For a soldier in Ukraine, carrying a mobile phone can be dangerous. Its signal may reveal where he is.
So FEBC Ukraine distributes small speaker boxes loaded with Bible messages instead.
For a child struggling to sleep while a father is away serving – or has been lost to the war – churches are distributing cuddly lamb-shaped soft-toy speakers containing Bible stories they can listen to and keep close.
These are two very different needs. But they say something about the extraordinary range of challenges Ihor, Emma and the FEBC Ukraine team are trying to meet.
The pressure of war is reshaping the team itself. With older and more experienced broadcasters conscripted, Ihor, FEBC Ukraine’s production lead, is recruiting and training younger staff – including young men still below conscription age.
His wife, Emma, volunteers with a particular heart for women and children.
She sees families carrying trauma, grief and the strain war places on relationships, while local churches often feel overwhelmed and under-equipped to help.
Emma is helping develop gospel-informed trauma care through church-based sessions, online resources and face-to-face gatherings. Women have reported being able to sleep again. Others are learning new ways to communicate with husbands and family members as they seek healing in damaged relationships.
Trauma-care videos online provide another way for people looking for help and hope to begin engaging privately.
Everyone on the FEBC Ukraine team knows someone who has died. Across the team, people are praying for family members serving and caring for loved ones living with grief.
Yet each day, with your supporting prayers and generosity, they continue turning up to broadcast because they believe God offers the hope this generation of Ukrainians need.