Gospel Expedition

During the summer of 2007, four teams of young Russian evangelists embarked on a transcontinental bicycle journey … across Western Europe … and then vast Russia … over 9,000 miles … preaching the Gospel all along the way!

This site was created to tell their story. We invite you travel along on this remarkable Gospel Expedition through their reports, testimonies, and photos.

(MOSCOW, RUSSIA) – After reaching their goal of the Pacific Ocean and the Russian city of Vladivostok on September 2, Russian bicyclists who made up the historic Expedition, The Gospel to the Nations of the World, returned to Moscow for a closing ceremony and worship service. The bicyclists traveled a total of 9,120 miles in reaching their destination. [Continue reading 9,120 Mile Gospel Expedition Complete …]

Today is the last day of the Expedition. It began with our usual wake-up and the last portion of our way, a distance of 110 km. The distance is not great, but the road is busy. Drivers in Vladivostok are not careful in their driving and often do not observe traffic rules. We arrived an hour later in the city, and waited about an hour for the escorting cars. They did not arrive. We prayed, entrusting ourselves and our lives into the hands of the Lord, and were not wrong to do so in light of what happened next. [Continue reading Arrival in Vladivostok …]

This brief post will describe our way from Spassk-Dalny to Ussuriisk.

The first day of fall met us with a cool morning. We got up early, then had prayer as usual and continued on our way. Two hours later, the sun began to warm up the earth and summer returned. We thought we had enough time, but there appeared to be parts of the road without asphalt. These parts of the road ate up the extra time we had. [Continue reading A New Month and a New Town …]

Today is the last day of summer as we reckon it. The fall begins tomorrow. So we imagined we were on vacation and had an extra hour of sleep. The alarm clock woke us up at 6:30 a.m. We washed our faces quickly, and had breakfast at 7:00 a.m. At 8:00 a.m. the escorting cars arrived and we continued our trip. Our distance for today was only 140 km, but we decided to keep a good speed and were right in doing so. [Continue reading Winding Down the Expedition …]

We resumed our trip at 7 the next morning accompanied by the police car that was escorting us. We had enough time to cover 155 kilometers, but our cyclists wheeled along quickly and we covered the first 100 km in 2-1/2 hours. We stopped to have lunch and took an hour. We have not had such a long rest for many days during the Expedition. [Continue reading A Welcoming Town and Children’s Ministry …]