by Mark Wingfield
July 1, 2022
Introduction:
Read more here: https://baptistnews.com/article/cbf-pa ... tunities/(Baptists News Global) More than $1.12 million has been given to the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship’s Ukrainian relief fund, prompting CBF leaders to pause accepting additional contributions until investing in long-term recovery becomes viable.
CBF field personnel and others working in direct ministry to displaced Ukrainians have advised holding back a major portion of those funds for long-term rebuilding, reported Paul Baxley, CBF executive coordinator.
Even so, CBF has received sufficient funds to meet current needs and prepare for the future, he said. “We are still in the initial relief stage of releasing these funds. … The long-term relief has not even begun. The war in all its injustice is still underway.”
As one example of a needed long-term investment, he referenced the Village of Hope that is part of the ministry of CBF field personnel Gennady and Mina Podgaisky. That camp has been demolished by bombing. “Rebuilding the Village of Hope is month and months away if not years,” Baxley noted.
“We are closing active promotion of this relief fund because we have in hand enough to respond to the immediate need,” Baxley announced during the CBF General Assembly June 30. “In days to come we will be back in touch with information about ways you can participate in the longer-term response.”
caltrek's comment: I think it is telling that those nasty imperialist God-fearing Baptists are eagerly waiting an end to hostilities so that they can rush in aid to rebuild Ukraine, while sympathizers of Russia measure progress in strictly military terms of conquest and subsequent domination.