{"id":23644,"date":"2025-09-13T15:10:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T12:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?p=23644"},"modified":"2025-09-10T15:24:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T12:24:17","slug":"he-used-to-be-a-regular-pastor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/he-used-to-be-a-regular-pastor\/","title":{"rendered":"He Used to Be a Regular Pastor"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">What drives a Ukrainian pastor to trade his pulpit for the frontlines of war? In this interview, Chaplain Andriy Zalishuk shares his extraordinary journey from pastoring a small church to walking alongside Ukrainian soldiers in the trenches. Hear how missile strikes, destroyed cities, and the cries of refugees motivated him him into chaplain ministries \u2014bringing the hope of Christ to men facing death every day.<\/div>\r\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">Learn more about The Gospel Today https:\/\/gospeltoday.online<\/div>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2FAndrei_Zalischuk.mp3&amp;modern=1&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Fsukofamily.org%2Fhe-used-to-be-a-regular-pastor%2F#mode-Light&border-000000&progress-000000\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"165\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"blubrryplayer-1\" class=\"blubrryplayer\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\"><\/iframe><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/media.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/content.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/Andrei_Zalischuk.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?powerpress_pinw=23644-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/media.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/content.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/Andrei_Zalischuk.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Andrei_Zalischuk.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 44:42 &#8212; 82.8MB) | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('23644-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_23644-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_23644-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe src=&quot;https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2FAndrei_Zalischuk.mp3&amp;modern=1&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Fsukofamily.org%2Fhe-used-to-be-a-regular-pastor%2F#mode-Light&amp;border-000000&amp;progress-000000&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot; height=&quot;165&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; id=&quot;blubrryplayer-2&quot; class=&quot;blubrryplayer&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribebyemail.com\/feeds.blubrry.com\/feeds\/nowisthetime.xml\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe by Email\" rel=\"nofollow\">Email<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.blubrry.com\/feeds\/nowisthetime.xml\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What drives a Ukrainian pastor to trade his pulpit for the frontlines of war? 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