CHISINAU, Moldova & TIRASPOL, Transnistria – President Biden is expected to call for more military aid to Ukraine in his State of the Union Address on Thursday night. As the war in Ukraine enters its third year, there’s growing concern that Russia has its eyes on the tiny country of Moldova.
This former Soviet Union republic, sandwiched between Ukraine and Romania, wouldn’t stand a chance against Russian forces. If a takeover happens, Moldova’s small evangelical community would face a very dangerous future.
Pastor Alexandr Belev of Church Without Walls remembers when at seven years old, four Russian KGB officers showed up at his parents’ home in Moldova.
“All us 5 siblings had to sit in one room as they searched the house for Christian literature, Bibles, and anything related to Christianity,” he recalls.
The agents found all sorts of Christian materials in the house that morning in 1982. They hauled Belev’s father, a prominent underground Baptist pastor, off to prison where he spent the next two and half years behind bars for his faith. CBN News was even provided with video that was captured secretly that day of his father being led through prison gates.
Forty-two years later, Belev is now
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