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Pentecostal pastor Nikolai Romaniuk pretrial detention is extended in Moscow

Junita Sutirto — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 19:59:50 +0000

The daughter of Nikolai Romaniuk announced that a Moscow court extended the pretrial detention of her father, Pastor Romaniuk, until April 17, 2025. On October 19, 2024, Nikolai Nikolayevits Romaniuk, pastor of the Evangelical Church of the Holy Trinity in Moscow, was arrested after a Sunday service. The arrest was accompanied by a thorough search…

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Pastor of the Moscow Pentecostal Church Arrested

Junita Sutirto — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 05:20:48 +0000

On October 19th in Moscow, Evangelical Pastor, Nikolai Nikolajevits Romaniuk of the Holy Trinity Church was arrested after the Sunday service. The arrest included a thorough home search, conducted in a very abrupt manner. Pastor Romaniuk is being accused of collaboration with Western intelligence services. Fabricated Accusations The accusations are fabricated and belong to the…

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New Opportunity Reaching Over 150 Million Russian-Speaking People

John Haukka — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 22:19:10 +0000

Great Commission Media Ministries has received an unexpected offer to reach more than 150 million Russian-speaking people using a superpower radio station for broadcasts! RADIO COVERAGE AREA European Russia has a population of 113 million people, making it the most populous country in Europe. About 77% of Russia’s total population lives west of the Ural…

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RUSSIA: 300,000 New Testaments Printed And In Distribution

John Haukka — Wed, 16 Mar 2022 08:02:02 +0000

Russia may have started the war with Ukraine however they need to hear the Gospel that transforms lives. God is above all things and His mercy and grace continue for all people despite current difficult and tragic events. Conditions for the Church are increasingly difficult in Russia also. However, despite the new sanctions and deteriorating…

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Alexey Navalny: Birthday Wishes From Prison

John Haukka — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 16:32:35 +0000

Formerly an atheist, Alexey Navalny said that he came to faith upon his return to Moscow in January 2021, after being treated in Germany for poisoning by the nerve agent Novichok. Alexey Navalny had his 45th birthday in prison, on June 4, 2021. Family and friends were unable to celebrate the day with him. Here…

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Reaching Siberia’s Unreached Millions With The Gospel

John Haukka — Thu, 20 May 2021 08:34:35 +0000

Pastors in Central and Eastern Siberia and Russia’s far east express their gratitude for the literature they have received. The latest printing fell short of the demand for New Testaments. This year GCMM will seek to provide another 750,000 copies of the New Testament and the Gospel of John. Below is response based on the…

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RUSSIA: Alexey Navalny Speaks Of His Newfound Faith In God

John Haukka — Thu, 20 May 2021 08:30:01 +0000

[caption id="attachment_500" align="alignnone" width="580"]A leadership conference of 1,000 pastors in Moscow in May 2014. The pastors were deeply concerned about the worsening situation regarding religous freedom in Russia. Recently, 74 pastors were tried under the law on [/caption]

Russia’s ongoing crackdown on religious minorities, missionaries, and evangelists has earned it a spot among the worst countries in the world for religious freedom.

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RUSSIA: Churches Plead For More Bibles, New Testaments, Other Evangelism Literature

John Haukka — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 16:05:34 +0000

Russia’s ongoing crackdown on religious minorities, missionaries, and evangelists has earned it a spot among the worst countries in the world for religious freedom.

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East Siberia—I Have Waited for This My Whole Life!

John Haukka — Thu, 02 Apr 2020 07:00:00 +0000

February 18, 2020, was a big day for the East Siberian Buryat tribe. The largely unreached Siberian tribe of the Buryats received delivery of their first 20,000 copies of evangelistic literature in their own mother tongue to aid the Buryat Churches in leading their own tribe to faith in Jesus. The Buryats are a Mongolic…

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RUSSIA: Evangelical Churches Rise To The Challenge

John Haukka — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 05:06:00 +0000

[caption id="attachment_474" align="alignnone" width="290"]Russian churches requested 500,000 New Testaments to distribute to the public during the 140-year celebration of the modern translation of the Bible[/caption]

200,000 New Testaments have been printed and shipped to towns and villages across Western Russia.

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