For those who have already been following our news for many years there will be nothing new. It is our 4th time that we hosted a large-scale project like mission week. It always includes 3 basic elements: a creative invitation, lunch lectures in universities and an evening event in a nice venue. Year by year we tried to increase the scale of this project (it shows the success of the week, isn’t it?). In 2014 we focused on one university, in 2015 we already took three, and a month ago we did a mission in 6 universities at the same time.
In Western Ukraine, Easter is a time filled with many traditions, church services, rituals, and fasts. However, ultimately our hope is that students in Ukraine would know that these different traditions point to Jesus Christ!
From March 12-15, 2018, the Kyiv team of CCX Ukraine saw especially clearly how God united the city’s team of students and volunteers and used them to actively preach the Gospel at two universities.
Five years ago, CCX Ukraine introduced a new project– Mission Week. Many different events take place for five days on university campuses, and all events are focused on discussions of frequently asked questions about Christianity. Christian students want and are ready to talk about such topics with their groupmates and friends.
This year’sproject WHATIF…? Pursued these goals: to tell, share and explain why we are Christians, who Jesus Christ is, and what His teaching is all about.
The project WHAT IF...? continued all week in Kharkiv. Its main goal was to answer frequently asked questions about Christianity, topics that everyone has considered at least once in his life.
There was a big team of organizers behind the lectures and the program. Every day the team started at 8 am with prayer and breakfast together. After that, four teams began working right away.
Recently a new member joined our team of staff workers – Kirill Plado.
He is the South Region Coordinator of CCX Ukraine, centered in Odessa. It seemed to us that it would be unfair to miss this chance to learn more about him. So we pass on to you what we’ve learned!
After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, new and independent Ukraine opened its doors to preaching the Gospel. For CCX, which operated in those days, this collapse was only an impetus for the magnification of its activities, but not the commencement of work. After all, since 1989, the American student organization InterVarsity (still a partner of CCX) participated in so-called "academic exchanges" in Kyiv, Nizhyn, Mykolaiv, Gorlivka, and other cities. American and Ukrainian students were already working hard preaching the Gospel to students.
A few weeks ago we finished our biggest winter project - ‘Back To The Future’ camp and we would like to share with you our joy!
The number of students was surprisingly high and reached 70 students! Which is more than in our last summer camp. We were both happy and challenged as small groups were quite large and we always want to give opportunities to participate to everyone.
The sixth annual All-Ukrainian Christian student conference SALT2018 took place in the village Kapitanivka, not far from Kyiv on January 29 – February 04, 2018. This year’s SALT conference continues the tradition of previous conferences, offering students quality and unique material from competent speakers.
The theme of the conference “Mindful Christianity in the Post-truth Era” reflected two main tendencies of modern life. The aim of SALT 2018 was to help modern Christian students to cope with these.
The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved: He uttered his voice, the earth melted.
Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.
(Psalm 46:6,10)
Today's Christian student is expected not only do well in studies, but also learn foreign languages, work in the evenings, look good, do sports, run pages in at least two social networks, build good relationships with their family, friends and with people of the opposite sex.
