3/5/2023 – Kyiv pastor: War taught us dependence

Pastor Sergei Nakul in one of the destroyed towns of Ukraine. Photo Nakul family

Admin: Pastor Sergei Nakul is the pastor of Big City Church in Kyiv, of the Evangelical Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ukraine.

From CNE News by L. Vogelaar, RD:

A year of war brought Ukraine misery, destruction and loss. But the war’s consequences are not only negative, says pastor Sergei Nakul. “We learned dependency. The Lord is very near.”

In December, the pastor from the Ukrainian capital Kyiv visited his wife and children, who have been staying on a farm in the Netherlands since March last year. “It was a culture shock. No sirens but peace and quiet. What a difference from the conditions I live under. I was able to unwind there for a while.”

Not for a moment did Rev. Nakul last year consider going abroad himself. “In Psalm 23, the Lord is a Shepherd to His people. Following that example, I, too, was to stay with my flock like a shepherd.”

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