Soviet Evangelicals Since World War II, Walter Sawatsky, 1981

the R SFSR (author : cee nee ie a EOn . on. interview in Newsline W, te . d ; ; é West, September/77 and * 7977 upPlemented with Umsiedler data. Froese - ember/77 and Nov hat in 1965 only thi ime irt sixty percent over shnty and Say Idren for walks, rs hidingen: Stephanus Verlag, ember/77 an ember/77, migrated to: West Conan in 45, Hartfeld, p. 79f. 46. BV, 1/79, p. 79, 47. BV, 2/77, p. 74; author's congress notes e oe interview data, , nicer care i ve in Orel Oblast she worked as. oblast seer tary for ¢ cds ses pI * : ee a ks oe pee the orchestra, and the athe rc 50. BY, 6/87, miei ee re " . Author’s personal notes;. 52 BY, vis — notes: . BV, 1/75, p. 82; Bychkov’s. repo K »P. 32; B V s report to the: 1979 congress. I. V. Bukaty; Cf Poni s ate and V. P. Fokin were sent abroad: (Sweden sere: : vi ire ther ee BY Ee ee of the two-year course: eee eee 4. BY, , p: 71; 5/79, pp: 56-and 64-65. Ten unaffiliated B; ne roe ennonite were accepted in 1978. CE BAPS Newt aie 2p, EBS, July 25, 1978; KNS, October 25, 1978. ais Andie, EBES: February 12, 1974. Other lecturers: have President cRae (Baptist Times, September 15 1977) anc resident Ballenger (EBPS, Novernber 4, 1978): ear 57. BV, 6/63, p: 20; 1/75, p.9%, been Scottish Baptist ) arid: Riischlikon: Serathany Soviet Evangelicals Since World War II 336 is i i studied in Poland and Wernigerode. 20 ane Luca hey remarks about not having Loaiarts ho know the ancient languages, 1/75, p. 38. This even Ae Seats se Ww th ‘ Il project to produce a needed revised translation of the Russian nae ; © 60. ae his “The Christian Manifesto,” RCL supplementary paper, ry OS idle BA 61. Dudko, p. : 62. G2W, December/77, p. 151. 63. Dudko, p. 193. 64. Ibid., p. 188. Is not my word like fire, says the Lord, and like a hammer which breaks the rock in pieces? —Veremiah 23:29 12 Soviet Evangelical Theology: Restitution of Apostolic Christianity A Biblical Movement If a tourist to the Soviet Union has a few Bibles in his suitcase, it usually results in an extra-thorough examination of his luggage. Several times, Soviet authorities have given me a body frisk and without apology have carefully examined the smallest scraps of paper in my wallet simply because I was bringing a handful of religious literature. You are made to feel like a criminal, a dope smuggler. Bible smuggling is, in fact, still conducted systematically by a large number of East European missions, al- though the small amounts taken in gifts by individual tourists also constitute a significant amount in total. At present, Reform Baptists are printing the Bible secretly because the state stil] restricts its official publica- tion and importation so severely. Even at present, Christian prisoners regularly complain