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Trip to Luga, March 2-4, 2007
Delivering food to Novgorod -- June 21-22, 2007
Baptism in Central Baptist Church, Saint-Petersburg, June 24, 2007
REGIONS - Kemerovo
Expedition to Pskov region -- December 7-9, 2007
Norwegian builders help renovate "House of Hope"

Helping Russians come to Christ from the depths of drug and alcohol addiction

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"Good Samaritan" ministry of the Union of Evangelical Christians-Baptists

WE HAVE MOVED! OUR NEW WEB-ADDRESS:

COME AND SEE THE WORK IN RUSSIA

 

Rehabilitation Ministry. An Open Door for Whom?

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Regardless of what you may have heard about Russia, One thing you should be very positive about is the DOOR IS WIDE OPEN! There are enormous opportunities here today to help many thousands of people suffering from a social disaster. Now is the time to help them hear God's Word, to find the Way, the Truth and the Life, and to become witnesses of glorious freedom and restoration of many young lives.

We believe that God has opened a door for us to make a step of faith to ministry to the perishing because of the many evils of our time. And we also believe it is open for anyone who is willing to do the same. To join hands with us and to participate in this monumental harvest.

 

This site is here to inform you about this work and to invite to participate in it with us.

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You probably understand that this ministry is all about people who come as they are, looking and smelling not so good. They are tired of the miserable circumstances that they live in daily, with no hope of getting out. Many of them arrive right from the gutters looking for hope and a way out of their miserable existence.

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Russian sources say that there may be as many as 3 million homeless people in the country. Some Foreign organizations claim there may be as many as 4 million homeless.  When I go out from my home to shop or elsewhere - often I can see some of them digging through the garbage for food. And that's basically everywhere, all over Russia. In the rural areas, the situation is even worse, where almost all the male population may be involved in heavy drinking.  It is estimated that 99% of the men in the rural areas are in bondage to alcohol.

 

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Some, mostly teenagers and youngsters, would be brought to Centers by their concerned parents or relatives, as you can see in this picture. Many have already tried other solutions and have spent much money. But their sons and daughters still would be on the heroin. Many parents testified that by the time they considered coming to Christian Rehabilitation Center they had already lost any hope at all.

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WHAT WE HAVE NOW:

6 Rehabilitation Centers in Saint-Petersburg region, 2 in Novgorod, 2 in Vologda, one in Jaroslavl. One more in Saint-Petersburg region, one in Murmansk and one in Pskov are in the process. This means that at this time about 130 men and women receive help and hear God's Word in one of these Centers on a daily basis.

In more than 25 places (of which we know about) regular counceling meetings are held for those seeking freedom from dependencies and their relatives. About 60 persons have been baptized into the local Churches as a result of this ministry (by June 2007).

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SAINT-PETERSBURG REGION

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Luga center

25 men and women
started in July 2004
This center is by far the largest of the facilities in the Leninigrad region, we need your help to renovate them allowing us to expand the work at this location..
This facility houses both men and women's rehabilitation ministry, and is the only women's facility functioning at this time.
In July of 2007, a church plant was started at this location for members of the center, and for the surrounding villages.
 

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Volhov center

14 men
started in 2004
City authorities have given us a building which previously used to be a small prison. It is situated right in the center of Volhov.
 

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Tihvin center

5 men
A small single house in a village 15 km. away from Tihvin was donated for our work by a pastor of the Baptist Church in Tihvin.
 


Priozersk center

10 men
started in October 2006
Present location of the center is temporary. Waiting to receive something permanent, as one Russian businessman has promised us.
 

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Pavlovsk center

17 men
started in May 2005
A new building is being erected nearby to expand center's capacity.
 

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Vyborg Center

17 men
started in May 2007
Plans are to erect nearby another building for women rehabilitation, with a possibility to admit 15-20 women.

NOVGOROD REGION

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Center in Vibiti

13 men
started in 2003

One of the best leaders from the Saint-Petersburg region was sent to Vibiti with a mission to start rehabilitation work all over the Novgorod region.

 

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New Center in Borovichi

5 men
started in March 2007

Work has begun on the large, over 100 year old center at Borovichi

VOLOGDA REGION

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Center in Vologda region

 

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Other regions that have invited us to send missionaries to them and help establish Rehabilitation Ministry there include:

- Karelia republic

- Murmansk region

- Pskov region

- Smolensk region

- Vladimir region

- Jaroslavl region

MINISTRY NEWS

TO YOUR ATTENTION:

THIS SITE IS NO LONGER UPDATED BECAUSE WE ARE MOVING TO A NEW SITE, WHICH WILL INCORPORATE BOTH RUSSAIN AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE CONTENT, AS WELL AS, WE HOPE, SOME OTHER LANGUAGES. CURRENT LOCATION OF THE NEW SITE UNDER CONSTRUCTION IS HERE: http://centre.narcostop.org/ WHEN FINISHED, IT WILL BE MOVED TO IT'S PERMANENT LOCATION HERE: http://www.narcostop.org/ WHEN THIS WILL TAKE PLACE, INFORMATION ABOUT THE MOVE WILL BE PLACED ON THIS SITE AS WELL.
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July 29

God answered a our need with a vehicle in Vyborg Rehabilitation Center and through our Christian friends from Sweden and USA made it possible to purchase this wonderfull Volkswagen Transporter. It's quite old, 1984, but with no rust at all and good working diesel engine. We are already using it widely. Please, pray for some minor repairs which remain to be done with it.

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April 30

Valentine went to a rehabilitation center 8 months ago. Today his term of staying there has finished and he has returned home, where his mother have been faithfully visiting Christian meetings and hearing the word of the Lord. One more young man - Kirill - is going to return this week from rehabilitation center to Vyborg, his home town.

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April 25

God answered a our need with a vehicle in Vyborg Rehabilitation Center and through our Christian friends from Sweden and USA made it possible to purchase this wonderfull Volkswagen Transporter. It's quite old, 1984, but with no rust at all and good working diesel engine. We are already using it widely. Please, pray for some minor repairs which remain to be done with it.

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April 12-13

This trip took us 1000 km. east from Saint-Petersburg, to KOMI republic of Russia. We had wonderfull time with pastors there and were testifying of the what God is doing in our days through rehabilitation ministry. Their response was overwhelming! As a result -- they are starting to work with dependent people in two largest cities and will be sending them first to Rehabilitation centers of Leningrad region. While preparing grounds for starting a local one.

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April 4

Senior presbyter over the North-West region of Russia Victor Sipko together with Vladimir Ezhov, director of "Good Samaritan" ministry have visited Kaliningrad -- the most "European" part of Russia. During their three day visit they have discussed with local Church leadership plans for starting Rehabilitation ministry there. Deployment of a team of brothers from Saint-Petersburg region to Kaliningrad with a purpose of organizing there a Rehabilitation center is planned on the beginning of June.

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March 27

A first "social" Church is getting ready to start in Vyborg and is looking for a building. It's membership is made of ex addicts and their relatives, who are coming to Christ through Rehabilitation ministry. Please pray, that the Lord would provide with a possibility to purchase Church facilities which are on sale right now by their previous owners.

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We invite you to become our friends and coworkers in this ministry to hundreds of perishing people in Russia.

you may contact Valeri Tolkachev:
valery.tolkachev@gmail.com
mobile phone: +7 904 5577511
skype: valeri.tolkachev

or contact:

Travis Barfield

tbarfield@igoministries.org

+7 921 799 2217

Sveta's first day in the Rehabilitation Center in Luga
Sveta one year later. Saved by Christ and free from drugs!

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