Soviet Evangelicals Since World War II, Walter Sawatsky, 1981

dropping a hint to those who are a i ent noes ) draw inferences from facts. I love the Russian people, and I would like to see rem free from their communist rulers. I think it is our duty to help the ean aor e » win their freedom, even as it was our duty to help the Germans and Italians to yn their freedom from their masters. I have no intention of carrying a any open pro e ganda against the Soviet Government, but I do not wish to make t pss hiagiy a T believe what they say when they put out their propaganda about freedom of wo ip in Russia.” ae 55, Ibid. Rushbrooke to AUCECB, May 7, 1945. 45, p. 15. ere a7 Allg fed ae on Soviet Pentecostals is not very satisfactory. ea ni passages in Durasoff’s work, see also his Pentecost Behind the Iron brea “ : ), which’ is partisan. Major Soviet treatments are V. Te. Soldatenko, Piati ‘ ie 4 (Donetsk, 1972); A. T. Moskalenko, Piatidesiatniki (Moscow, rial and ane Koltsov, Kto takie Piatidesiatniki (Moscow, Znania, 1965). For the “he i prougn treatment see Michael Rowe, “The Pentecostal Movement in Seder 7 is torical and Social Survey,” PhD dissertation being completed for Glasgow yee Daiolt The Russian Frain’ p. 82, based on interview with son Paul. . 5, from Cosmos Translations summary. eo ee ee The text of the agreement was printed in BV, 4/57, p. 36. Durasoff argued that in 1954 “Bratskii Vestnik altered part of the Agreement of . i ing the stipulation that no Pentecostal members could exercise the ieee Daal peisueclon upon their fellow members. This was rgsates oe a major condition of the August Agreement, despite its a, ou ue ee placed the proviso to abstain from footwashing which was originally state = ae (p. 143). Durasoff’s point appears to be overstated, since points and : : be published agreement which commit both sides to educational — poesia e costal phenomena were already quoted in 1945. That amounts to t es ning = prohibition against proselytization. For an English translation of the Augu PO Ee a easel (Christians of Evangelical Faith) was the of- ficial name for the Voronaev Pentecostals. Since this was very ae ° pene ical Christians,” Zhidkov haeeaiae that they were already included in the name fo ion (BV, 2/46, p. 12). or Be cea in BV, 1/47, pp. 61-63; cf. 3/45, p. 16; 1/46, p. 56; 2/46, pp. 27 and 53; a p. nee et BY B/4B 88; cf. BV, 4/46, pp. 16 and 39. Of the 30 nee tone: in Dnepropetrovs Oblast visited by Melnikov, 16 were Pentecostal and cs re a formal statement of union with the AUCECB was si ned. BV, 6/47, sy 6, ee report on a trip made by Andreev and Mitskevich to the cen : tale : strengthen relations with Pentecostals and to speak with leaders ae : a Re I'chuk, who were stalling on joining the union. In Rovno Oblast, 10: us : Bee gregations were newly joined Pentecostals; in L’vov Oblast it was 32 of 56; in A New Evangelical Union 103 Ternopol Oblast 60 of 80 congregations. 65. Durasoff, pp. 122-23. 66. BV, 1/49, pp. 33-