Russia is the leading member of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), made up of the republics of the former Soviet Union. Changeover to a free market economy has been slow.
Population: 140 million.
Language: Russian.
Main religions: Russian Orthodox, Islam.
Link man Mark Whittaker
CBM activities Brothers and sisters are mostly isolated and stay in touch via Zoom and Whatsapp. Since 2019 it has not been possible to visit Russia in-person, so UK contact is also via whatsapp and zoom meetings. The Russian-speaking brothers and sisters hold a weekly Zoom breaking of bread, readings session, basics class and sometimes Sunday school lessons.
Each summer a Bible school is held, either fully online or with the Russians and Kazakhs meeting in-person and UK participants joining online. We have two active websites aimed at preaching the gospel – dobrie-vesti.org and rossiya.cbm.bible which enable contacts to be made with those searching for the Truth.
Ecclesias Scattered members in Bryansk, Chelyabinsk, Efremov, Kazan, Krasnodar, Lipetsk, Moscow, St Petersburg, Vladimir, Saratov, Talitsa, Tomsk, Yelets (about 120 members)
Russian language literature
Many books, courses, booklets and leaflets have been translated into Russian since the 1990s. Many of these are no longer in print, but electronic copies of the text (some of it artworked for publication) are still available, and can be requested via the linkman below.
Available from Mark Whittaker
Booklets:
- After Death—What?
- The Bible Companion
- Birmingham Amended Statement of Faith
- The Blood of Christ (Robert Roberts)
- The Cherubim (J. Allfree)
- The Commandments of Christ
- Creation or Chance
- Declaration
- Do You Believe in a Devil?
- Getting to Know God
- Hope for a Hopeless World
- Israel; God’s People, God’s Land
- Jehovah’s Witnesses Examined
- Now for the Good News
- One Bible, Many Churches
- The Personal Return of Jesus Christ
- Preparing for Baptism
- The Significance of Colours and Numbers in Scripture (M. D. Stewart)
- There is a World-wide Family
- The Things We Stand For
- Trinitarian Texts Examined (J. Allfree)
- The True Gospel (Declaration)
- The Truth about the Devil and Satan (from Christendom Astray and Wrested Scriptures)
- The Way of Life (S. F. Jeacock)
- Who are the Christadelphians?
- Why Baptism Really Matters
- Why is Man Mortal?
- Wrested Scriptures (R. Abel): Section “B” Immortality of the Soul/Heaven/Hell
- Your Share in God’s Promises
Correspondence courses:
- 12 Lesson Bible Study Notes
- CBM 40-lesson Course
Books:
- Understand the Bible for yourself (Tec Morgan)
- Life’s biggest questions (Mark Vincent)
- The Christadelphians (Harry Tennant)
Leaflets:
- The Bible and its Message for Mankind
- Bible Fingerposts (various)
- Bible Reading Planner
- Hope for a Hopeless World
Books available from Lulu