Films about evangelicals under the obsession of Ukraine sparked a number of conspiracies as Eastern European nations continue to fight against Russia.
Colby Barrett, executive producer of “A Faith Under Siege,” asked CBN News if he wanted to visit Ukraine after his friend called him and became involved in the project.
At first, Barrett was passive and offered many reasons why he couldn’t go.
“I have four children,” he said. “There’s war there… Life is busy.”
But despite these obstacles, they ignored the reason why something didn’t visit and inspired Barrett to seize the opportunity.
“I felt that God sometimes doesn’t follow our logic and that I was really called to do my humanitarian mission and go there to document what was going on with Christians in the occupied Russian territories,” Barrett said. “So we moved our full length to the forefront. We interviewed more than 30 people who were directly struggling in the conflict.”
Filmmakers spoke to many sects of Christians, who mostly interacted with evangelical Christians.
Overall, at least 47 religious leaders have died, with Russian soldiers claiming they were killing and tortureing Christian leaders. The site of Christian heritage was also caught up in chaos and destroyed.
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It may be surprising that Christians faced such fears. Especially considering that the majority of Russians call themselves believers. But Barrett said there are some factors that need to be understood in order to properly frame the crisis.
“The Russian Orthodox Church actually declared this a cruel war against the West, including Ukraine and the United States,” he said. “They made the arguments like, “If a Russian soldier dies on the battlefield and on the Ukraine, all his sins will be forgiven.” ”
One other factor that creates evangelical targets is the fact that there is no comprehensive church structure that allows for easy control over large numbers of people at once or easily controls them.
“Unable to control the faith group is not something that invading the Russian army is very excited,” Barrett said. “Faith is a super-destructive concept for control, and the more you can erase faith, the more you can control your territory.”
He said the dynamic was spotted in person when it was filmed in Ukraine. He said that “faith under the siege” would help bring a story of light about how these Christians suffered during the ongoing war.
Barrett said his goal in the film is to provide Christians with real information about what is happening in Ukraine and Russia. What he said is essential.
“There’s a lot of political and propaganda in all these different aspects,” he said. “We wanted to make it very clear. These are direct stories from Christians who lived this, and I think that armed with them, Christians can pray, support, and make the right decisions in the way they are thought to be called.”
We will continue to pray for the end of the massacre between Ukraine and Russia, and will play the following “faith under faith”:
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