What does discipleship look like in the highest challenge? We’re talking to church planter Doug Shepherd about his family’s experience in wartime Ukraine.

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Further Resources:

• Listen to our previous discussion of Ukraine in “Discipling through Wars and Rumors of War (with Vicki Drake).”
• Watch Timothy Snyder’s Yale lecture series, “The Making of Modern Ukraine.” (Note: This is a YouTube link. The Concurrently team does not have control over other videos YouTube may suggest).
• Learn more about Crates for Ukraine at cratesforukraine.com.

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