East-West Church
& Ministry Report
Vol. 7, No. 1 - Winter 1999
Articles
- MARK ELLIOTT with
SHARYL CORRADO, "The 1997 Russian Law on
Religion: The Demographics of Discrimination," 1
- "Provincial
Reports on the 1997 Russian Law on Religion: Mixed Messages,"
3
- VYACHESLAV S. POLOSIN,
"Russian Religion by the
Numbers," 4
- STEPHEN GOODWIN, "Macedonian Evangelicals Win
Court Case Against Repressive Law on Religion," 6
- ANATOLY KRASIKOV,
"The Curse of State
Privileges for Orthodoxy," 7
- TOM CORRELL, "From Minnesota to Bulgaria With
Love: A Model for Collaborative Ministry,"
8
- PAUL NEGRUT, "Western Ministry in the
East: Sorting Out Praise and Condemnation," 10
Features
- Russian
Collectivism Article Triggers Lively Response
DAN
BECK,
9
CHARLEY
WARNER,
9
TED
MOLE,
10
- Orthodox
Charges of Protestant Proselytism . . .and a Response
BOB
YANNES,
11
HEIROMONK MICHAEL
MANSBRIDGE-WOOD, 11
MARK
ELLIOTT,
11
- Local
Church Reponse to "Cults and New Religious Movements," 11
- Resources
Bible.
Russia. Moscow,
12
Mission
Albania: Ten Years of Vital Christian Work for the Albanian
People, 12
"Mental
Health and Missionary Care," 12
BARBARA KERTAI, "Budapest
Journalists Launch Christian News Agency," 12
- Practically
Speaking
International
Project Advisory
Board, 12
- News
Notes
MARK ELLIOTT, "Kidnappings in the Caucasus,"
13
Civil charges
filed against Moscow Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses, 13
GALINA STAROVOITOVA,
13
VADIM PRIVEZENTSEV,
14
LAWRENCE
A. UZZELL,
14
- Calendar
of Events
March 1999 - June 2000,
14
- Editorial
HENRY R. HUTTENBACH, "Religious Freedom After
Communism: Will the Suppressed Become the Supressor?"
16
East-West
Church & Ministry Report
Vol. 7, No. 2 - Spring 1999
Articles
- KATHY ROGERS and TINA-JOY KINARD,
"A Guide to Giving and
Receiving Aid in Post-Communist Europe," 1
- KRISTIAN ISMAIL
and GARY GRIFFITH,
"Popular Faith and Practice
in Bulgaria Today," 4
- MARK P. NELSON, "Ethnic Tensions in the
Baltics: How the Church Can Point the Way," 5-6
- MARK ELLIOTT, "Translating the Russian Bible,"
7
- "Keeping
Current on Russian Bible Translations," 8
- STEPHEN K. BATALDEN,
"Modern Russian Bible
Translations: Four Questions That Prevent Consensus,"
9
- KAARINA HAM, "Russian Orthodox and
Evangelicals at Odds," 11
- MARK ELLIOTT and SHARYL CORRADO, compilers, Internet Resources on Religion,
12
- Estonian Church
Statistics, 14
- Estonian
Survey Results, 14
Features
East-West
Church & Ministry Report
Vol. 7, No. 3 - Summer 1999
Articles
- JANET WEHRLE, "Father Aleksandr Men: In
Dialogue with Society," 1
- Aleksandr
Men: Current Criticism and Defense, 3
- Selected Works
by and about Fr. Aleksandr Men, 4
- KATHY ROGERS and TINA-JOY KINARD,
"A Guide to Giving and
Receiving Aid in Post-Communist Europe," 6
- BORIS GONTAREV, "Practical Advice for Western
Missionaries," 7
- MARY THERESA WEBB,
"Russian Church-Based
Alcoholism Treatment and Prevention," 8
- STEVEN GERTZ, "Children at Risk in Bulgaria,"
11
- MARK ELLIOTT, "Children at
Risk Ministries in Bulgaria," 12
Features
- Resources
Freedom
of Conscience Society Report, 14
U.S.
Department of State Annual Report on International Religious Freedom,
14
"New Muftis, New
Russians?"
14
Praying
Along the Silk Road,
14
The
Role of the Christian Woman in Contemporary Society,
14
Das
Gute behaltet, [Hold Fast What Is Good], 14
- News
Notes
Violent
Persecution of Christians in the Caucasus, 15
Russian
Orthodox Bishop Deposed, 15
BARBARA KERTAI, Protestant Institute for
Mission Studies, 15
Uzbek
Churches Registered,
15
Dr. John
Bennett, president of Overseas Council International, 15
- Editorial
YAKOV KROTOV, "Fr. Aleksandr Men: Christian
Priest and Apologist," 16
East-West
Church & Ministry Report
Vol.
7, No. 4 - Fall 1999
Articles
- BORIS VUKONIC, "Catholic Pilgrimage: The
Phenomenon of Medugorje," 1
- MARK ELLIOTT, "Polish
Pilgrimages," 2
- BARBARA KERTAI, "Budapest as Mission Headquarters,"
3
- THOMAS MERCHANT
and JOSHUA SNYDER,
"Sports Ministries in the
Post-Soviet Era,"
5
- A Sampling of
Sports and Camp Ministries in the Former Soviet Union and East Central
Europe, 6
- HOLLY DENIO STEPHENS,
"Russia's Occult Revival,"
8
- Occult
Terminology, 9
- NIKOLAI BERDIAEV,
"The Occult in Christian
Perspective," 11
Features
- Resource
Note
Nikon,
Archimandrite, ed. Okkultizm v svete khristianskoi istiny
[Occultism in the Light of Christian Truth], 11
- News
Notes
Russian
Religion Law: Reregistration Pressure and Court Challenges,
12
USAID recently
awarded $4.2 million to Holt International Children's Services,
12
Grigorii
Komendant elected vice-president of the EBF, 12
Theodor Angelov
eighth general secretary of EBF, 12
Sergei Sannikov
new advisor to the President of the UECB, 12
Missionaries in
Smolensk Threatened,
12
Moscow Credit Card
Fraud,
12
- Worthwhile
Web Sites, SHARYL
CORRADO and MARIA DEMESHKINA,
compilers
The Bible
Society in Russia,
13
PROMT [PROject
Machine Translation],
13
Religion
in Eastern Europe,
13
Resurse Crestine
Romanesti (Romanian Christian Resources), 13
SGM
International-Central and Eastern Europe, 13
Serbian Orthodox
Diocese of Raska and Prizren, 13
Slavophilia Slavic
and East European Resource, 13
Theological Research
Exchange Network [TREN], 13
U.S. State
Department Travel
Warnings & Consular Information Sheets, 13
- Resources
Ghidul Retelei
Organizatiilor Crestine din România [Directory of the Network
of Christian Ministries in Romania], 14
Hillier, Paul. Arvo
Part, 14
Dvorkin,
Aleksandr. Vvedenie v sektovedenie [Introduction
to Sectology], 14
TROUSERS, the
Tro(pical) U(Ser-friendly) Se(minary) R(ecords) S(ystem), 14
Tikhonova,
Alla, ed. Spravochnik bogoslovskie uchebnye zavedeniia v
stranakh SNG i Baltii [Directory
of Theological Institutions in the Commonwealth of Independent States
and Baltic States], 14
- Editorial
SHARYL CORRADO, "Three Approaches to Mission in
Practice," 16
Lessons
Learned,
15
East-West
Church & Ministry Report
Vol.
8, No. 1 - Winter 2000
Articles
- MARK ELLIOTT, "The Church in Russia: Between
the Law and Administrative Practice," 1
- MARK J. HARRIS, "Guidelines for Contextualizing
the Gospel for Russian Youth," 3
- MARK J. HARRIS, "Evangelism in Russia: What Works
and What Doesn't," 5
- ALISON GIBLETT, "Young Russian Evangelicals on
Western Missionaries," 6
- Religiosity of
Russian Youth, 7
- DONATAS GLODENIS,
"Christianity in Lithuania
Today," 7
- Christian
Churches and Organizations in Lithuania, 8
- Religious
Movements in Lithuania, 9
- DAVID MACHAJDIK AND JURAJ
KUSNIERIK, "The
Church in Central Europe: Not Prepared for Freedom," 10
- DUSAN JAURA AND JURAJ
KUSNIERIK, "Taboos
in the Central European Church," 12
- GARY GRIFFITH, "New Bible Institute Registered
in Bulgaria," 14
Features
- Resources
The Slavic Center for Law
and Justice,
Information Bulletin, 15
Evangelie za
koluchei provolokoi [The Gospel Behind Barbed Wire],
15
Panorama of Russia
Religion Subject Catalog, 15
Kolesova, O. S.
Seite rasumnoe, dobroe, vechnoe... [Sow
What Is Reasonable, Good, Eternal...], 15
Harris, Mark, and Delissa
Harris. Krasota sviatosti [The
Beauty of Holiness], 15
- Editorial
SHARYL CORRADO, "The Role of Luck," 16
East-West
Church & Ministry Report
Vol.
8, No. 2 - Spring 2000
Theme Issue on Christian Publishing
- "Christian
Publishing: The Glasnost Era and Future Prospects,"
3
- TADEUSZ TOLWINSKI,
"Poland,"
3
- PIOTR WACLAWIK, "More on Poland," 4
- TOMAS DITTRICH, "Czech Republic,"
4
- Christian
Publishing Web Sites, 4
- ARPAD M. FOSZTO, "Romania,"
5
- KOSTA AND NADA MILKOVI,
"Macedonia,"
5
- BOB CLARK, "A Decade of Deliverance,"
6
- GERRY DAVEY, "Christian Publishing:
Before and After the Communist Collapse," 7
Articles
Features
East-West
Church & Ministry Report
Vol.
8, No. 3 - Summer 2000
Articles
- PERRY GLANZER, "A Troubled Troika: The
CoMission, the Russian Ministry of Education, and the Russian Orthodox
Church," 1
- ALAN KENT SCHOLES,
"The Trouble with
Glanzer's Troika," 3
- JENA GASTON, "A CoMissioner's Firsthand Report,"
5
- ROBERT L. SAUCY, JOHN COE, and
ALAN W. GOMES, "Eastern
Orthodox Teachings in Comparison with the Doctrinal Position of Biola
University,"
6
- Don Fairbairn
Responds to the Biola Statement
on Eastern Orthodoxy, 8
- Gerald Bray
Responds to the Biola Statement and Don Fairbairn, 10
- PETER LOWMAN, "Perceptions Of A Great Country:
Hunches and Pointers in Understanding Russia," 11
- Responses to Report
Coverage of Christian Book Distribution, 13
- Russian
Christian Book Fair Points to Need for More Local Authors, 13
Features
- Resoure
Note, "Evangelicalism
and the Orthodox Church," 10
- Internet
Resources, SHARYL
CORRADO, compiler
American
Historical Association Directory of Dissertations in Progress,
14
Blagovest
Religious Information Agency, 14
Central
Europe Online, 14
Oanda
Classic 164 Currency Converter, 14
Professional
Articles from Mark Harris, 14
Radio TEOS,
14
Religious
Life in Russia. Press Digest, 14
Slovo
i delo [Word and Act], 14
- Resources
John Witte Jr. and Michael Bourdeaux, eds,
Proselytism and Orthodoxy in Russia: The New War for Souls,
15
Volobaev, Aleksei, Kak
vyzhit pravoslavnomu predprinimateliu v sovremennom rossiiskom biznese:
tsel i metod [How an Orthodox Businessman Can
Survive in Contemporary Russian Business: Goal and Method],
15
- Editorial
MARK ELLIOTT, "I Will Not Leave You As
Orphans. I Will Come to You." 16
East-West
Church & Ministry Report
Vol.
8, No. 4 - Fall 2000
Articles
- MARK ELLIOTT, "Evangelism and Proselytism in
Russia: Synonyms or Antonyms?," 1
- EARL A. POPE, "The Proselytism of Majority
Faiths," 3
- PAUL MOJZES, "The Religious Topography of
Eastern Europe," 3
- JULIE MERTUS and KATHRYN
MINYARD FROST, "Majority
Versus Minority Faiths in Romania, Ukraine, and Poland," 5
- NICHOLAS HOLOVATY,
"An Ideal Theological
Education: The Vision of Moscow's Protestant Leaders,"
6
- NICHOLAS HOLOVATY,
"A Moscow Case Study:
Mixed Reviews for the Korean Pastor's School," 7
- JUDITH BERLING, "Hard-Earned Counsel for
Assisting Post-Soviet Seminaries," 8
- MARK ELLIOTT, "Post-Soviet Theological
Education: Highlights of Two Doctoral Dissertations," 9
- SHARYL CORRADO, "Early Russian Evangelicals:
Ministry Lessons for Today," 11
Features
- Resource
Note
Journal of
Ecumenical Studies,
4
- Resources
Moscow's
Esther Legal Information Center has prepared a CD-ROM containing a
legal library of documents, 13
Religion
supplement to Moscow's Nezavisimaya gazeta is
available on the internet,
13
Mark J. Harris. Proposal for
a Contextualized Educational Program for the Training of Russian
Spiritual Leaders, 13
Web
site of the Euro-Asian Accrediting Association
Ray
Prigodich will no longer be able to continue his news forwarding service,
14
Structures
of Russian Political Discourse on Nationality Problems: Anthropological
Perspectives, 1999,Washington, DC: Kennan Institute
Occasional Paper #272, 14
- News Note
The Council for East
European Theological Education [CEETE] has announced programs for its
Academic Leadership Forums,
14
History of the
Evangelical Christians in Romania, 14
- Letters
to the Editor
Perry L. Glanzer,
15
Dr. Larry Ort,
15
Maria
Sanidopoulos,
15
Robin Evans,
15
- Correction
- Editorial
ANNE-MARIE KOOL, Are Western Ministries Serious
about Partnership with Hungary's Historic Churches? 16
East-West
Church & Ministry Report
Vol.
9, No. 1 - Winter 2001
Articles
- LARAN LOFTON, "Options for Missionary Kid
Education in the Post-Soviet Era," 1
- "MK" Education
Contact Information,
LARAN LOFTON, TODD MOUSSALLEM, MARK
ELLIOTT, and JUDY MARTIN, compilers, 3
- "Peter Deyneka,
Jr.: In Memoriam, continued Tributes to Peter Deyneka, Jr., 12 January
2001"
- KENT HILL,
president of Eastern Nazarene College, Quincy, MA, 5
- JOHN BERNBAUM,
president of the Russian-American Christian University, Moscow, Russia,
5
- MARK ELLIOTT,
director of the Global Center, Beeson Divinity School, Samford
University, Birmingham, AL, and editor of the East-West Church
&
Ministry Report, 6
- MARK ELLIOTT, "Lessons for Ministry from the
Life and Example of Peter Deyneka, Jr.," 6
- JURAJ KUSNIERIK
and MARSH MOYLE,
"Central and Eastern
Europe: Trends in Evangelical Churches and in Society," 7
- MARK ELLIOTT, "Cinema, Contextualization, and
'Redemptive Analogies'," 8
- GREGORY HALVORSEN SCHRECK,
"Andrei Tarkovsky: The
Redemptive Vision of a Soviet Filmmaker," 11
- RODNEY CLAPP, "Signs and Wonderings:
Krzysztof Kieslowski's Decalogue," 12
- PAUL VALLIERE, "Reflections on Contemporary
Russian Orthodoxy and Latvian Lutheranism," 13
Features
- Resources
Mirga Andrzej. Roma
and the Law: Demythologizing the Gypsy Criminality Stereotype,
14
Cynthia R. Nielsen. A
Look to the East: An Examination of Eastern Orthodoxy in Light of
Essential Biblical Doctrine, 14
Developing Rural
Life and Church Planting, 14
Journal of
European Baptist Studies.
"Hungarian Baptist Beginnings," 14
- Letters
to the Editor
John M. Lindner,
15
Jack Wallace,
15
Nikolaj,
15
Brian Jones,
15
- Frankly
Speaking
SERGEI CHAPNIN, "The Income of the Russian
Orthodox Church," 16
East-West
Church & Ministry Report
Vol.
9, No. 2 - Spring 2001
Theme Issue on Post-Soviet Children at Risk
Articles
- BARONESS CAROLINE COX,
"From Trajectories of
Despair to Trajectories of Hope," 1
- MARK ELLIOTT, "A Theme Issue on Post-Soviet
Children at Risk," 1
- KAY F. RADER, "Bless the Children," 3
- RON BRAUND, "Networking to Address the Need,"
5
- SUSAN HILLIS, "An Epidemic of Hopelessness
Among Children at Risk in Eastern Europe," 5
- GEORGE STEINER, "Meeting the Needs of Russia's
Children in Crisis," 8
- TANYA VINOGRADOVA,
"Orphanage Assistance,"
9
- MIKE DOURIS, "Foster Care for Russian Orphans,"
10
- MASHA SUZDALEVA, "Microenterprise Development for
Children at Risk," 12
- JENYA POLONSKAYA HAPS,
"Transition Centers for
Orphanage Graduates," 12
- PHYLLIS KILBOURN,
"Reaching Out to Street
Children," 15
- MIKE NOAH, "How Well Do Children Adopted
from Eastern Europe Fare?," 17
Features
East-West
Church & Ministry Report
Vol.
9, No. 3 - Summer 2001
Articles
- PERRY GLANZER, "Taking the Measure of 1990s
Evangelism: Where Are Russian Converts Now?" 1
- MARK ELLIOTT, "Analysis of World Christian
Encyclopedia Figures for Post-Soviet Christians,"
4
- "The
Christian Population of Post-Soviet States" (William
Barrett), 4
- DAVID C. LEWIS, "A Sobering Critique of Russian
Protestant Church Growth," 5
- HEGUMEN INNOKENTY,
"The Number of Orthodox
Believers: The Story of a Methodological Forgery,"
9
- KIMMO KAARIAINEN,
"Lowest Church Attendance
Rates in Europe," 10
- MURRAY FESHBACH, "Russia's Population Meltdown,"
11
- GREGORY HALVORSEN SCHRECK,
"Tarkovsky's The
Stalker: A Christian Allegory Set in the 'Evil Empire,'"
13
Features
- Internet Resources, SHARYL CORRADO, compiler, 15
- News Note
"Two Leading Christian
Liberal Arts Institutions in the Former Soviet Union Celebrate 2001
Landmarks,"
12
MARK ELLIOTT, "Russia and Lithuania on the Mend,"
12
- Letters
to the Editor
O. Errol Simmons,
10
Scott Carter,
14
- Editorial
MARK ELLIOTT, "Making Sense of Russian Church
Statistics," 16
East-West
Church & Ministry Report
Vol.
9, No. 4 - Fall
2001
Articles
Features
- Practically
Speaking
Wheelchair Foundation,
4
Bible Foundation,
11
- Review
L.M. Timofeev, et al., "Orthodox
Finances: Managed or Mismanaged?" Reviewed by, and excerpts
translated by, Vitaly Bak.
- More on
Russian Orthodox Finances
Marcus Warren, Electronic
Daily Telegraph, 10
Giles Whittell,
London Times, 10
- More on World
Christian Encyclopedia Statistics
DAVID B. BARRETT AND TODD M. JOHNSON,
"World Christian
Encyclopedia Editors Respond," 11
MARK ELLIOTT, "Mark Elliott's
Response to Barrett and Johnson on Church Statistics," 12
- Letters
to the Editor
More Responses to World Christian Encyclopedia
Statistics
Perry Glanzer,
12
Lawrence Uzzell,
12
Geraldine Fagan,
12
- Resources
"The Gift of the World: An
Introduction to the Theology of Dumitru Staniloae," by
Charles Miller, Reviewed by George Hancock-Stefan, 13
- Editorial
DON FAIRBAIRN, "Suggestions for Christian
Workers in the East," 16