EMF Ukraine Emergency Appeal

About the appeal

Our hearts go out to the Ukrainian people as the horrific events in the country unfold. Many hundreds of thousands of refugees are fleeing to neighbouring countries, often women and children, leaving their husbands behind. The most important thing for God’s people here is to pray for the people of Ukraine and in particular for the Christians there. But we can also help practically, and many of the evangelical churches we work with, both in Ukraine and in neighbouring Moldova, Poland and Romania are actively helping refugees. They would deeply appreciate any support we can give them.

  • Initially we were looking for up to €50,000; but this target has already been met, and with the need growing we are extending the appeal.

  • All of the funds will be transferred to churches we support in Ukraine and neighbouring countries, and will be used entirely to support Ukrainian refugees.

  • EMF will ensure that 100% of the donations are passed through to those able to help, and we will only transfer funds where there is reason to believe the funds will be used well.

  • Because of the difficulty of getting supplies into Ukraine, we would expect much of the money to be used in neighbouring countries, but we will endeavour to make as much of the money available to people in Ukraine, if they can use funds effectively.

  • Our partners are already working intensively to help refugees, and to support them, EMF will immediately make funds available to these churches to expand their support.

How the funds will be used: We will endeavour to use every pound donated to this appeal to support refugees from the Ukraine crisis, via our network of churches in the area. The funds will be used for humanitarian needs including food, medicine, shelter, transport and clothing. We will also use funds for spiritual needs - in seeking to share the gospel with refugees. The funds will channeled through our missionaries and their churches, and in many cases they will involve other evangelical churches to coordinate support.

For more details about how we are working - please click here to download a more detailed report.

Bibles and Blankets Christmas Appeal

In December 2022 we launched our Bibles & Blankets for Ukraine Christmas appeal. This will be treated as a subset of the Ukraine Emergency Appeal, and we will report on the two together, whilst being careful to use the funds we receive in the way we have promised.

Cross Connect Ukraine

Linking Ukrainian Refugees to Christian Hosts

The Cross Connect Ukraine Linking Scheme is intended to help match and link evangelical Christians, whose hearts have been moved by the plight of Ukrainian refugees and are able to offer accommodation to Ukrainian individuals, families or groups looking for temporary shelter in a safe home in the UK or elsewhere. It is an initiative run jointly by European Mission Fellowship and Slavic Gospel Association.

To find out more about Cross Connect Ukraine and to register click here.

Map of supported work

The map below shows where EMF is channelling support, through our missionaries in Ukraine, Poland, Moldova and Romania. In some cases the supported directly by these missionaries and their churches, in other cases, it is passed onto sister evangelical churches well-known to the missionaries. Hover over, or tap on, the dot to show more detail about the work in the location.

Chișinău

Zaporizhzhia

Luhansk region

Pericei

Donetsk region

Pereshchepyne

Svitlovods'k

Kharkiv

Uman

Kyiv

Miskolc

Irpin

Chernivtsi

Ternopil

Kremenets

Rivne

Żywiec

Zamość

Hrubieszów

Dęblin

Łódź

Siedlce

Warsaw

Włocławek

Latest Stories from the front line

Video reports and interviews

Impressions of Ukraine #1

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April 30, 2023
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Andrew Birch, EMF Mission Director, shares some brief impressions of Ukraine, from a visit in April 2023, where he, along with his wife Vivienne, and colleague Martin Tatham, visited a number of workers and evangelical churches. Andrew focuses on some of the evangelical churches his visited in the Kyiv area, preaching and getting to know some of the people.

Impressions of Ukraine #2

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April 30, 2023
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Vivienne Birch, a member of the EMF staff team, shares some brief impressions of Ukraine, from a visit in April2023, where she, along with her husband Andrew, and colleague Martin Tatham visited a number of workers and evangelical churches. Vivienne talks about some of the great work being done by the women in the churches, like Oksana Kostyshyn and Liuda Mariash.

Impressions of Ukraine #3

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April 30, 2023
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Martin Tatham, EMF Church Partnership Coordinator, shares some brief impressions of Ukraine, from a visit in April 2023, where he, along with Mission Director Andrew Birch and his wife Vivienne, visited a number of workers and evangelical churches. Martin focuses on some of the church planting work going on in the Irpin area.

Impressions of Ukraine #4: Olena and Masha in Makariv

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April 14, 2023
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Olena is the mother of 3 teenage children, living near the town of Makariv. Soon after the Russian invasion on 24th February 2023, the Russian troops took over the town, and came house to house, looking for young women. The family escaped with only a few hours to spare, along with other members of their church. Daughter Masha describes what it was like at the time.

Impressions of Ukraine #5: Olena in Makariv

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April 14, 2023
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Olena is the mother of 3 teenage children, living near the town of Makariv. Soon after the Russian invasion on 24th February 2023, the Russian troops took over the town, and came house to house, looking for young women. The family escaped with only a few hours to spare, along with other members of their church. But many others in the area did not escape. Olena tells of what happened in the neighbourhood.

Ukraine update: Vitalii Mariash prayer requests (16/3/2023)

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March 16, 2023
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Whilst taking a few days leave from the front line, Vitalii Mariash along with his wife Liudmyla tell us how we can support them in prayer.

Ukraine Update from Evgenii Lvov in Zaporizhzhia (8/3/23)

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March 8, 2023
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Evgenii Lvov, who is a deacon in the evangelical baptist church in Zaporizhzhia and teacher in the Bible seminary, shares some updates and prayer requests with us.

Ukraine update from Vitalii and Liudmyla Mariash

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February 22, 2023
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Whilst taking a few days leave from the front line, Vitalii Mariash along with his wife Liudmyla tell us how we can support them in prayer.

Ukraine Update from Valik Lipskiy and Volodia Kostyshyn

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February 18, 2023
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Valik Lipskiy and Volodia Kostyshyn give us an update on how we can pray for them, and for the work of the gospel in Ukraine.

Ukraine Update from Gennadij Prosjanko in Eastern Ukraine

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January 27, 2023
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Pastor Gennadij Prosjanko gives us an update about the situation in Eastern Ukraine, and asks us to pray for the people there, and the work of evangelical Christians.

Ukraine Update from Benjamin Morrison 16/1/2023

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January 17, 2023
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Pastor Benjamin Morrison of Calvary Chapel Svitlovodsk recently gave us an update on their situation in central Ukraine, where they are supporting around 2,000 displaced people each week. And like so many evangelical churches in Ukraine which have managed to stay open, they have seen great opportunities for the gospel.

Generators being used by churches in Ternopil

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January 9, 2023
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Mykola Semenov, pastor of Philadelphia church, Baptist church in Ternopil sends a thank you to EMF supporters who enabled them to get a generator to give power to their church during frequent power outages.

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