“Soviet history shows us how many people of different faiths have been persecuted for spreading the Word of God. This law brings us back to a shameful past,” wrote Sergei Ryakhovsky, head of the Protestant Churches of Russia, to President Vladimir Putin, expressing his deep concern for the “anti-terrorism law” that was just this week approved by the Russian President.
So many people around the globe, from human rights advocates to religious leaders, protested this move by the Kremlin, which makes it against the law for Christians to share their faith online, in their homes and anywhere that is not a sanctioned and recognized church.
The new law was proposed by lawmaker, Irina Yarovaya, of the United Russia party. It targets all religious groups that are not of the Russian Orthodox church. Any evangelistic activities that are outside the confines of the Orthodox Church members is considered missionary work and therefore now will be a violation of Russian law. If that is how missionary work is interpreted by the Moscow Patriarchate then “The Orthodox Church can go after ethnic Russians but that no other church will be allowed to,” Frank Goble, an expert on religious and ethnic issues in the region believes.
Because the Russian Orthodox church is “part of the bulwark of the Russian nationalism” which has been stirred up by President Putin, anything that will “undermine” this bulwark, even if it is evangelical Protestant missionaries, will be seen as a threat.
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And Trump loves this guy
Do we really like Putin? No.
100% Right !!!!!
Guess he’s radicalized too? Don’t remember when it was legal in Russia, if ever. Putin sure likes “his form of Communism” since he’s the dictator! Has Russia ever been a free nation, our friends in the American Legion are wondering.
God is in control no matter who the leader is.
You’re right. The MusIims had started blocking the streets during their prayers and actively recruiting for lsis.
He passed the laws because of aggressive recruiting by MusIims. Putin has helped protect the Orthodox Christian church.
It doesn’t ban religion just the pretend laws they think they have like SHRIA Law. Which technically is a totalitarian fascist government pretending to be a religion. Nope. He’s right.. To stop ISLAM..
Muslim control. At least Russia has balls.
Anything that will keep the Muslims and their sharia law out is a good thing