"We were looking forward to this significant event being held in Russia because no one knows modern Christian persecution better than the church that suffered under communist rule. However, just a few weeks ago Russia passed a law that severely limits Christians' freedoms," Graham posted on Facebook in announcing the cancellation of his World Summit in Defense of Persecuted Christians. (August 2016) CBN News
To read later.
Wow! I thought all that was over with in 1989. The early 90’s saw a huge rebirth of religion in what was the former Soviet Union. Churches and monasteries sprung up like wildfire. Now, under Putin, Russia walks backward.
So they have a state church. You have no right to go there and “evangelize” (steal sheep) if they don’t want you to. Perhaps they rightly recognize this as an attempt by foreign groups to meddle in their internal affairs.
Gospel of Jesus christ forbidden, satan’s church is league with Putin.
Probably a the lions share of it has resulted from Hillary and Obama weaponizing USAID and other NGOs to start a color revolution in Russia after the 2011 elections.
We were going for all the marbles and ramped it up during the anti-homo laws in Russia.
Putin expelled most NGOs and forced the others to register as foreign agents. There were a lot of protestant/evangelical missions there doing good work, but they got swept up in the same net with the NGOs pushing gay rights and trying to start a color revolution on behalf of Hillary’s banksters.
It’s kinda unfair for a lot of people, but it is a foreseeable result from Hillary and Obama.
There is a chance, Russia could become Muslim-majority in not that far into the future.
So, they attacked a Christian nation in Ukraine.
Call them Nazis all you want, you’re no better than liberals.
Exodus 14:12
It's better to be a slave in Egypt than a corpse in the wilderness!'"
“How did a country that seemed to be bucking decades of Orwellian control slip back into authoritarianism, and why haven’t more churches in the West spoken up on behalf of their fellow Christians abroad? “
Because authoritarian rulers are Russia’s historic condition. That’s what Czars were. That’s what Bolsheviks were. That’s what Putin is. It’s what Russians are used to.
This isn’t unusual in the world. Cultures perpetuate themselves. Political structures reflect the underlying culture.
That was a fact that the Bush administration chose not believe when they thought that Iraq could easily be converted into a western democracy. Similar fantasies are harbored by those who think that Russia can be easily changed.
At least Putin isn’t trying to force atheism on Russia, unlike the Bolsheviks. And while Russian Christianity may not suit Tyler Huckabee, Russia wasn’t part of the Reformation and the Russian Orthodox Church has pretty much been the only flavor available since Vlad the Great converted in the 900s.