European evangelicals have sided with Ukraine in its present battle with Russia, saying that they’re “compelled by love to face within the hole for the weak and oppressed.”
In a press release, the European Evangelical Alliance (EEA) mentioned that they’re praying for “sustainable peace and justice”.
The assertion comes simply days forward of the third anniversary of what Russia calls its “particular navy operation” and what the West labels a “full scale invasion”.
US President Donald Trump has initiated peace talks along with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. The method has been criticised for its obvious exclusion of Ukraine itself.
The EEA described Russia’s actions as “unprovoked and unexplained” and mentioned they “lament that Russian bombs, drones, tanks and troops stay in a territory that doesn’t belong to them”.
Of their lengthy checklist of lamentations the EEA talked about the innumerable tragedies which have befallen Ukraine within the final three years, together with households torn aside, folks compelled to flee their residence and important ranges of dying and destruction.
“We lament that that there stays extra propaganda than reality. We’ll all the time stand for the reality and lament every time it’s tossed apart for somebody’s agenda,” the EEA mentioned.
“We deeply lament that the title of God has been used to justify invasion, enlargement and fixed oppression.”
This final remark seems to be a reference to the Russian Orthodox Church, which has declared the present battle to be a “Holy Struggle” towards the “Satanic” Western world.
The top of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, has beforehand been warned by the top of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis, that he dangers changing into “Putin’s altar boy”.
The EEA concluded their assertion by saying that, regardless of all of the struggling, they remained hopeful {that a} strategy to peace and reconciliation could possibly be discovered.
“We pray for eventual reconciliation and understanding for the best way ahead. We won’t cease praying. We’re decided and compelled by love to face within the hole for the weak and oppressed. Three years is sufficient. We pray for sustainable peace and justice,” it mentioned.
