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On the Edge of Space and Time: Evangelical Missionaries in the Post-Soviet Arctic

open access: yesJournal of Ethnology and Folkloristics, 2014
Evangelical missionaries have missionised pretty much throughout Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Among their favourite targets are the small-numbered indigenous groups in the Russian Arctic, where the numbers of converts are steadily ...
Laur Vallikivi
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Waves of mission amongst South African Baptists

open access: yesVerbum et Ecclesia, 2014
Baptists in South Africa have developed along lines similar to other denominations of their day (e.g. the Dutch Reformed Church). However, there are six distinct waves of development within Baptist history in South Africa (including an emerging wave ...
Desmond Henry, Cornelius J.P. Niemandt
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Strangers in the Land and True Lovers of the Nation: the Formation of Lithuanianspeaking Baptist Identity, 1918-1940

open access: yesPerichoresis: The Theological Journal of Emanuel University, 2018
How does an emerging community of faith develop its identity in the context of a semi-hostile and increasingly nationalistic culture? The story of the early years of Lithuanian-speaking Baptists provides an interesting and informative case study.
Toth Lina
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Editorial for Special Issue “Reclaiming Voices: Women’s Contributions to Baptist History”

open access: yesReligions
Women make up more than half of Baptist church members globally, yet many histories of Baptists have neglected women, focusing instead on men and the institutions they lead [...]
Melody Maxwell
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“Living as Monks” and Fools for Christ,s Sake in the Russian Baptist Brotherhood

open access: yesБогословські роздуми: Східноєвропейський журнал богословʼя, 2010
The author compares the Russian-Ukrainian Baptist brotherhood - first of all, in its late Soviet form - with the Russian Orthodox concept of "monasticism in the world." Characteristic examples of asceticism among Russian Baptists, in some cases bordering
Constantine PROKHOROV
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Vyazma community of Evangelical Christians-Baptists history in the late 1970s – early 1980s based on the Smolensk region archives

open access: yesStudia Humanitatis
The article is devoted to Vyazma community of Evangelical Christians-Baptists registration problem in the late 1970s – early 1980s based on the materials of the Smolensk region archives. The study is carried out on the basis of archival sources stored in
Ivanov Alexander Mikhailovich   +1 more
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On Christian Pacifism

open access: yesБогословські роздуми: Східноєвропейський журнал богословʼя, 2008
The author analyzes the classical Christian viewpoints on the military, presenting the wide spectrum of ethical problems related to the national requirement of performing military service, participation in war, the death penalty, etc.
Constantine PROKHOROV
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Denominational Differences in Obesity Among Black Christian Adults: Why Gender and Life Stage Matter. [PDF]

open access: yesJ Sci Study Relig, 2021
Bentley-Edwards KL   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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