The Far Eastern Division of the All-Russian Union of Evangelical Christians (CFE) is a structural unit of ALL coordinating the activities of evangelical Christian churches in the Far East of Russia and on the CER (in Manchuria ). CFE was in Vladivostok.
| Of all | |
|---|---|
| Far Eastern Division of the All-Russian Union of Evangelical Christians | |
 The Fourth Far Eastern Congress of Evangelical Christians, held in Vladivostok in 1924 | |
| General information | |
| Base | ALL |
| Dissolution date | circa 1928 |
| Religion | |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Flow | Evangelical Christians (prokhanovtsy) |
| Ideology | Pietism |
| Spread | |
| Countries | Russia (USSR), China |
| Regions | correspond to the modern Far East , as well as Manchuria |
| Control | |
| The chairman | N.N. Krasev , A.I. Saveliev |
| Residence | Vladivostok |
| Main temple | Vladivostok church |
| Structure | |
| Structure | close to congregationalism |
| Governing bodies | Council of CFE |
| Informational resources | |
| Editions | Ray of Truth, Word and Life |
Content
- 1 Guide
- 2 Activities
- 3 Strength
- 4 Editions
- 5 Congresses
- 6 Dissolution and repression
- 7 Comments
- 8 Notes
- 9 Literature
Guide
CFE was headed by a chairman and a council elected at congresses. In 1920-1926, the CFE Treaty was headed by Nikolai Nikitovich Krasev , and since 1926, Andrei Iosifovich Savelyev .
At different times, Nikolai Nikolaevich Protasov, Yakov Nikitich Khodyush, Gavriil Korneevich Cherednik, Joseph Antonovich Vakhnik and others were elected to the board.
Activities
It was created, presumably, in 1920. In any case, in the materials of the Second Congress of the CFE Treaty, held in Vladivostok in November 1921, the First ("last year") congress is mentioned [1] .
CFE had 6-8 missionaries (evangelists) who worked in Primorye, Khabarovsk Territory, Amur Region, Manchuria and Sakhalin. Other believers were called to the sermon. For example, a case is described when believers from the Nikolaevsk-on-Amur community preached in a leper colony located near the city. As a result of the sermon, 17 people believed who were baptized at night in a river flowing near the fence of the colony. One of the baptized was appointed presbyter [2] .
In January 1923, the evangelical Christians of the Sakhalin Region, having assembled a congress in Nikolaevsk-on-Amur, decided to organize the Sakhalin Union of Evangelical Christians as part of the CFE Treaty. The congress instructed Prirez (presbyter of the Nikolaev community), Grushin and Kuznetsov to create an alliance and develop a charter.
Strength
Active missionary work contributed to an increase in the number of communities and the number of believers. For example, according to authorities, only in the Primorsky Territory as of January 1, 1924 there were 56 communities of evangelical Christians numbering 876 people, and as of January 1, 1925 there were already 68 communities numbering 1065 people [3] .
Editions
- The magazine "Word and Life" (Vladivostok), 1921-1922. Editor - N. N. Krasev .
- The magazine "Ray of Truth" (Vladivostok), 1918 or 1919. Two issues came out [“com.” 1] .
- The collection "Spiritual Songs", compiled by I. S. Prokhanov.
Congresses
Over the years, the CFE has been held 5 congresses. The congresses of the CFE Treaty discussed various issues - from the creation of women's circles and the supply of communities with spiritual literature to the organization of Christian artels and cooperatives (in 1922 it was decided to create a common evangelical cooperative of the Far East, which would allocate all its profits to the work of God) [4] and doctrine questions (for example, about accepting Adventists into communities only through baptism ) [5] .
| No. p / p | Name | Date and place | Executives | Solutions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | Congress of representatives of the churches of the Far East [6] | 1920, July, Vladivostok | Presumably, it was decided to create a CFE | |
| 2 | The Second Congress of the CFE Treaty [“com." 2] | 1921, November 4-5, Vladivostok | Krasev N.N. | Report on the mission, the election of evangelists, on the organization of women's circles |
| 3 | Third Congress of the CFE [7] | 1922, November 4-9, Vladivostok | Krasev N.N. | The introduction of the institute of regional (i.e., permanently living in the place of mission) evangelists and the election of 7 such evangelists; Based on the successful experience of the Spassky Labor Mission, it was decided to create an evangelical cooperative to provide food for the poor, weak, widows and orphans, as well as to receive funds for missionary activity. |
| four | The Fourth Congress of the CFE Treaty [“com." 3] | 1924, March 16-20 [3] | Krasev N.N. | |
| 5 | Fifth Congress of the CFE Treaty [“com." 4] | October 1926, Vladivostok [8] | Krasev N.N. | The congress spoke about the need for active participation in the cooperation, mass partnerships, reclamation cooperatives, etc. He also emphasized the revitalization of work by organizing artistic religious evenings, by organizing youth in circles, etc. [8] . |
Dissolution and Repression
In the late 1920s, the authorities reacted negatively to CFE. So, in 1928, the CFE Treaty (and its chairman A. I. Savelyev), as an undesirable phenomenon, was mentioned in his report to the party leadership by the deputy head of the Vladivostok district department of the OGPU Petr Korkin [9] .
According to the emigre evangelical press, CFE was liquidated in February or March 1930. Note from the journal “Fidelity”: “Believers are fleeing from Primorye to China, literally in rags. A huge need for clothes, linen, bread, and overnight.
In early February, the entire composition of the Far Eastern Council of Evangelical Christians was arrested in Vladivostok. Some have already been deported to Solovki. The fate of others is unknown. In the Far East, believers are declared counter-revolutionaries. In Vladivostok, believers are deprived of religious gatherings ” [10] .
According to the emigrant Christian magazine The Sun (Los Angeles, California), the arrest of the CFE leadership took place in March 1930. The arrested were later exiled to Siberia. One of the leaders, Nikolai Nikolaevich Protasov, in particular, was exiled to the Narymsky Territory [11] .
In the Khabarovsk party propaganda propaganda magazine, it was reported: “The case of the Vladivostok evangelical community was heard in Vladivostok, ... it was established that the chairman of the Far Eastern branch of the evangelists and his deputy had contact with Japanese intelligence officers in Harbin, they transmitted information about the USSR to the“ head ”of the Harbin evangelical community " [12] .
Comments
- ↑ “Unsuccessful experience” with the publication of “The Ray of Truth” is mentioned in the introductory article by N. N. Krasev in the journal “Word and Life” No. 1-2 for 1922. The Ray of Truth publication was discontinued due to lack of funds
- ↑ materials of the congress are contained in the Morning Star newspaper No. 3-4-5 for 1922, S. 7-8
- ↑ A group photograph of the participants of this congress, published in the journal Christian , 1925, No. 6, has been preserved.
- ↑ In the journal "Christian" No. 4 for 1927, a group photograph of the participants of this congress with the corresponding signature was published
Notes
- ↑ Newspaper of ALL “Morning Star” No. 3-4-5, 1922 P.8
- ↑ Newspaper of ALL “Morning Star” No. 1-2, 1922 P.9
- ↑ 1 2 GAPK2 .
- ↑ The Word and Life Magazine No. 3-4 1922
- ↑ ALL Newspaper “Morning Star” , No. 3-4-5, 1922 P.8
- ↑ Murygina, 2008 , p. 184-185.
- ↑ 3rd Far Eastern Congress of Evangelical Christians in Vladivostok // Word and Life Magazine , No. 3-4 1922 P.8-11
- ↑ 1 2 GAPK .
- ↑ GAPK (State Archive of Primorsky Territory) f. P-67 opt. 1 d. 178 l. 117
- ↑ “Guest” magazine, 1930, No. 5-6 P. 54 - reprint from the magazine “Fidelity” No. 4-5 (obviously, 1930)
- ↑ Kale, 1978 , p. 255.
- ↑ Potapova2, 2014 , p. 107.
Literature
- Kale V. Evangelical Christians in Russia and the Soviet Union. Ivan Stepanovich Prokhanov (1869-1935) and the path of evangelical Christians and Baptists. Translation from it. Skvortsova P.I. = Evangelische Christen in Russland und der Sovetunion [Sowjetunion]. Ivan Stepanovich Prochanov (1869 - 1935) und der Weg der Evangeliumschristen und Baptisten. Von Wilhelm Kahle. - Onken - Wupertal and Kassel, 1978.- 627 p.
- Dudaryonok S. M. Baptist and Gospel Leaders of the Russian Far East during the Civil War and Foreign Intervention // The Tradition of Training Ministers in the Brotherhood of Evangelical Christian Baptists. History and Prospects: Collection of articles . - M .: RS ECB , 2013 .-- S. 120-137. - 261 p. - (National Gospel Writers). - ISBN 978-5-9902083-8-4 . (inaccessible link)
- Blushtein V.M. In the footsteps of Christ. - Printcorp, 2001.
- Dementiev A.A. Aven-Jezer: The Gospel Movement in Primorye 1898-1990 . - Vladivostok: Russian Island, 2011 .-- 272 p. - 1,500 copies - ISBN 978-5-93577-054-2 .
- Dudaryonok S. M. , Serdyuk M. B. The history of the Protestant churches of the Primorsky Territory (XIX-XX centuries). - Vladivostok: FEFU Publishing House , 2014 .-- 628 p. - ISBN 978-5-906739-04-9 .
- Murygina E. A. Baptist communities in the multiconfessional structure of the Russian Far East in the second half of the 19th and 30s XX centuries / abstract of thesis. ... candidate of historical sciences: 07.00.02. - Khabarovsk: Far East. state humanitarian. Univ. , 2008 .-- 27 p.
- Potapova N.V. - Evangelical Christianity and Baptism in Russia in 1917-1922 (based on materials from the Far East). Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, SakhSU publishing house, 2014, ISBN 978-5-88811-470-4
- Circular instructions and correspondence of the district committee with the Komsomol district committees on organizational-mass and political work // State Archive of Primorsky Territory. F. P-34. Op. 1. D. 21. L. 59-60 (Vladivostok district committee of the Komsomol).
- Information of the Provincial Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks “Report on the development of sectarianism in Primorye as of March 15, 1925” // State Archive of Primorsky Territory. F. P-61. Op. 1. D. 685. L. 16.
- Potapova N.V. History of the Evangelical-Baptist movement on the territory of the Sakhalin Region. - Moscow: Inform Print, 2014 .-- ISBN 978-5-9902083-9-1 .