Rich Strahm

Why Is Calling Ukraine “the Ukraine” Inaccurate? “The Ukraine” is the way the Russians referred to Ukraine during Soviet times. Using “the” implies that it is still a Russian territory. But since it became an independent […]

What’s going on in Ukraine? It’s true that violence has rocked the nation. Several protesters have been killed and hundreds injured as demonstrators clash with police. This protest has been going on continuously since mid-November, and […]

“Transforming our world” Our Ukrainian mission students at Kiev Theological Seminary, because of their location in Eastern Europe, have few opportunities to see the “big picture” of world missions or to interact with other mission-minded young […]

“Transforming our world” (Mission-Net 2013) What is Mission-Net? It’s both a bi-annual congress and a growing movement among Europe’s young Christians. Mission-Net is commissioned by the European Evangelical Missionary Association and European Evangelical Alliance. (Cheri and […]

English clubs are an effective method of evangelism in Ukraine (and in other countries where people want to learn English). Cheri and I are teaching weekly in an English club here in Kiev. We teach people […]

  I am teaching seminary students this week on the subject of “Spiritual Warfare,” drawing upon my own experiences in Southeast Asia. My first question to the students: what happened to all those demons Jesus sent […]