Welcome to the East-West Church Report

The East-West Church Report serves as a clearinghouse for balanced, objective reporting on Christianity and Western ministry in the former Soviet Union and Central and Eastern Europe--as a service to both the church and academia.

Since its founding in 1993, the EWC Report has covered all aspects of church life in post-Soviet states, with special attention devoted to the interface of Orthodox, Protestant, and Catholic confessions.

Researchers may make subject searches for content in the East-West Church and Ministry Report through the search function on this EWC Report website or through the EWC Report's inclusion in EBSCO's Academic Search International database.

The East-West Church Report has received five Awards of Merit from the Evangelical Press Association.

New Editor at the Helm

Mark R. Elliott, founder of the East-West Church and Ministry Report in 1993, completed 25 years as editor with the fall 2017 issue.

He is pleased to announce that Geraldine Fagan, an experienced reporter on religion in the former Soviet Union and author of Believing in Russia--Religious Policy after Communism (London: Routledge), has assumed the helm as editor.

Beginning with vol. 26, no. 1, 2018 issue, the East-West Church Report (new title) will be distributed as an emailed PDF. Dr. Elliott will continue association with the EWC Report as editor emeritus.

For details of issues from 2018 onwards, please see our Facebook page:  https://www.facebook.com/EastWestChurchReport/.

Annual subscriptions ($23 individuals, $54 institutions) may be made via this website at https://www.eastwestreport.org/subscribe.

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Special Report on Greenhouse Gardening

Editor Emeritus Mark R. Elliott announces completion of an agricultural project in Ukraine and Russia and a report on the project, "Greenhouse Gardening for the Purpose of Self-Sustaining Ministry in the Former Soviet Union," available for downloading in Russian (44 pp.) and English (34 pp.) at no charge. A supplementary document, "A Greenhouse Project Goals, History, and Guidelines," is also available for downloading in Russian and English.

Church-Based Alcohol and Rehabilitation (pdf) by Editor Emeritus Dr. Mark R. Elliott