Russia
Russian law
prevents church groups that were not registered with the government
in the past from conducting religious activities now. This does not
prevent Christians from informally sharing their faith. Literature
has been translated into the Russian language and informal work is
underway.
India
Our work in India
dates back to 1912 when Charles Vedantachari attended the Minnesota
State Conference and was ordained as a minister of the Gospel at
Eden Valley. A tremendous number of people have heard the Gospel
down through the years and there are two thriving congregations in
Bangalore today. S. S. Manoah who led the work for many years has
retired. Two new pastors are serving our congregations. Pastor
Noel passed away in January of 2006.
Pakistan
In
early 2009 we were contacted by some pastors in Pakistan about being
affiliated with the Church of God General Conference. They had
become aware of our organization through various websites. They have
held similar beliefs to the Church of God and in fact were using a
book by Anthony Buzzard translated into Urdu and the English edition
of the Systematic Theology book by Dr. Alva Huffer. There are
currently eight congregations that have been accepted into
membership in the Church of God General Conference. There are other
pastors and churches that are also in touch with us who may wish to
join our Conference. An advisory committee consisting of Anthony
Buzzard, Stephen Cook, and David Krogh will work with the leaders in
Pakistan to advance the cause of the Kingdom.
