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The Protestants of Kyrgyzstan, a once-Soviet republic high in the mountains of central Asia, are very concerned about new legislation greatly restricting religious freedom. A new law “Regarding the Rights of Citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic on Freedom of Conscience and the Confessions” is to be passed in the upcoming weeks. It already has the sanction of most public offices. |
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Get moving and not wait too long on church headquarters. That’s the strategy the Germans Klaus and Inge Schilbach used to launch what is apparently the sole partnership between a congregation belonging to the heavily-Baptist, German “Federation of Evangelical-Free Churches” and one belonging to the “Russian Union of Evangelical Christians-Baptists”. |
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Since 1 November 2007, Simon Alexeevich Borodin has been serving as the new Provisional Director of Missions for the Russian Union of Evangelical Christians-Baptists (RUECB) in Moscow. Contingent upon the agreement of the Union´s Council, Borodin will be taking over this major department officially from Leonid Kartavenko, who has become Department Director for Financial Services. |
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Since 1 November 2007, the Russian Union of Evangelical Christians-Baptists (RUECB) has a new department and an additional Vice-President. Its first “Vice-President for Financial Services” is Leonid Kartavenko (Moscow). He is creating a completely new service for Russian Baptist headquarters: fundraising. |
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