{"id":4907,"date":"2014-08-20T05:04:47","date_gmt":"2014-08-20T12:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=4907"},"modified":"2014-08-20T05:04:47","modified_gmt":"2014-08-20T12:04:47","slug":"ukraine-christians-captured-and-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=4907","title":{"rendered":"UKRAINE: Christians Captured and Killed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.assistnews.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.assistnews.net\/\">ASSIST News Service<\/a>, August 7, 2014<\/p>\n<p>Four young volunteers with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.febc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.febc.org\/\">Far East Broadcasting Company (FEBC)<\/a> who were recently captured by pro-Russian separatists in Eastern Ukraine were brutally beaten to death simply for being Christians, according to a report from the organization last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese men volunteered for FEBC with zeal, passionately helping to spread the Gospel throughout Ukraine,\u201d the organization reported. We are deeply saddened and shocked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to a report from National Religious Broadcasters (NRB), just weeks prior to this horrific tragedy, FEBC\u2019s Eastern Ukrainian broadcast tower in Slavyansk \u2013 that for months has been in the middle of the fighting between pro-Russian separatists and the Ukrainian central government \u2013 was shot down and completely destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>While FEBC is still broadcasting in Western Ukraine and reaching millions there, they are now looking for a new location to resume broadcasting to Eastern Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are doing everything we can to give hope to people in a seemingly hopeless situation, but more than ever, we are desperate for your prayers and for God to move in the lives of the people of Ukraine,\u201d the ministry shared last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease pray for those who continue to serve and risk their lives every day to see the gospel go forth. Pray for peace in Russia and Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb <a href=\"http:\/\/www.assistnews.net\/Stories\/2014\/s14080031.htm\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.assistnews.net\/Stories\/2014\/s14080031.htm\">Read full story<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb Also watch the video <a href=\"http:\/\/www.commissionstories.com\/videos\/view\/in-the-midst\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.commissionstories.com\/videos\/view\/in-the-midst\">In the Midst<\/a>, about Ukrainians finding new life in Christ, and read several related stories, including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.commissionstories.com\/eurasia\/videos\/view\/crisis-draws-a-nations-eyes-back-to-god\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.commissionstories.com\/eurasia\/videos\/view\/crisis-draws-a-nations-eyes-back-to-god\">Crisis Draws a Nation Back to God<\/a> (Commission Stories).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: ASSIST News Service, August 7, 2014 Four young volunteers with Far East Broadcasting Company (FEBC) who were recently captured by pro-Russian separatists in Eastern Ukraine were brutally beaten to death simply for being Christians, according to a report from the organization last week. \u201cThese men volunteered for FEBC with zeal, passionately helping to spread &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=4907\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">UKRAINE: Christians Captured and Killed<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4907"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4908,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4907\/revisions\/4908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}