Pastor’s daughter killed

Iain Taylor  |  World
Date posted:  1 Apr 2024
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Pastor’s daughter killed

Injured emergency serviceman in Odesa after a Russian missile attack on the city. | photo: Wikimedia

A Ukrainian evangelical has spoken of the ‘awful tragedy’ in which a pastor’s daughter was killed in a Russian drone strike.

The attack in March killed 12 people in an apartment block in Odesa on the Black Sea coast. They included a young mother called Anna, and her small baby. Anna was the daughter of Pastor Nikolai, a respected Baptist minister in the city.

Igor Bandura, Senior Vice President of the Evangelical Baptist Union of Ukraine, told en: ‘Pastor Nikolai’s church has, since Ukraine became independent in 1991, been one of the most active in Odesa. It has developed a publishing house and a Bible Institute and planted at least four new churches. The war has provided further opportunities for ministry, as it has experienced the same sufferings many local people have.

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