Valery Zhakevich

Evangelism and Church Planting in Russia: Historic Perspectives on the Growth of the Church Valery Zhakevich

The Protestant Church has and is being persecuted in many countries today. To help the Christians in these countries, an understanding of the people is necessary before any missionary work can take place. This dissertation is about Russia and covers evangelism and church planting as it will take place in the future. In order to accomplish this well, an understanding of the history, culture, and religious background of the Russian people is presented. Although Christianity dates back to the Apostle Andrew, the emphasis of this dissertation covers the persecution of the Protestant Church before, during, and after the Communist Regime.