Russian Baptist leader Michael Zhidkov baptizes new Christians at a Moscow church in 1984. After retiring, Zhidkov volunteered in a variety of social ministries in places such as hospitals and prisons.
Russian Baptist leader Michael Zhidkov baptizes new Christians at a Moscow church in 1984. After retiring, Zhidkov volunteered in a variety of social ministries in places such as hospitals and prisons.
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In the former Soviet Union, Baptists gather to worship in 1984 in Tashkent, the fourth largest city in the Soviet Union before its breakup in 1991. Today the city is the capital of Uzbekistan. Worship services at the 260-member Second Baptist Church were full to overflowing, but church members had to wait for permission to renovate the building. That permission was crucial for congregations restricted to their prayer houses for worship and proclaiming the gospel.
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Muslim worshipers pray at the Moscow Cathedral Mosque in Moscow, Russia. The mosque is under renovation and is being expanded from its current size in order to accommodate the influx of Muslims to Moscow.
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A Tajik man grills kebabs over a grill in a tourist market in Moscow, Russia.
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A new shopping center near Red Square in Moscow, Russia, caters to the extremely wealthy and offers only luxury goods.
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Portrait of a woman praying in Russia.
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View of a home in the country in Russia.
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A view of a Russian Orthodox church in Moscow, Russia.
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These shots show various scenes inside and outdoors of a Russian Orthodox church in Moscow, Russia.
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An Udmurt girl walks across an icy bridge.
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Udmurt evangelists walk together through an Udmurt village, delivering Bibles and talking to villagers.
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A grove once used as a sacrificial location for Udmurt animistic ceremonies.
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Portrait of an Udmurt evangelist. Before he committed his life to Christ, he spent his days drinking and getting into trouble. After drinking one night, he was beaten and left for dead. He came to know Christ and began evangelizing and planting churches in the Udmurtia countryside in Russia.
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Portrait of an Udmurt man during winter.
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Portrait of an Udmurt man during winter.
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An ice fishermen shows his catch of the day at a lake in Udmurtia, Russia.
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An Udmurt fishermen ice fishes on a lake in Udmurtia, Russia.
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An IMB worker and an Udmurt evangelist talk to and share a Bible with an Udmurt villager chopping wood.
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An Udmurt evangelist talks to and shares Bibles with two village men who are drinking and smoking in their truck on a cold day.
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A woman kneels in prayer at a morning church service at Central Baptist Church in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.
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