During the month of November, 2017, my husband Andy and I had the chance to spend almost an entire month living among the Moscow church. It's the first time we've been able to spend such a substantial chunk of time in Russia since we moved away, eighteen long years ago! Now that we are officially financially retired, our hope was to be able to apply for some type of long-term residence permit in Russia. Unfortunately, this door has not opened easily. We face increasingly Cold-War-like conditions as we apply for Russian visas. Tougher sanctions now require Canadian citizens, like Andy, who plan to stay longer than two weeks in Russia, to register and pay for every night of their stay in a ho
The annual youth conference «ЛОВЦЫ» or "Lovtsy" (in English, "Fishers" --- from Jesus' gospel call to become fishers of men), takes place for the first time in St. Petersburg, Russia, March 8-11, 2018. This video, produced by the students and ministry interns in the St. Petersburg church, gives you a little bit of an idea of the excitement and energy in the Eurasian churches' youth movement at the moment. It's crucial that we keep this going! In the early 90's, the Moscow church had 1000 students and teens, who have grown up in the last 25 years into the backbone of the leadership and faithful servants of the church. It's the children of these early converts who are now becoming christian
Artur and Oksana were baptized in the Moscow church on Nov 26, 2017. Artur was born in Ossetia, in the Caucasus region. He spent half of his 44 years of age in prison. There he met his wife, Oksana, who was a social worker. He immediately confessed to her everything he was involved in, and that did not scare her away! They were married while he was still in prison, just one year ago. While he was in prison, he met some Baptist Christians, who came and preached to the prisoners in his jail. He began to study the Bible every day and to spend time with believers. He came to understand that he wanted to live a Christian life. Four months ago he was freed. When he left prison, he and his wife mov
