to motivate … More Helping Ukrainians Help Ukrainians – Charitable Bakery
Mobile Kitchen Project The Mobile Kitchen: Meet Grisha. We have known each other for over 26 years. It is hard to believe so much time has passed since he was nervously applying to be a church planting student in our training program “Project 250”. Grisha has a winsome personality and one of those few people … More Helping Ukrainians Help Ukrainians – Mobile Kitchen
How America went from second to eighteenth About a week before I left the states for Ukraine this year, I asked a friend, “Have you been keeping up on the news? What is the feeling you get regarding how much America is supporting Ukraine’s war effort as opposed to how much other countries are helping … More The Great Switcheroo
It was December 25, 1995, when the Yodis family woke up to celebrate Christmas and realized it was just another working day in Ukraine. Nobody said Merry Christmas (С Рождеством), as the birth of our Savior was celebrated on January 7th,- – according to the Julian calendar that was largely replaced by the Gregorian calendar … More How The Grinch Unified Christmas
The Russian Federation, as it is officially known, consists of many republics, oblasts and krais which often have their own unique people groups, languages, cultures and administrative structure. In the 1400’s, as the eastern Slavs began to push the Mongolian “Golden Horde” back to Mongolia, they found a land with immense wealth and resources. They … More When will the war end?
Why does he lie? Ratings? Fame? Reputation? Was he or his family threatened or should we follow the money trail? Is there a money trail? The irony is that the Lying Commentator, whose name shall not be mentioned, began his career in journalism as a fact checker (according to Wikipedia). What does he have to … More The Proof
Eric Yodis 