To an urgent message to the churches of America
from the Persecuted Church in Russia
For thirty years we have suffered intense persecution and now freedom is bringing another great harm to our churches. This damage is coming from the Christians in America who are sending rock music and evangelist accompanied by rock bands. Our young people do not attend these meetings because we have all committed not participate in secular entertainment.
This is a great burden on our hearts. Many come with Bibles in hand and rock music. We are embarrassed by this image of Christianity. We do not know what words to use in urging that this be stopped. We abhor all Christian rock music coming into our country.
Rock music has nothing in common with ministry or service to God. We are very, very against Christian Americans bringing to our country this faults image of "ministry" to God. We need spiritual bread, please give us true bread, not faults cakes. It is true that rock music attracts people to the church but not too godly living.
We were in prison for 15 years and 11 years for Christ sake. We were not allowed to have Christian music, but rock music was used as a weapon against us day and night to destroy our souls. We could only resist with much prayer and fasting.
Now, we have a time of more openness, and we are no longer take into prison. However, now it is questions from America who damage our souls. We do not allow this music and our churches, but they rent big stages in influence teenagers and adults with their rock music.
We, the P. leaders and congregations of the Unregistered Union of Churches, the former Persecuted Church, have made an agreement to not allow rock music and our churches. We urge you to join with us and we advise you to remove rock music from America, and certainly do not bring it into our country.
Do not deceive our teenagers with it. Even the unbelievers recognize it is unholy music and they cannot understand how American Christians can be so much like the world. We can give you the conclusion that after Russian unbelievers have attended these rock concerts where Christ word was preached, the people were very disappointed in disillusioned with Christianity.
"We call this music from hell. We urge all Americans to stop giving money for organizations of such concern in Russia. We want only traditional Christian music and our churches. This is a unanimous decision of all of our leaders."
Peter Peters,
Head of Unregistered Union of Churches
Moscow, Russia
Vasilij Ryzhuk
Elder, Unregistered Union of Churches
Moscow, Russia