Russia Project

Bible Society Russia and Kindness International are leading 147 million people from a darkened chapter of their past to a future of of faith and Christianity. Some 15 years ago many Russians would have considered themselves athiests - with the end of communism came the end of communist morals. The country had lost its way. Today God is using his word to reshape the country’s very foundations - starting with its youth.

There is unprecedented access from the Russian government to use the Bible as the key textbook in every school and university. Students and teachers of Russia and The Ukraine are turning to the Bible and through its pages embarking on a journey of Christianity - powerful faith that’s life changing.

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Our support

Since 2006 BSQ has been supporting the work of Kindness International by helping to provide Bibles for both their school work as well as at their many Camps throughout Russia and Ukraine. We see the Ministry of Kindness International as an amazing opportunity to give God’s Word to the once closed lands of Russia and The Ukraine.

Olga’s story

With the death of communism in 1991, Russia plunged into moral chaos, causing the authorities to scramble. Gone were the communist morals, ethics and ideologies which had been drilled into citizens’ minds since preschool. In response to the crisis, the Russian Minister of Education asked Dr Olga Lutsenko (an official with the Academy of Educational Sciences of the USSR) to research and make recommendations for teaching morals and ethics in Russian schools.

After looking at various educational models, Dr Olga and her colleagues found that a moral education would have to include biblical principals. As Dr Olga oversaw the development of this new plan in 1992, she was given a Bible which she read intently. She personally experienced the transforming power of God’s grace - Kindness International was born from these events.


Kindness International

Who they want to reach

Teachers and students in Russia and Ukraine

  • 30,000 summer camps; 6 million children
  • 33 million Russian students/ teachers
  • 13 million Ukraine students/ teachers

What

Kindness International has partnered with the Russian and Ukraine Education Departments to teach young people morals and ethics using the Bible as the textbook of choice, through:

·   Christian Education Resource Centres – teachers come to be trained in how to teach the Bible in class; there’s need for another 90 centres
·   Summer camps – international team of Christian volunteers (including Australians) visit summer children’s camps and hand out thousands of Bibles; enough resources currently for 2000 Bibles, but access to 6 million children

Why

There is a unique window of opportunity to shape a new generation of young people on the foundations of God’s Word.  The extent of the impact is limited only by resources to get Bibles into the hands, hearts and minds of many.

For more on the wonderful work being undertaken by Kindness International visit www.kindnessinternational.org/main/