Women Without Walls

Vans and prayers: holding the Christ-light

Such dark days! It’s 11pm in Poland and I’m hearing more about one church’s ministry to Ukrainians fleeing the war. Marzena, a council member of the Baptist church in Bialystok, Poland, has called me to tell me the latest news. Such are the pressures of all she needs to get done, this is the first…

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23 March 2022

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#Christian discipleship, #Christian women, #Lent, #Matthew 27:45, #Poland, #refugees, #Ukraine, #war

Crossing the border: scenes from a Polish church

What does ministry at a time of crisis look like? What are the challenges? Marzena Snarska from Bialystok in Poland shares her story. ‘It’s difficult, exhausting and draining, but we know we have God’s blessing.’ Marzena Snarska is one of those extraordinary women who just radiate hope. I’ve only been speaking to her for a…

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12 March 2022

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#Christian discipleship, #Christian women, #Isaiah 43:1-3, #Polish Baptist church, #refugee reception centre, #refugees, #Ukraine, #Ukrainian Baptists

Lent from the borderland

‘I’ve never seen anyone look so scared,’ says Marta. I’m speaking to a Polish friend that I’ve known for many years. She lives in Eastern Poland some fifteen miles from the border with Ukraine. In the last couple of days, she and her husband and two young sons have welcomed Viktoria, a Ukrainian mother from…

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9 March 2022

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#Christian discipleship, #Christian women, #Foot of the Cross, #Good Friday, #Holy Week, #John 19:25-27, #Lent, #refugees, #Ukraine

From teaspoon to cliff-edge: discovering Hilda

The seventh-century founder and leader of a community of both men and women, the refugee child who grew to be an advisor to kings: Hilda’s story has much to challenge us. At home when I was growing up there was a particular teaspoon which often found its way into the jam jar. It was a…

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19 February 2022

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#Christian discipleship, Saint Hilda, women in history