My search of God I began from Islam

My search of God I began from Islam, then I got interested in Buddhism and in Krishnaism. It was a long search.  I’ve always asked God to lead me through Jesus Christ to a true church where I could find myself by serving others. So before I joined the Correspondence Bible Courses I wasn’t a [...]

Testimony of Nikolai

Testimony of Nikolai Prior to studying the Bible through the Bible Correspondence Courses I was not a Christian. My grief and helplessness forced me to turn to God, and the Father heard me and I crossed paths with Concordia Foundation. Your lessons helped me to learn about Christian faith, about God, and showed  me the [...]

Witness of a prisoner

Till I started going through the lessons of this Correspondence Bible Course I was not a Christian. Before I came to God I was tormented inside, not able to find peace; I pled and cried onto God and He heard me and taught me how to forgive. In an Evangelical Baptist Church in our prison [...]

Prisons are harvest fields for Gospel in Karelia

This year was especially fruitful in prison ministry in Karelia Republic. The group of devoted Christians were visited several prisons. God is specially blessed them in their ministry as at that time it was possible to visit the prisons that were closed for Gospel during many years. Concordia Foundation supported this ministry and provided Biblical [...]

Cry to God cry for help

This letter we received recently from one of our student who just started to learn on our Bible Correspondence Courses.    “Dear sisters and brothers in Christ, With this letter of mine I’m directing my questions to you: what should I do, how should act? It seems like I can’t go with my faith any [...]

Letter From Prison

Recently Concordia Foundation received testimony from Alexander Labanov, prisoner from fat corner of Russia. “I was raised by a single mom and was a street smart kid. I have been learning stuff from the same kind of street kids like me. What could I learn from them but how to still things and how to [...]

Letters from prisoners

God’s Word is not chained (2 Tim. 2:9) We understood that it is a true life verse from the Bible as we  started receiving  letters from various prisons of  Russia. The prisoners are real hungry for Word of God and not only to read but to study it. They are asking for Bible Correspondence Course [...]

Taking the First Step

Recently Kazrat Kurbanov was applied for BCC. I knew him already several months. He came from Fergana (Uzbekistan) with his family to earn money. He has two small sons who live with him in St. Petersburg. He worked during several months on the reconstruction of St. Michail Lutheran church and was very interested in Christianity. [...]

Christ is Changing Traditions of Unbelief

In serving out the Lord’s mission of Bringing Christ to the Nations—and the Nations to the Church, LHM staff encounter a variety of people with differing backgrounds. Some have never heard the Gospel or grew up in countries where religion was outlawed. Recently the ministry center in Russia received a visit from a young man [...]