Georgi Vins

Though I never had the privilege of meeting Georgi Vins, I was able to spend three weeks in Moscow in 1997. Twenty men from all over western Russia and the Ukraine attended the school and we had the opportunity of teaching them bible doctrine and gaving them bibles and other Christian literature. I met Vladimir Zinchenko, who at that time was the pastor of the unregistered Baptist church in Moscow (he since has come to the US). We saw the building where 400-600 believers met in the country in secret and sat on 2x6 benches for 2-3 hour services during the time of persecution.

What a privilege to meet the fruit of Georgi Vins ministry who were still standing for the truth.

Russian Baptists have some doctrinal problems due to ingrowth and lack of access to biblical materials, books and theological training, but they were dear believers in Christ.

We gave out nice leather bibles on the last day of our school. It was like seeing my children at Christmas as they admired the beautiful bibles we had given. One said, "With this bible I can be a great preacher." There were tears in our eyes as we saw their love for Christ and the Word of God.

Three men from the city of Tula, about one hour south of Moscow said they have four churches in the Tula and no pastors. Deacons are preaching and leading the churches.

We heard the testimony of the song leader in the unregistered Baptist church who had his hearing destroyed as a child by the KGB because his parents would not renounce their faith.

I think of these brethren often and pray regularly for them. I have had mail and e-mail communication with one of them several times since 1997.

"You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."

 

About G. Vins here was written very correctly. He was present christian. Unfortunately, Kryuchkov's the church has discharged him of service and He has created other church ECB.
Excuse, and you have still something from written Vins on Еnglish?

 

The son of an American missionary executed by the Soviet authorities in 1937, Georgi Vins accepted Christ as Savior while a teenager and began preaching the Bible. Soviet law required him to hold a secular job, so he earned a degree in electrical engineering, but in 1962 he was ordained as an evangelist.

In the early 1960's many members of "registered" Baptist churches (churches which the Soviet authorities allowed to function legally, but only under supervision and within harsh guidelines that contradicted Scripture) determined to worship freely without the yoke of government interference in the life of the church. They began meeting independently in private. Georgi Vins became one of the leaders of this movement, making him a special object of concern for the KGB. In 1966 he was arrested in Moscow and sentenced to three years' imprisonment. He spent his term performing hard labor in prison camps in the Ural Mountains.

After his release in 1969, Brother Vins resumed his ministry. However, when he learned that the authorities were preparing a new case against him, he went underground, living clandestinely while traveling and ministering. In 1974 he was arrested again, and this time sentenced to ten years. Unexpectedly, halfway through that term, on April 27, 1979, he was stripped of Soviet citizenship and exiled to the U.S., along with four other prisoners. The Carter administration had negotiated to exchange two captured Soviet spies for these prisoners of conscience. Later, Georgi's family was allowed to join him in the United States.

In the West, Georgi began sharing what he knew about the persecution of Christians in the USSR. He founded International Representation to represent, defend, and aid the persecuted church in the Soviet Union. To this end he spoke and preached across North America, South America, Europe, and Australia. When the last Baptist prisoner was released in 1988, the mission was renamed Russian Gospel Ministries (RGM) and began printing and delivering Scriptures, translating commentaries and other edifying books, collecting funds for church building projects, financially supporting pastors, contributing toward Christian children's camps, and coordinating seminars for pastors.

In 1990, Mikhail Gorbachev retracted the decree exiling Georgi Vins from Russia. Thus, the final seven years of his life included numerous trips to his homeland, where he preached at churches, schools, colleges, prisons, and open-air street meetings. Even after being diagnosed with a brain tumor, Georgi Vins worked from his deathbed, writing a final book. He died on January 11, 1998.

As he foresaw the time of his death approaching, his final days were filled with plans for the future of Russian Gospel Ministries and many prayers for God's continued blessing on it.

Look - http://www.russiangospel.org/index.html