Without czar or commissar: Church and nation in Russia
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- After the Glasnost revolution: Soviet evangelicals and western missions. Sawatsky, Walter // International Bulletin of Missionary Research;Apr92, Vol. 16 Issue 2, p54
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- WCC takes its agenda to the Soviet Union. VanElderen, M. // Christian Century;9/6/89-9/13/89, Vol. 106 Issue 25, p773
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- Religious openings in the U.S.S.R. Forest, J. // Christian Century;9/27/89, Vol. 106 Issue 27, p848
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- Soviet Christians convene. // Christian Century;12/12/90, Vol. 107 Issue 36, p1161
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- Christmas in the U.S.S.R. // Christian Century;1/30/91, Vol. 108 Issue 4, p106
Announces that on January 7, the Russian Orthodox Christmas was observed as a state holiday for the first time since 1918. Airing of church services on Russian television.
- Soviet Baptists new town. // Christian Century;4/10/91, Vol. 108 Issue 12, p394
Cites a recent report from the European Baptist Press Service which contends that a group of Baptists in the Soviet Union--known there as Evangelical Christians-Baptists--will soon establish what will amount to a new town. Many within the group are ex-convicts; Further details of the proposed...
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- More Bibles for Russia. // Christian Century;7/29/87 - 8/5/87, Vol. 104 Issue 22, p650
Reports that Russian Christians are to receive a huge supply of Bibles and hymn books from the United Bible Societies, through a campaign partly funded by the American Bible Society.
