(Photo courtesy of Russian Ministries)
Ukraine (MNN) ― 30-35 evangelistic puppet teams from all over Russia and Ukraine are gathering for a three-day conference in the Zaporozhe region of Ukraine.
"It's going to be festival where different teams gather and share their experience with each other," said Paul Tokarchouk of Russian Ministries.
Veteran teams will help train new teams and learn ways to be more effective themselves.
"Those who are already working and already have experience will train others in this most effective way how to reach kids with the Gospel and evangelical values," Tokarchouk said.
The conference is part of the Russian Ministries School Without Walls program, an informal training and mentoring program that equips the next generation of Christians in Eastern Europe for ministry.
About 100 Christian puppet theatres operate currently, and each reaches about 2,500 children with the Gospel every year. That's over 200,000 kids hearing the Gospel in one year.
"We see how that's effective," Tokarchouk said. "That's why we're doing that every year and would like to promote it more and more, and see a lot of kids...every year through this ministry, they're receiving news about the Lord Jesus."
You can support the puppet teams so they have good equipment for their ministry, and you can pray for the conference.
"I would like if you would pray for all participants," Tokarchouk said. "Pray for those who are here that they will be models, they would be energized, and they would carry this very effective [ministry] so that more children would hear about Jesus in the next year."
