The highly informative religion supplement to Moscow's Nezavisimaya gazeta is now available at no charge on the Internet:
http://religion.ng.ru/.
Mr. Lawrence Uzzell, director of Keston Institute, Oxford, England, and
Dr. Edwin Bacon, Centre for Russian and East European Studies,
University of Birmingham, England, both highly recommend this source.
Mark J. Harris has prepared a 19-page "Proposal for a Contextualized Educational Program for the Training of Russian Spiritual Leaders."The
program envisioned would be based in Ryazan and would provide "training
for any kind of spiritual leadership in churches," especially "for
those people who have little foundation in training or ministry." The
proposal calls for a coeducational, semi-residential program employing
some Western faculty at the outset, with an emphasis on spiritual
formation and the imparting of practical ministry skills. Mark and
Delisa Harris serve as missionaries in Ryazan, Russia, under CMC
International, Box 20425, Portland, OR 97294; c/o Post Int. #258, 666
Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10103; tel: 0912-45-8910 (Ryazan); e-mail:
mark@cmc.ryazan.ru. The above proposal may be downloaded from the
following Web site: www.geocities.com/markdelisa/.
The Russian language Web site of the Euro-Asian Accrediting Association (EAAA) for Evangelical theological schools in the former Soviet Union (www.e-aaa.org) includes news of the association, links to other Web sites, and back issues of three theological journals: Bogomysliye (Odessa Theological Seminary of Evangelical Christians-Baptists, 1990-); Khronograf (St. Petersburg Christian University, 1997-); and Bogomyslie v internete (2000-). Future plans include the addition of a monthly International Bulletin for
reviews of theological books and the posting of a bibliography listing
Russian language texts recommended for use at various levels of
theological instruction.
Source: EAAA News, No. 13 (July-September 2000).
Ray Prigodich, former professor of missions at Denver
Seminary, Denver, CO, began serving as academic dean at Donetsk
Christian University, Donetsk, Ukraine, in August 2000. As a result,
Professor Prigodich will no longer be able to continue his news forwarding service
that he began three years ago. In its place he recommends another
source for both religious and secular news concerning the former Soviet
Union: The Russia Intercessory Prayer Network (RIPnet),
headquartered near Seattle, WA, and directed by Jenny McCoy. It posts
dispatches on Wednesdays and Fridays and also places all articles on
its Web site. RIPnet carries specific prayer requests and
devotional pieces in addition to religious news that is somewhat less
comprehensive than the former news forwarding service provided by
Professor Prigodich. To subscribe consult the RIPnet Web site http://www.ripnet.org/)
or e-mail ripnet@ripnet.org.
"Structures of Russian Political Discourse on Nationality Problems: Anthropological Perspectives" (Washington,
DC: Kennan Institute Occasional Paper #272, 1999) contains valuable
material on the minority peoples of the Russian Republic and a helpful
bibliography. Up to five complimentary copies and a complete list of
other currently available papers may be requested from: The Kennan
Institute for Advanced Russian Studies, One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300
Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20004-3027; tel: 202-691-4100;
fax: 202-691-4247; e-mail: KIARS@WWIC.SI.EDU; Web site:
http://wwics.si.edu/kennan; Kennan Moscow Project, c/o Pochtovyi
Iashchik 90, Moscow 103001, Russia; tel: 095-232-3496; fax:
095-232-3497; e-mail: Kennan@glas.apc.org; Kennan Kyiv Project, 40A
Moskovska St., Kyiv 252015, Ukraine; tel: 044-290-7756; fax:
044-290-6464; e-mail: kennan@orlyk.kiev.va.
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