Kyiv - Redeemer Church Plant
Redeemer Church plant meeting October 2023

About

Redeemer is a church-planting work that began the summer right before COVID hit. While it never reached a critical mass to begin services, it did collect a faithful group of believers for fellowship, prayer, and Bible Study each week.

 

When the full-scale war began, many of our faithful fled to other countries. In order to encourage one another, the group continues to meet on-line via zoom and in a hybrid in-person/online format when the Rev. Alister Torrens is in the country (around 20 Sundays throughout the year). Men who are eligible for the draft try not to be out on the streets much, and so the online gathering remains an important part of fellowship, even when an in-person option is available. Our members who fled the country also appreciate being able to worship in their native language.

Updated for June 2026

Pray for

  • The safety of members, friends, and family who are serving and for courage and hope for their families left at home.
  • The peace of God to fill the hearts of each of our members – whether it be fear from the enemy, or of the front line, or of want, may God provide for each daily and fill them with peace.
  • Alister’s safe return to Northern Ireland in June.

Praise for

  • God providing a home for a member who was left homeless a few weeks ago.
  • God providing safety to everyone in the congregation during the violent attacks on Kyiv and our neighborhood on the 14th and 24th of May.
  • The safe arrival of Alister in Kyiv.
  • The ability to gather together to read and study scripture and the catechism.