On 18 Apr 2022, Jonathan Durand shared a video of a group of evangelists singing worship songs to Ukrainian Refugees in Poland. He identified the leader of the group to be Jonathan Neo, the infamous airplane singer.
“I just spent a week volunteering at the train station in Przemysl, Poland, right across from the Ukrainian border & saw the same people there. They were playing to Ukrainian refugees stuck waiting hours for transportation, who’d just fled from the bombing of Kharkiv & Mariupol.”
Jonathan Durand
The internet is not happy with this.
Some netters said that his actions are far from appropriate. They pointed out that English is not Ukrainians’ first language. Secondly, most Ukrainians are Catholic or Orthodox. Thirdly, the refugees are unable to easily leave the area.
Most importantly, telling people whose relatives have been killed and people whose homes have been destroyed that “god loves them” lacks empathy.
It is clear to many that the group is doing this for themselves and not the refugees.
The worship session also did not interest its audience.
Apparently that is all he went there for – to preach to the refugees.
“we explained to them what prophetic dancing was and what Jesus wanted to accomplish in Ukraine – how He wants peace over the country and over warfare and over conflict.”
Jonathan Neo
What do you think? Is God a good enough explanation to their homes bombed, their families raped, and their lives lost? Is Putin’s decision to take innocent lives in the most cruel ways also a part of God’s plan?
Watch the full video here.
Not everyone who went to schools, places of worship or institution of Learning might become elights or became a forerunner. Sad to say is the prerogative of these options is Understanding.
Christians love shoving their religion down people’s throats at every opportunity.
Yes we know christianity is so atas because endorsed by westerners.. but just wish they can keep their ideological deep throating within their church sessions.
So what wrong with his evangelizing with them or motive behind it? You mean that evangelist must be a good singer and speak their language? That mean during Jesus time all of them must be a good singer and speak their language and we must remember during that period not many were educated. If their heart were planted a seed it will harvest when the time is right and I don’t believe those people seated near to the alter will be closer to God. At least he got the balls to be there rather than those hiding behind their keyboard giving childish comments.
For that lady seated in front, she was enjoying and moving her leg according to the rhythm of the song.