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In 1998 Russian government issues a law that made it impossible for any church started since the fall of the Soviet Union to be legal and to even exist on territory of Russia. The requirements were impossible - every evangelical church that is younger than 15 years can't be legal unless it is a part of a lager union. But the Union can have legal status ONLY if it exists on territory of Russia not less than 50 years !!! Can you imagine?! All our churches where younger that 15 years! Mainly started in early 90-ties. So, we wanted to join existing old Pentecostal Union but even our fellow brothers set requirements for us to join them and we could not meet those requirements. 1. All churches that we started - to be under their spiritual control, All the money of our churches go to their budget and WOMEN CAN'T BE MINISTERS NOT SPIRITUAL LEADERS!!!!
We could not agree with that and we started to pray and seek God. Soon God spoke - I HAVE ANOTHER DOOR FOR YOU!!!!!!! And soon a new Union with the leaders whose ancestry was persecuted by communists was formed and registered as union of evangelical churches whose activity can be traced all the way to Stalin's times which was more than 50 years old. God opened New Door! Soon our Union became the most influential unions in Russia!
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