President’s Corner
Holy Wars
As we get ready to celebrate the founding of our great nation on Friday, July 4th, I reflect on the Bill of Rights and the first one stated, Freedom of Religion. This was not random, but intentional. The Founding Fathers knew that holy wars were historically commonplace. The Crusades from 1095-1270, were a series of religiously motivated military campaigns waged by European Christians to reclaim the Holy Land from Muslim control.
The Germans slaughtered millions of Jews during the Holocaust considering them a threat to their "Arian Super Race.” Many of the Jews who survived were able return to their ancestral homeland Israel in 1948 hoping to live out their lives in peace. However holy wars continued to rage. Most recently, we have witnessed Iran and its proxies wage a holy war against Israel beginning on October 7, 2023, causing brutal death and destruction. Iran has called for death to Israel and to America for years. The radical Islamists say they will ”reclaim” this land and establish a Caliphate. Israel has been successfully striking back and last week we watched as the U.S. mounted a decisive blow to Iran’s nuclear ambitions. Will there be a brokered peace in the region? Doubtful, but time will tell.
Meanwhile the war in Ukraine is still raging. In a revealing documentary, “A Faith Under Siege,” Newsmax presented a stunning expose of another Holy War, this one between Russia and Ukraine. The documentary features American pastors who had journeyed to Ukraine exposing the true story behind this war. Russia attacked for two reasons, religion and children.
Ukraine, the “Christian Bible Belt of Europe,” rejected the Russian Orthodox Church through which they were being persecuted, and formed the Ukraine Orthodox Church. Soon 85% of Ukrainians realized that the clergy of this church were reporting to Russia, & preaching surrender to the Russians. Several priests cut ties with Russia and formed an underground Christian Church helped by their Evangelical pastors.
Amid shelling & destruction by Russia, the people meet in secret in an “underground church” in Kherson which has grown in number from 50 to 550 attendees each Sunday. They are committed to the Lord, and remain steadfast & defiant. One American pastor said they remind him of Americans fighting for Independence in 1775. Their strength comes from their faith. They are strong & resilient, with a passion for freedom & for Jesus. The pastors say it is a Valley Forge moment for Christianity.
To make matters worse, Putin is also stealing their children in an effort to increase Russia’s dwindling birthrate which in 2025 had fallen to its lowest level in a quarter of a century while abortions hit record highs. Russia has stolen 19,000 Ukrainian children so far and has them in re-education camps, hoping to turn them into little Russian “soldiers” who will fight against Ukraine. Organizations like Save Ukraine.org have rescued over 606 children as of the airing of this documentary. Through all of this the Ukrainian people retain their hope, faith and love of country.
We have heard conservatives like Tucker Carlson, Marjorie Taylor Green, and Steve Bannon speak out against Zelenskyy & the war. The pastors say they have bought into to lies about Ukraine. In the territories that Russia has taken, Putin has brought in Chechen Muslim warlords who have declared an “Orthodox-Muslim Jihad against the Ukrainian people. Yet these people are resilient and believe that God has a plan to unite and grow them as a strong Christian nation.
Personally, after watching this documentary I now have a different view of this war. I am grateful to those brave Evangelical pastors and to Steven Moore, Founder of the Ukraine Freedom Project who lives in Kiev, for being unafraid to help tell this story.
If you are interested in watching the entire documentary, click here.
Patricia Moore
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