Summer camp in Chechnya (file photo/RM)
Russian Ministries is doing something about that. Vice President of Russian Ministries Sergey Rakhuba, speaking for Russia, just returned from the region. He says Christians from the region are doing great work. "It was so exciting to see young people that reach out to that community -- reaching out to children with lots of outreach projects. I was just so impressed to see how much fruit the ministry brings when they see how much response is there among young Chechen people."
Rakhuba says it's an incredible story of people who have been targeted by Chechen terrorists, traveling to Chechnya to do God's work. "Instead of taking revenge or retaliating for all of the destruction that terrorists brought to Beslan, they go back and reach out to the Chechen children. They organize summer camps; they hold sports games."
Traveling to Chechnya is still dangerous. They must travel to many army check-points to get to Grozny, but the population welcomes the Russian Ministries teams. "Christians are welcomed. They have an opportunity to preach the Gospel and tell those kids about the hope in Jesus."
Rakhuba says they were only able to get into Grozny because of the assistance of one leader. "He came out of Chechnya with his personal car and offered his service to take us back to Grozny. Otherwise we wouldn't be able to go there."
It appears God is using non-Christians to allow the Gospel to penetrate these young hearts.
Rakhuba says Russian Ministries would like to send as many young people to summer camp as possible. "For $50 it's possible to send one child to summer camp and potentially to help change this country for Christ."
According to Rakhuba, Russian Ministries' young people will do the ministry work. "Young people motivated and mobilized and equipped through our 'Schools Without Walls' [program] will go to the summer camp and reach out to children, helping them build their lives on moral biblical principles."
