The Report serves as a clearinghouse for information relevant to the status of Christianity
and Western ministry in the former Soviet Union and Central and Eastern Europe.

East-West Church & Ministry Report 
Vol. 7, No. 1 - Winter 1999

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Resources
Religious Freedom in Central and Eastern Europe After the Collapse of Communism, 15
Russian and Ukrainian audiocassettes of the New Testament, 15
• News Note
Religiosity of Pupils in Russian Public Schools, 15
• Editorial
SHARYL CORRADO, "Ministry or Service?  Is There A Difference?" 16

East-West Church & Ministry Report 
Vol. 7, No. 3 - Summer 1999

• 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

• 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

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

• 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

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

• 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

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

• PETER LOWMAN, "Perceptions of a Great Country:  Hunches and Pointers in Understanding Russia," 1
• ALEXANDER VALUISKY, "A Calamity Cloaked in Silence:  Russian Christian Emigration," 9
• VYACHESLAV TSVIRINKO, "Russian Evangelical Emigration:  For Better or Worse," 11
• MARK ELLIOTT, "What to Call 'It'," 12
• Survey Results

• ROMAN NOSACH, Christian Pirating? 8
• Letters to the Editor
Gregory Nichols, 11
Responses to "The Role of Luck," 14
• Resources
Terray, Laszlo G. He Could Not Do Otherwise:  Bishop Lajos Ordass 1901-1978, 14
• Editorial
MARK ELLIOTT, "Following Communism's Demise:  Is Self-Sustaining Protestant Publishing Possible?" 16

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

• 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

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

• 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

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

• 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

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

• Internet Resources, JENA GASTON and MARK ELLIOTT, compilers,
"A Sampling of Internet Resources on Post-Soviet Children at Risk," 7
• Editorial
"Appropriate Giving," 20

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

• 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

Articles

• "Evangelicals and Orthodox: Crossing Paths and Crossing Swords," 1
• DEACON ANDREI KURAEV, "Faith American Style:  Goods to Export," 4
• DON FAIRBAIRN, "A Response to Andrei Kuraev: Control Tactics Also Employed by the Orthodox Church," 6
• NIKOLAS K. GVOSDEV, "Can Social Stability and Individual Freedom of Conscience Coexist?" 6
• LAUREN B. HOMER, "A Response to Nikolas Gvosdev," 7

• 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