News, events and stories from our congregations.
On 10–11 July in Petrodolynske, representatives of five GELCU congregations shared their experience of ministry and discussed mission, evangelism and their congregations' future development.
GELCU Bishop Pavlo Shvarts attended a ministers' conference in Wrocław, thanked Polish Lutherans for supporting Ukraine and called for bridges of peace and fellowship.
Representatives of Europe's Protestant churches, including GELCU, discussed standards for safeguarding against sexualised violence in church settings.
The Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations (UCCRO) delegation completed the final working meetings of its visit to Brussels, Belgium, and Berlin, Germany.
During its visit to Berlin, the UCCRO delegation met Thomas Rachel, the German Federal Government's Commissioner for Freedom of Religion or Belief and a member of the Bundestag.
The UCCRO delegation in Berlin met Ukraine's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Germany, Oleksii Makeiev, and attended the Evangelical Church in Germany's annual reception.
In Brussels, the UCCRO delegation met members of the European Parliament, the European Commissioner for Enlargement, European External Action Service representatives, and religious leaders and COMECE experts.
The Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations (UCCRO) delegation met European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos in Brussels, Belgium.
A Summer School of Interfaith Dialogue in Lviv brought together representatives of different Christian traditions to learn, share and challenge stereotypes.
A new outpatient clinic was opened and blessed in Petrodolynske in the Odesa region, made possible through cooperation between the local community, church partners and friends from Germany.
St Paul's Congregation in Odesa celebrated the confirmation of three new members and welcomed visitors from Bremen with words of support for the Ukrainian church.
A UCCRO delegation including Bishop Pavlo Shvarts met European partners in Brussels to discuss the war, solidarity and shared ministry.
