Breaking News Report

[Book of Jeremiah]

This is a breaking news report broadcast by Brother Michael Boldea Jr. who is reporting about the Russians enforcing a new law which goes into effect July 20,2016 (today) against Christians. The population of Protestants makes up only 1% of Russia. This new law will be enforced today. He reports this story from Romania and also addresses other news reports that the Christians must hear about. Followers of Jesus Christ throughout the world need to be pray without ceasing. Our Christian brothers and sisters in Russia need our support!

Listen to this:

 

[Compost]

What is this new law? How about a summary of this hour long video?

 

[pillars]

A New Russian Law Against Protestants?

It actually appears to be aimed at Islamic proselytizing. I'm sure that Jeremiah would support a law that limits the ability of Islamics to proselytize.

Hypocrisy for the win.

 

[Book of Jeremiah]

What is this new law? How about a summary of this hour long video?

As of today the Protestants and all those outside of Russian Orthodox Church (which just made a pact with Rome Vatican Pope Francis recently) who are followers of Jesus Christ - and even those who are of other religions which are not part of the Russian Orthodox Church are no longer permitted to share the Lord Jesus Christ in their own homes - they are not permitted to speak of their faith nor share their faith in their own homes, nor on the internet online, nor in public, but only in approved churches during church services (Sunday services). If they break this law they will be arrested and prosecuted. The Russian Orthodox Church (which has been approved by the Jesuit Pope in Rome) is the only church that is exempt according to the new law. This will stop any one from sharing Jesus Christ and the Gospel of Jesus Christ in their own homes, on the internet, or in public places which are outside of a church service with the message being controlled FROM THE ALTAR. Do you understand now why the Pope met with the Orthodox Russian Church recently and what the purpose of their meeting was about? Christianity Today ( a front magazine for the Roman Vatican) won't tell you but I will! This is only the beginning. It will undoubtedly spill over to the eastern bloc nations and very soon to America!

 

[Compost]

A New Russian Law Against Protestants?

It actually appears to be aimed at Islamic proselytizing. I'm sure that Jeremiah would support a law that limits the ability of Islamics to proselytize.

Hypocrisy for the win.

Thanks for the link. It does not appear that this law is against Protestants as advertised, but largely a matter of missionaries more or less getting permission to do their thing.

 

[Book of Jeremiah]

A New Russian Law Against Protestants?

It actually appears to be aimed at Islamic proselytizing. I'm sure that Jeremiah would support a law that limits the ability of Islamics to proselytize.

Hypocrisy for the win.

Wrong. Listen to the video and you'll find out it is targeting Protestant Christians.

 

[Moonglow]

A New Russian Law Against Protestants?

It actually appears to be aimed at Islamic proselytizing. I'm sure that Jeremiah would support a law that limits the ability of Islamics to proselytize.

Hypocrisy for the win.

The Russians according to Jeri are not real Christians, because they are like the the Roman Catholic Church in organization and religious ideology.....The Eastern Orthodox Christians church or the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church is not Christian according to God's appointed judge Jeremiah...

 

[Book of Jeremiah]

A New Russian Law Against Protestants?

It actually appears to be aimed at Islamic proselytizing. I'm sure that Jeremiah would support a law that limits the ability of Islamics to proselytize.

Hypocrisy for the win.

Thanks for the link. It does not appear that this law is against Protestants as advertised, but largely a matter of missionaries more or less getting permission to do their thing.

Here is the story:
This law went into effect on July 20,2016 - listen to the broadcast - he's in Romania right now....
Russia's Newest Law: No Evangelizing Outside of Church

“The Russian Orthodox church is part of a bulwark of Russian nationalism stirred up by Vladimir Putin,” David Aikman, history professor and foreign affairs expert, told CT. “Everything that undermines that action is a real threat, whether that’s evangelical Protestant missionaries or anything else.”

Sergei Ryakhovsky, head of the Protestant Churches of Russia, and several other evangelical leaders called the law a violation of religious freedom and personal conscience in a letter to Putin posted on the Russian site Portal-Credo. The letterreads, in part:

The obligation on every believer to have a special permit to spread his or her beliefs, as well as hand out religious literature and material outside of places of worship and used structures is not only absurd and offensive, but also creates the basis for mass persecution of believers for violating these provisions.

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."

Stalin-era religious restrictions—including outlawing religious activity outside of Sunday services in registered churches and banning parents from teaching faith to their kids—remained on the books until the collapse of the Soviet Union, though the government enforced them only selectively.

Some have questioned whether the government could or would monitor religious activity in private Christian homes.

“I don’t think you can overestimate the Russian government’s willingess to exert control,” Aikman told CT. If history is any indication, the proposed regulations reveal a pattern of “creeping totalitarianism” in the country, he said.

The so-called Big Brother laws also introduce widespread surveillance of online activity, including requiring encrypted apps to give the government the power to decode them, and assigning stronger punishments for extremism and terrorism.

The proposal is an “attack on freedom of expression, freedom of conscience, and the right to privacy that gives law enforcement unreasonably broad powers,” the humanitarian group Human Rights Watch told The Guardian.

If passed, the anti-evangelism law carries fines up to US $780 for an individual and $15,500 for an organization. Foreign visitors who violate the law face deportation.

Russia has already moved to contain foreign missionaries. The “foreign agent” law, adopted in 2012, requires groups from abroad to file detailed paperwork and be subject to government audits and raids. Since then, the NGO sector has shrunk by a third, according to government statistics.

“In Moscow, we shared an office with 24 organizations. Not a single foreign expatriate mission is there now,” Rakhuba previously told CT. “They could not re-register. Missionaries could not return to Russia because they could not renew their visas. It is next to impossible to get registration as a foreign organization today.”

While Russia’s evangelicals pray that the proposed regulations are amended or vetoed, they have gone underground before, and they’ll be willing to do it again, Rakhuba said.

“They say, ‘If it will come to it, it’s not going to stop us from worshiping and sharing our faith,’” he wrote. “The Great Commission isn’t just for a time of freedom.”
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unfortunately after this story the law did go into effect - as of today - all petitions to Putin to stop it have been ignored.

 

[Moonglow]

A New Russian Law Against Protestants?

It actually appears to be aimed at Islamic proselytizing. I'm sure that Jeremiah would support a law that limits the ability of Islamics to proselytize.

Hypocrisy for the win.

Wrong. Listen to the video and you'll find out it is targeting Protestant Christians.

rather read the actual law itself as it was written, versus a person afflicted with the schism from the era of Luther's reformation...

 

[Compost]

What is this new law? How about a summary of this hour long video?

As of today the Protestants and all those outside of Russian Orthodox Church (which just made a pact with Rome Vatican Pope Francis recently) who are followers of Jesus Christ - and even those who are of other religions which are not part of the Russian Orthodox Church are no longer permitted to share the Lord Jesus Christ in their own homes - they are not permitted to speak of their faith nor share their faith in their own homes, nor on the internet online, nor in public, but only in approved churches during church services (Sunday services). If they break this law they will be arrested and prosecuted. The Russian Orthodox Church (which has been approved by the Jesuit Pope in Rome) is the only church that is exempt according to the new law. This will stop any one from sharing Jesus Christ and the Gospel of Jesus Christ in their own homes, on the internet, or in public places which are outside of a church service with the message being controlled FROM THE ALTAR. Do you understand now why the Pope met with the Orthodox Russian Church recently and what the purpose of their meeting was about? Christianity Today ( a front magazine for the Roman Vatican) won't tell you but I will! This is only the beginning. It will undoubtedly spill over to the eastern bloc nations and very soon to America!

Thanks for another dose of it's the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church mucking things up again. My favorite part: "Christianity Today is a front magazine for the Roman Vatican". You are a hoot.

 

[Book of Jeremiah]

A New Russian Law Against Protestants?

It actually appears to be aimed at Islamic proselytizing. I'm sure that Jeremiah would support a law that limits the ability of Islamics to proselytize.

Hypocrisy for the win.

The Russians according to Jeri are not real Christians, because they are like the the Roman Catholic Church in organization and religious ideology.....The Eastern Orthodox Christians church or the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church is not Christian according to God's appointed judge Jeremiah...

They recently united with Rome when Pope Francis met with the leader of Russian Orthodox Church and Putin. This is the results of that meeting. Another inquisition against all who refuse to bow to Rome in the form of making a law against Christians that they cannot share their faith in their home or in public or on the internet.

Russia's Newest Law: No Evangelizing Outside of Church

Update (July 8): This week, Russian president Vladimir Putin approved a package of anti-terrorism laws that usher in tighter restrictions on missionary activity and evangelism.

Despite prayers and protests from religious leaders and human rights advocates, the Kremlin announced Putin’s approval yesterday. The amendments, including laws against sharing faith in homes, online, or anywhere but recognized church buildings, go into effect July 20.

Though opponents to the new measures hope to eventually appeal in court or elect legislators to amend them, they have begun to prepare their communities for life under the new rules, reported Forum 18 News Service, a Christian outlet reporting on the region.

Protestants and religious minorities small enough to gather in homes fear they will be most affected. Last month, “the local police officer came to a home where a group of Pentecostals meet each Sunday," Konstantin Bendas, deputy bishop of the Pentecostal Union, told Forum 18. "With a contented expression he told them: ‘Now they're adopting the law I'll drive you all out of here.’ I reckon we should now fear such zealous enforcement.”

“There are potentially very wide-sweeping ramifications to this law,” Joel Griffith of the Slavic Gospel Association said in a Mission Network News report. “It just depends on, again, how it is going to be enforced, and that is a very huge question mark.”

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Earlier reporting (June 29): Christians in Russia won’t be allowed to email their friends an invitation to church or to evangelize in their own homes if Russia’s newest set of surveillance and anti-terrorism laws are enacted.

The proposed laws, considered the country’s most restrictive measures in post-Soviet history, place broad limitations on missionary work, including preaching, teaching, and engaging in any activity designed to recruit people into a religious group.

To share their faith, citizens must secure a government permit through a registered religious organization, and they cannot evangelize anywhere besides churches and other religious sites. The restrictions even apply to activity in private residences and online.

This week, Russia’s Protestant minority—estimated around 1 percent of the population—prayed, fasted, and sent petitions to President Vladimir Putin, who will have to approve the measures before they become official.

“Most evangelicals—leaders from all seven denominations—have expressed concerns,” Sergey Rakhuba, president of Mission Eurasia and a former Moscow church-planter, told CT. “They’re calling on the global Christian community to pray that Putin can intervene and God can miraculously work in this process.”

Following a wave of Russian nationalist propaganda, the laws passed almost unanimously in the Duma, the upper house, on Friday and in the Federation Council, the lower house, today.

“If this legislation is approved, the religious situation in the country will grow considerably more complicated and many believers will find themselves in exile and subjected to reprisals because of our faith,” wrote Oleg Goncharov, spokesman for the Seventh-day Adventists’ Euro-Asia division, in an open letter.

Guess what? It was approved. The Law goes into effect TODAY for everyone outside of Russian Orthodox Church or Roman Catholic Institution. All others are subject to arrest including 7th day Adventists, Baptists, Pentecostals, all Protestant Churches are included. They are no longer permitted to speak about their faith even inside their own homes. How will they know? They is now surveillance going on 24/7.

 

[Book of Jeremiah]

What is this new law? How about a summary of this hour long video?

As of today the Protestants and all those outside of Russian Orthodox Church (which just made a pact with Rome Vatican Pope Francis recently) who are followers of Jesus Christ - and even those who are of other religions which are not part of the Russian Orthodox Church are no longer permitted to share the Lord Jesus Christ in their own homes - they are not permitted to speak of their faith nor share their faith in their own homes, nor on the internet online, nor in public, but only in approved churches during church services (Sunday services). If they break this law they will be arrested and prosecuted. The Russian Orthodox Church (which has been approved by the Jesuit Pope in Rome) is the only church that is exempt according to the new law. This will stop any one from sharing Jesus Christ and the Gospel of Jesus Christ in their own homes, on the internet, or in public places which are outside of a church service with the message being controlled FROM THE ALTAR. Do you understand now why the Pope met with the Orthodox Russian Church recently and what the purpose of their meeting was about? Christianity Today ( a front magazine for the Roman Vatican) won't tell you but I will! This is only the beginning. It will undoubtedly spill over to the eastern bloc nations and very soon to America!

Thanks for another dose of it's the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church mucking things up again. My favorite part: "Christianity Today is a front magazine for the Roman Vatican". You are a hoot.

It is. So is Billy Graham. He endorsed Rome long ago. He's still doing it. Open your eyes.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Jere, stop the looning, please.

The law is aimed at evangelizing outside of church, which affects everyone, including the Muslims.

Is it a bad law, yes. Is it aimed at Pentecostal weirdos, directly. No. Why? The Russians don't even know you bodeans are alive.

 

[defcon4]

What is this new law? How about a summary of this hour long video?

As of today the Protestants and all those outside of Russian Orthodox Church (which just made a pact with Rome Vatican Pope Francis recently) who are followers of Jesus Christ - and even those who are of other religions which are not part of the Russian Orthodox Church are no longer permitted to share the Lord Jesus Christ in their own homes - they are not permitted to speak of their faith nor share their faith in their own homes, nor on the internet online, nor in public, but only in approved churches during church services (Sunday services). If they break this law they will be arrested and prosecuted. The Russian Orthodox Church (which has been approved by the Jesuit Pope in Rome) is the only church that is exempt according to the new law. This will stop any one from sharing Jesus Christ and the Gospel of Jesus Christ in their own homes, on the internet, or in public places which are outside of a church service with the message being controlled FROM THE ALTAR. Do you understand now why the Pope met with the Orthodox Russian Church recently and what the purpose of their meeting was about? Christianity Today ( a front magazine for the Roman Vatican) won't tell you but I will! This is only the beginning. It will undoubtedly spill over to the eastern bloc nations and very soon to America!

Good for them. If you are looking for Christ in earnest, you will find him in the Orthodox Church. If you don't like that, you were not called, so there it is. It's that simple. They don't need hundreds of different cults and Muslims to proselytize in their country. It is their country, they can do what they please.

 

[Moonglow]

A New Russian Law Against Protestants?

It actually appears to be aimed at Islamic proselytizing. I'm sure that Jeremiah would support a law that limits the ability of Islamics to proselytize.

Hypocrisy for the win.

Thanks for the link. It does not appear that this law is against Protestants as advertised, but largely a matter of missionaries more or less getting permission to do their thing.

Here is the story:

Russia's Newest Law: No Evangelizing Outside of Church

The main and real threat is the activities of various radical Islamic missionaries who are rather active in Russia.
New regulation of the missionary activities is just a minor part within the set of the new amendments to various laws. It basically says that foreign missionaries need to receive a permission/registration to do their work, and that they should preach only at their mosque/church/etc. But this concerns only official representatives of a religious organization
The new law was drafted, and eventually enacted, in Russia after the Islamic bombing of a Russian jet in Egypt. It hits millions of Muslims in Russia, and affects also Christians of other persuasions (Catholics and evangelicals), who are not so numerous as Muslims are in Russia. Islam has about 10,000,000 members in Russia.

The Catholic Church has 140,000 members, thus about 0.1% of the total of the Russian population.

Jehovah’s Witnesses has 300,000 members, thus about 0.2% of the total.

Protestantism in its various denominations, both historical and Evangelical or Pentecostal, has also 300,000 members, thus about 0.2% of the total.

The Russian Orthodox Church has 58,800,000 members, thus 41% of the total.

So the two only major religions in Russia are the Orthodox Christian Church and Islam, and it is very obvious that the anti-terrorism law hits Islam head-on.

A New Russian Law Against Protestants?

 

[Book of Jeremiah]

What is this new law? How about a summary of this hour long video?

As of today the Protestants and all those outside of Russian Orthodox Church (which just made a pact with Rome Vatican Pope Francis recently) who are followers of Jesus Christ - and even those who are of other religions which are not part of the Russian Orthodox Church are no longer permitted to share the Lord Jesus Christ in their own homes - they are not permitted to speak of their faith nor share their faith in their own homes, nor on the internet online, nor in public, but only in approved churches during church services (Sunday services). If they break this law they will be arrested and prosecuted. The Russian Orthodox Church (which has been approved by the Jesuit Pope in Rome) is the only church that is exempt according to the new law. This will stop any one from sharing Jesus Christ and the Gospel of Jesus Christ in their own homes, on the internet, or in public places which are outside of a church service with the message being controlled FROM THE ALTAR. Do you understand now why the Pope met with the Orthodox Russian Church recently and what the purpose of their meeting was about? Christianity Today ( a front magazine for the Roman Vatican) won't tell you but I will! This is only the beginning. It will undoubtedly spill over to the eastern bloc nations and very soon to America!

Good for them. If you are looking for Christ in earnest, you will find him in the Orthodox Church. If you don't like that, you were not called, so there it is. It's that simple. They don't need hundreds of different cults and Muslims to proselytize in their country. It is their country, they can do what they please.

It's called Communism and the Communist Jesuit Pope of Rome has a pact with them. He's fully behind them all the way and hopes to enforce this in Europe and America. It's part of his war on Protestants. You either join them or get arrested, prosecuted and imprisoned for preaching the Gospel. It's coming here very soon and with it a repeat of the book of Acts! God willing- I'll be preaching to the prisoners in jails wherever they send me! I'm not going to stop preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ because of a law! Neither will my brethren in Russia, Poland, or anywhere else!

 

[Book of Jeremiah]

Sergei Ryakhovsky, head of the Protestant Churches of Russia, and several other evangelical leaders called the law a violation of religious freedom and personal conscience in a letter to Putin posted on the Russian site Portal-Credo. The letterreads, in part:

The obligation on every believer to have a special permit to spread his or her beliefs, as well as hand out religious literature and material outside of places of worship and used structures is not only absurd and offensive, but also creates the basis for mass persecution of believers for violating these provisions.

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."

Stalin-era religious restrictions—including outlawing religious activity outside of Sunday services in registered churches and banning parents from teaching faith to their kids—remained on the books until the collapse of the Soviet Union, though the government enforced them only selectively.

Some have questioned whether the government could or would monitor religious activity in private Christian homes.

“I don’t think you can overestimate the Russian government’s willingess to exert control,” Aikman told CT. If history is any indication, the proposed regulations reveal a pattern of “creeping totalitarianism” in the country, he said.


Russia's Newest Law: No Evangelizing Outside of Church

 

[Compost]

Here's a Catholic news report. It is less overwrought. Guess that's a Catholic thing.
New religious laws in Russia not expected to hurt Catholic Church
Moscow, Russia, Jul 17, 2016 / 04:02 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Last week, despite protests from religious leaders and human rights groups, Russian president Vladimir Putin approved a new set of laws that would restrict evangelization and missionary activity to officially registered Church buildings and worship areas.

The laws fall under the umbrella of new anti-terrorism legislation, and prohibit sharing faith in private homes, online, or anywhere but recognized church buildings.

A missionary Catholic priest serving in Russia, who asked to be kept anonymous to protect his identity and his parish, told CNA that he expects the laws will have a much bigger impact on small groups of Evangelicals than they will on the Catholic Church in Russia.

The priest, who has been serving in Russia for 24 years, said that since the fall of the Soviet Union, the Catholic Church has followed government regulations that require religious organizations to be officially registered with the government.

Some smaller religious groups, often Evangelical groups, believe it is against their conscience to register with the government and so they refuse to do so, the priest said.
While Russia continually polls as one of the most faithful nations in Europe, with up to 65 percent reporting a belief in God, the terrors of the Communist regime are still fresh in the collective mind of the country, leaving the percentage of outwardly practicing Orthodox Christians or Catholic Christians at or below 1 percent of the population.

After the fall of the Soviet Union, the Catholic Church placed advertisements in newspapers and on television to let Catholics know that parishes had been reopened, and that there were priests there to serve them.

What they’re not allowed to publicly advertise, the priest said, is that the Church believes that everyone has the right to be Catholic and to seek baptism if they wish. Still, following the rules of the government, within reason, allows the Catholic Church to maintain a ministry of presence that would not exist if they were less careful.

While the new laws still certainly favor the Russian Orthodox Church, the priest said that it is “gross hyperbole” for some news outlets to compare these new laws to religious oppression under the Soviet Union.

“Making churches register with the government is not like slaughtering them wholesale in the millions,” he said.

The new laws are expected to go into effect on July 20. Sergey Rakhuba, president of Mission Eurasia and a former Moscow church-planter, told Christianity Today that while opponents of the new laws hope to appeal them, they are also prepared to go underground.

“They say, ‘If it will come to it, it’s not going to stop us from worshiping and sharing our faith,’” he said. “The Great Commission isn’t just for a time of freedom.”

 

[Book of Jeremiah]

Russia's Newest Law: No Evangelizing Outside of Church

Following a wave of Russian nationalist propaganda, the laws passed almost unanimously in the Duma, the upper house, on Friday and in the Federation Council, the lower house, today.
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This report is from last week - the laws went into effect today in Russia.

 

[defcon4]

What is this new law? How about a summary of this hour long video?

As of today the Protestants and all those outside of Russian Orthodox Church (which just made a pact with Rome Vatican Pope Francis recently) who are followers of Jesus Christ - and even those who are of other religions which are not part of the Russian Orthodox Church are no longer permitted to share the Lord Jesus Christ in their own homes - they are not permitted to speak of their faith nor share their faith in their own homes, nor on the internet online, nor in public, but only in approved churches during church services (Sunday services). If they break this law they will be arrested and prosecuted. The Russian Orthodox Church (which has been approved by the Jesuit Pope in Rome) is the only church that is exempt according to the new law. This will stop any one from sharing Jesus Christ and the Gospel of Jesus Christ in their own homes, on the internet, or in public places which are outside of a church service with the message being controlled FROM THE ALTAR. Do you understand now why the Pope met with the Orthodox Russian Church recently and what the purpose of their meeting was about? Christianity Today ( a front magazine for the Roman Vatican) won't tell you but I will! This is only the beginning. It will undoubtedly spill over to the eastern bloc nations and very soon to America!

Good for them. If you are looking for Christ in earnest, you will find him in the Orthodox Church. If you don't like that, you were not called, so there it is. It's that simple. They don't need hundreds of different cults and Muslims to proselytize in their country. It is their country, they can do what they please.

It's called Communism and the Communist Jesuit Pope of Rome has a pact with them. He's fully behind them all the way and hopes to enforce this in Europe and America. It's part of his war on Protestants. You either join them or get arrested, prosecuted and imprisoned for preaching the Gospel. It's coming here very soon and with it a repeat of the book of Acts! God willing- I'll be preaching to the prisoners in jails wherever they send me! I'm not going to stop preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ because of a law! Neither will my brethren in Russia, Poland, or anywhere else!

Do you speak Russian? Will they let you in to their prisons? ...I didn't think so.