Representing the Union of Evangelical Christians-Baptists of Russia
Innercircle PerspectiveMay 1, 2008 |
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Imagine a former convict leading Gospel ministries in four large Siberian prisons, and a former drug addict giving oversight to three Bible-based drug-rehab centers! As an SGA partner, your prayers and support are making such wonderful things possible . . . |
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Prayer Alert and Press Release: New Kazakh Legislation Restrictive to MissionsApril 23, 2008 |
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The lower chamber of Kazakhstan’s parliament has passed new legislation that would impose severe additional restrictions on missionary activity in the country. If signed by President Nursultan Nazarbaev, this law . . . |
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Prayer Alert: Police Chief from Balaev Case Injured in Accident |
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The police chief in Zaur Balaev’s region — the very one who ordered the raid on Zaur’s church and his subsequent arrest on false charges of resisting arrest — fell victim to an accident, and is now paralyzed in a wheelchair. Pray for the salvation of this police chief . . . |
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Innercircle PerspectiveApril 1, 2008 |
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I am writing while on the way home from the most encouraging Christian conference I have ever attended. 350 local church youth leaders came from 61 of Russia’s 88 states and also from other countries including Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Ukraine, Moldova, and even from Israel . . . |
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Pastor Balaev Released from Prison!March 19, 2008 |
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It is with great joy and praise for our God and Father that I bring you news of the release of Zaur Balaev! This faithful Baptist pastor had been imprisoned in Azerbaijan since last spring after conviction on false charges of resisting arrest and holding illegal meetings. |
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Russian Youth Conference — Training to Be Strong in ChristMarch 17, 2008 |
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SGA helped sponsor a February youth conference in Moscow that brought together some 400 local church youth leaders from Russia and several other countries. Russia’s growing youth movement involves more than 20,000 young men and women blessing their churches and impacting their communities for Christ . . . |
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May 15—Prayer: Recent news reports indicate that the government of Belarus continues to increase pressure on evangelical churches in the country. Please remember to intercede for these churches, as well as for SGA’s faithful Minsk Regional Ministry center staff.
