Mission Network News

Headlining the news today, the resignation of President Boris Yeltsin as President of Russia surprised many, including missionary leaders. Russian Ministries Peter Deyneka says he believes evangelism and religious freedom will continue under the control of his replacement, Vladimir Putin (poo-tihn). "Apparently he's taking the same line as Yeltsin did, which was very apropos for Christian work and evangelistic work right now. We can't predict the future." And they're going to need that freedom because Deyneka says there's a new evangelistic opportunity among the Chechen war refugees. "There are hundreds of thousands of refugees. We, here at Russian Ministries are taking this seriously and are encouraging other mission groups to join us in a partnership to participate in this evangelism. These are primarily Muslim who for the first and maybe the only time in their lives will have a chance to hear the Gospel as they are outside of Chechnya."