Towards Understanding of the Practice of Proclamation: The Core Element of Russian Baptist Worship, Timofey Cheprasov, 2015

Formative? Informative? Neither? Towards understanding of the practice of proclamation, the core element of Russian Baptist Worship. This thesis is submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Timofey Cheprasov University of Wales International Baptist Theological Seminary, Prague June 2015 Declaration This work has not previously been accepted in substance for any degree and is not concurrently being submitted in candidature for any degree. Candidate Date a od Sane 48 ROAST Statement 1 This thesis is the result of my own investigations except where otherwise stated. Other sources are acknowledged by footnotes giving explicit references. A bibliography is appended. Candidate Date Chegekind Sung 4° 2045 Statement 2 | hereby give consent for my thesis if accepted to be available for photocopying and for interlibrary loan, and for the title and summary to be made available to outside organisations. Candidate Date { rasa SGuae 48° BOAT Contents PRS UAC a caceet i Haralic cea saated ia tad c ca tpasietie tac eos DU ed nd cco aan 4 amas Soha maa ne ease onde: vi ACKNOWIEA SEMEN TS iiessissacscccelee sav eeeec das Selev ent evbaed caueGeeeev oeve cues delaigeat ovecd sndeluadevodbeciavexianieeeelys vii ABDEVatlONS xcccsacrntucaren aici ana neenmingusnta monenanoaaees Gagner aieeaGam Cetera ormenss viii INTRODUCTIONS «.icinctetansnae teresa canner etenee neuen areas 1 CHAPTER 1. Preaching as retelling the story: the beginning of the Russian baptistic movement 12 INEROGAUCTION Asxsscetenrsed Aer seat a raatceccamst eocteeneea totaal atesnate tate ata ete 12 1.1 Socio-political and religious situation in the Russian Empire in the second half of FH EES Mir er 2] ghd a Oe eC RO OP ot 15 BESS Oi siedursdantanicates Gtbasd ninicatevddesttah tenes tutdentdasdtanoeatiscatenlasann Getuudapmeneramcetiats 15 MES CRISIS isserian Arches anereruae au tiannraatun Maetuacaieanuds Wanna eneiac drat umehoctess eeeacaetiae Anite 20 MIU SB UPD Sc tases ene ata paccsce evap p pat casehge iv tne stout cess usta acs canisneug a dacey a ua senibaa pbs adane a GED 22 1.2 The Stundist dissent: a CaS SKUAY ..........ccccccccccsssssseceeeeeeeeaaeesseeeeeeeeeessaaeaaeeeeeeess 23 CORCIUS | OM aac tinaitescceteacutinasdat piebinditcenadasgiattiadatdeuadel cated tinted sede chal toaacddecdttsawitemeaa iad 29 CHAPTER 2. Understanding the context: theological nest of the Russian Orthodox Church... 30 HILT GAUECU OR ceticnegccteotaass tis nay dayne getuania aipishcanstnasdes teeneadetianad a tenneatutinaade. teaniasetiaaaadet 30 250 THE OSIS! THE WAY $2205 2255 2s saddees. eecetechaadiaws 30 cdtecndesean ge ad cetecnaadtaea ob aabeg ads denyondetuesaaden 32 2.2 ... walked together with others (SODOrNOSt).........cccccccccceeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 36 2.3 Preaching in the Russian Orthodox Church ..........cccccccsssssseeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaes 41 CONICS OMe sad rev asguast