Darling, Land join Ukrainian Baptist leaders in letter to House Speaker

By Scott Barkley -Posted at Baptist Press:

Published April 9, 2024

FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) – The namesake of the Land Center for Cultural Engagement as well as its current director have joined two Ukrainian Baptist leaders in a letter urging House Speaker Mike Johnson to “consider the plight of Christians” suffering brutality at the hands of invading Russian forces in Ukraine.

Issued on April 8, the letter is signed by Dan Darling, director of the Land Center for Cultural Engagement at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and Richard Land, former president of the SBC’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission and former commissioner for the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom.

They are joined by Yaroslav Pyzh, president of Ukrainian Baptist Theological Seminary, and Valerii Antoniu, president of The Baptist Union of Ukraine.

The election of Johnson last fall, the letter said, placed the fellow Southern Baptist in a God-ordained position “for such a time as this.”

“The Russian government’s decision to invade Ukraine and to target Baptists and other evangelical Christians in Ukraine has been a tragic hallmark of the war,” it noted.

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See also:

• Ukrainian Christians facing torture at hands of Russian soldiers | World News (christianpost.com)
• Ukrainian Christians are being tortured & murdered for their faith; Study: Most kids grow out of “gender confusion;” George Müller’s first orphanage anniversary - The World View in 5 Minutes
• Russia Is Torturing and Targeting Ukrainian Christians, Leaders Tell Speaker Johnson - Michael Foust (crosswalk.com)