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i Vestnik, in a charge given to young leaders of the AUCECB, they were told to study like great men such as Spurgeon, o/r Moody, Torrey, Kargel and Prokhanov. In 1954, preachers were told to use Kargel as an example in their preaching. In 1966, the morning speaker, addressing the audience of the annual conference of the AUCECB, stated ‘I was at the congress in Leningrad in 1920, I heard brothers I.S. Prokhanov and I.V. Kargel, and I would like, that the God who was with them, would be with us’. During the 100-year anniversary of Baptists in Russia, held in 1974, Kargel’s name was listed as one of six influential people in the history of the movement. In the midst of the cold war, Kargel’s reflections on the biblical character of Daniel and his balance of 80 Ibid., p. 110. 81 Ibid., p.111. 82 Ibid., pp. 111-112. 83 Ibid., p. 107. 84 Ibid., p. 112. 85 Ibid. 86 I. Motorin, Bratski Vestnik, ‘How to Study the Bible’, 1947, No. 1, p. 60. 87 1. Motorin, Bratski Vestnik, ‘Service of the Preacher’, 1954, No. 1, p. 45. 88 Morning Session on 5 th October, Bratski Vestnik, 1966, No. 6, p. 43. Ivan Kargel and the Fulfilment of Revival 39 respect toward leadership with his trust in God were printed. 89 In 1979, a short biography of Kargel was printed. Bratski Vestnik reported in 1983 that Kargel’s work was still being requested to be printed in their journal and they continued to print Kargel’s works until 1988. In addition, the Pentecostal Union of Russia and Ukraine mentions the writings of Ivan Kargel as providing the influential ideas which gave rise to their stream of Christianity. 90 Some of the answers to the questions about the spirituality of Russian Baptists can be found in Kargel’s views, that revival must lead to sanctification, that sanctification is the result of personal consecration, that the filling of the Holy Spirit is crucial to the process, that salvation and sanctification cannot be accomplished by human strength, that abiding in Christ is the ultimate result of revival and that revival will lead to suffering. The Revd Gregory Nichols, Chaplain, IBTS, Prague. 89 Ja.K. Dukhonchenko, ‘The Word of God against Sanctification, Reaching the full Age of Christ and the Incorrect Teachings of Sanctification’ (Abstract from I.K. Dukhonchenko, Read at the May Plenum of the AUCECB), Bratski Vestnik, 1978, No. 5, p. 34. 90 I.V. Franchuk, Ask the Lord for Rain, as found on the EAAA CD No. 2, E:\files\books\book 02\f 008.html. 40 Baptistic Theologies 4 The Beginnings and Growth of Baptist Witness in Bicazu Ardelean, Romania, in the 1920s Claudiu Handaric The beginning of Baptist outreach in Bicazu Ardelean (then Bicaz), dating from the 1920s, was very fruitful. There was a great interest from the majority of the population concerning the message proclaimed by Baptists and there were a large number of converts. Thus the Baptist church grew from sixteen people in 1925 to