Eastern European Baptist History: New Perspectives, 2007

Eastern European Baptist History: New Perspectives Edited by Sharyl Corrado and Toivo Pilli Published by: International Baptist Theological Seminary of the European Baptist Federation. o.p.s. Nad Habrovku 3, Jeneralka, Praha 6, CZ 164 00 Czech Republic An Occasional Publication of the International Baptist Theological Seminary Editorial Board The Revd Keith G Jones MA The Revd Docent Dr Parush R Parushev JUDr Petra Vesela The Revd Dr Ian M Randall The Revd Docent Dr Ivana Noble Lina Andronoviené MTh Tim F J Noble MEd The Revd Dr Peter F Penner Eastern European Baptist History: New Perspectives Edited by Sharyl Corrado and Toivo Pilli Published by: International Baptist Theological Seminary of the European Baptist Federation. o.p.s. Nad Habrovku 3, Jeneralka, Praha 6, CZ 164 00 Czech Republic Printed by: Sénasepp OU, Viimsi, Estonia © Mezindrodni baptisticky teologicky seminai Evropské baptistické federace, 0.p.s., Praha, Czech Republic, 2007 : ISBN 80 - 87006 - 02 - X 14 34 52 71 88 102 119 133 Table of Contents Preface Sharyl Corrado Introduction: In Search of an East European Baptist Identity Ian M. Randall Eastern European Baptists and the Evangelical Alliance, 1846-1896 Johannes Dyck Fresh Skins for New Wine: On the Structure of the First Russian Baptist Congregations in South Russia Sharyl Corrado The Gospel in Society: Pashkovite Social Outreach in Late Imperial Russia Gregory Nichols Ivan Kargel and the Pietistic Community of Late Imperial Russia Konstantin Prokhorov The “Golden Age” of the Soviet Baptists in the 1920s Valdis Téraudkalns Socialist Ideas among Latvian Baptists in the First Half of the Twentieth Century Michael Bourdeaux Religious Liberty in the Soviet Union: Baptists in the Early Days of Protest (1960-1966) Aleksandr Negrov and Tatiana Nikol’skaia Baptists as a Symbol of Sectarianism in Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia 143 165 187 210 224 237 254 255 Toivo Pilli Towards a Revived Identity: Estonian Baptists, 1970-1985 Zbigniew Wierzchowski Changing Worship in a Changing Society: Baptists in Poland in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Walter Sawatsky The Re-Positioning of Evangelical Christians-Baptists and Sister Church Unions between 1980 and 2005 Mary Raber Visible and Invisible: Observations on Social Service Ministries among Evangelicals in Ukraine since Independence Davorin Peterlin How I Researched my Grandmother and what I Found: Challenges and Avenues in Researching Baptist History in Eastern Europe Index Occasional Publications Research Publications Preface uring the past fifteen to twenty years, following the collapse of Communism, considerable research has been undertaken in the field of free church history in Eastern Europe, a subject matter which was almost impossible to explore impartially during the Soviet