The Franks in Ukraine & CIS

 This is the Skripnik family, Vica and Sergey.  They are missionaries supported by the Baptist Missionary Association of America.  We are ...

 Andrew Kelly was the host of our missionary group Thanksgiving celebration.  Andrew & Jenny have a camp way out in the country where ...

Russia has been backing separatists at war in Eastern Ukraine, but you’d never know it by watching the evening news. The pre...

As printed in the Baptist Trumpet, April 7, 2015: Since the beginning of the conflict in Eastern Ukraine the Russian propaganda machi...

Why should we in the West and Europe be the slightest bit concerned about the assassination February 27, 2015 of opposition leader Bori...

Every follower of Christ, at some point in his journey, will encounter God's puzzling declaration in Romans chapter nine, "Jacob ...

The conflict between Russia and Ukraine takes a surprising turn from time to time, but of late it seems frozen, both milita...

There is a publication that circulates among our BMAA (B aptist Missionary Association of America) churches which targets those be...

"I Am Not There, I Am Here" On this Thanksgiving holiday I am thankful for many things including living and working in Ukraine...

 Some of you may have seen this on Facebook.  Two weeks ago today Jeff fell and had a 2/3rds tear of his Achilles' tendon.  The doctor...

“Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.” (Galatians 5:16)  How do I know if my deeds are done in the S...

    A few days ago, I watched a video interview of Vladimir Zhirinovsky, head of the Liberal Democratic Party, Russia’s fourth larg...

  You have surely noticed three names dominating the world headlines:  ISIS! EBOLA! PUTIN!  Tell me, which of these big three ...

Greetings from sunny Ukraine.  This is just a reminder that there is another blog you might enjoy.  It is my art ministry I do with ladies...

Today as never before Ukrainians are fighting for their life as a sovereign nation. Young men are dying in droves as they are often outgu...

The Baptist Trumpet July 23, 2014 “You have been weighed in the balances, and found wanting.” (Daniel 5:27)     On a certain night in B...

A Season of War By Je ff Franks BMA Missionary, Ukraine  “To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose u...

As published in the Baptist Trumpet, Little Rock, Arkansas,  Photo:  Nikolaevka, Crimea on the Black Sea I will admit we were caught...