‘A Faith Under Siege’ documents Russia’s persecution of Christians in Ukraine

By Diana Chandler - Posted at Baptist Press:

Published May 6, 2025

WASHINGTON (BP) – Christian faith threatens Russian President Vladimir Putin because it is out of his control. As such, his war on Ukraine has centered on the systematic persecution of Christians, their families and their churches.

That is a central message of “A Faith Under Siege: Russia’s Hidden War on Ukraine’s Christians,” a documentary premiering May 10 on CBN, and following on TBN, Newsmax and several screening platforms.

“If you find faithful believers, they have just one allegiance, and that’s to Jesus Christ,” Colby Barrett, the film’s producer, told Baptist Press in explaining Putin’s fear. “It’s hard to control people when they only report to God.”

The documentary is spearheaded by Steven Moore of Ukraine Freedom Project, who went to Ukraine five days after Putin invaded the smaller country in February 2022. Moore, the documentary’s co-executive producer with Ukrainian journalist Anna Shvetsova, teamed with Barrett, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, entrepreneur and farmer; Ukrainian film crews and a New York post-production crew in the project that officially began in July 2024 but also drew on connections Moore had made since arriving in Ukraine.

The persecution of Ukrainian Christians is a story Moore believes is not being told as loudly and as frequently as needed, as least for American Christians to understand the impact.

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