Russia
National Radio Day: The Signal Was Jammed. People Still Listened.
From a shortwave broadcast heard behind the Iron Curtain to today’s satellite and digital outreach, GCMM’s story is a reminder that technology can become a powerful instrument for the Great Commission. On National Radio Day, we remember something that reaches much deeper into the history of Great Commission Media Ministries than a microphone or a…
Read MoreRussia’s Religious Freedom Is Over
The year was 1991. We were sitting in the Novosibirsk home of Professor Aleksander Link. I was expressing joy over the fact that, after seventy long years of atheism, a new era of freedom had finally arrived in Russia. Soviet State TV Channel One had aired 52 of the best Bible stories as animated films.…
Read MoreThe Church is silent, even though the truth cries out—Russian and Ukrainian Christians in the shadow of war
What happens when churches fall silent, but truth cries out? On GCMM’s radio program, Russian Yuri Sipko and Ukrainian Sergei Demidovich reveal how war has divided Christians, silenced churches, and made the truth conveyed through the media vital – not only socially, but also as a spiritual calling to serve the body of Christ. The…
Read MorePentecostal pastor Nikolai Romaniuk pretrial detention is extended in Moscow
The daughter of Nikolai Romaniuk announced that a Moscow court extended the pretrial detention of her father, Pastor Romaniuk, until April 17, 2025. On October 19, 2024, Nikolai Nikolayevits Romaniuk, pastor of the Evangelical Church of the Holy Trinity in Moscow, was arrested after a Sunday service. The arrest was accompanied by a thorough search…
Read MorePastor of the Moscow Pentecostal Church Arrested
On October 19th in Moscow, Evangelical Pastor, Nikolai Nikolajevits Romaniuk of the Holy Trinity Church was arrested after the Sunday service. The arrest included a thorough home search, conducted in a very abrupt manner. Pastor Romaniuk is being accused of collaboration with Western intelligence services. Fabricated Accusations The accusations are fabricated and belong to the…
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