Soviet Evangelicals Since World War II, Walter Sawatsky, 1981

(1896-1976), S. Kh. Astin orn ONabhac GIN na Mc aSrIoA coaciNRUA ASTOR iE AUCECB General Secretary Alexander Karev consulting with Jacob |. Zhidkov. (Photo courtesy of Keston College) 161 TOP LEFT: Current AUCECB President Andrei E. Klimenko at his desk. (Photo courtesy of Keston College) TOP RIGHT: Arthur |. Mitskevich (assistant general secretary and head of Bible correspondence course) with President Andrei E. Klimenko (1974). (Photo courtesy of Keston College) BOTTOM: Ukrainian Assistant Senior Presbyter Matthew Mel'nik (left) displaying blueprints at Brighton EBF congress (1979) for anticipated theological seminary in Moscow. 162 TOP: AUCECS delegation at European Baptist congress in Brighton, England, July 1979. From right to left are: Michael Zhidkov, Alexel M. Bychkov (general secretary), K. S. Sedletski, Peter K. Shatrov, A. |. Kllmenko, J. K. Dukhonchenko. Visible behind Bychkov is Bratskil Vestnik editor Vitalil Kulikov. BOTTOM: Ukrainian Senior Presbyter Jacob Dukhonchenko performing baptism in the Dnieper River, spring 1979. (Photo courtesy of Keston College) 163 TOP: Thirty-three baptismal candidates in Novosibirsk, June 15, 1977. BOTTOM: Following baptism in the Moscow church In the mid-fifties, new members each received a bouquet of flowers. (Both photos courtesy of Keston College) 164 i i | | Longtime Moscow organist and vice-chairman of the intern the start of his career. (Photo courtesy of Keston College) ational department, i!'ia M. Orlov, at 165 ERASE SASSI ll CUE ENN EHO PES aCe CORO NU UU NEEGG ABOVE: Communion service fed by Jacob Dukhonchenko and Arthur Mitskevich in Kiev following a ABOVE: Preshyter council for the Ukraine, newly elected in October 1975. Front, left to right: V. S. baptism in early spring 1979. (Photo courtesy of Keston College) Glukhovski (deputy SP, Pentecostal), J. K. Dukhonchenko (senior presbyter), f. S. Gnida (deputy senior presbyter). Present deputy senior presbyter for the RSFSR, V. E. Logvinenko (second from right in third row), was then a member of the Ukrainian council. BELOW: E. A. Tarasov (left), vice-chairman in the state Council for Religious Affairs, with responsibility for the non-Orthodox sects, conversing with Gerhard Claas (center), BWA associate secretary for Europe, with Jakob Fast translating. (June 1977) BELOW: Ukrainian leader Jacob K. Dukhonchenko consulting with deputy senior presbyter Ivan S. Gnida in their offices in Kiev. Sealine unas oann ONY 166 167 3 iH g i u ] : : : L | 5 i 4 i : : g a aS / : i } TOP: Jacob K. Dukhonchenko conducting a wedding in the Central Kiev Church, 1979. BOTTOM: Zaporozh’e Senior Presbyter Brynza (right) baptizing his own son, spring 1979. 168 169 TOP: RSFSR ae are Presbyter V. E. Logvinenko (left), then a presbyter in Odessa, recelv- 7 TOP: