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Belarus
Belarus is a landlocked country of 10 million people located between Poland and Russia. It is governed by the most authoritarian regime in Europe and is the least reformed of the 10 nation states that emerged from the European part of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics (USSR). The world’s worst nuclear accident, in 1986 at nearby Chernobyl, Ukraine, continues to plague the people — 23 percent of Belarus and thousands of people were contaminated by radiation from the accident. Yet in this challenging environment churches from Orthodox, Catholic, Baptist, Lutheran, Reformed and other traditions are renewing and rebuilding themselves.
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) supports Christian witness and service in Belarus through a mission partnership with several partner churches and organizations.
There are many mission opportunities “to come alongside” our brothers and sisters in Belarus as they seek to follow Christ in a place faced with severe political, economic and environmental challenges:
- Support for reconstructing houses of worship
- “Twinning” or partnering with a Belarusian congregation
- Shelter and work for victims of HIV/AIDS
- Support for BRT projects for children, women, prisoners and the handicapped
- Assistance to families and children affected by the Chernobyl disaster
- Short-term theological education at a Christian university
- Support for orphanages
- Enabling the work of the Mission in Unity Project
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