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A team
sent by mission agency OM to Russia returned with the following report:
"During the weeks before the Chechnyan war, many Christian churches in
Grozny received words from God telling them that a war was about to break
out. As a result, around half of the Christians could retreat into safer
areas, while others remained in the town during the war. Because the Russians
failed in driving all the rebels out of the town, they decided to use a new
tactic: first, rockets were used to destroy the upper stories of all the
buildings, and in a second wave, the town was bombarded to destroy the ground
floors too. Anything left standing would be destroyed in a third wave. A
Baptist pastor in the town, who was a bomber pilot in the Second World War,
said 'I have never seen such destruction in my entire life.' Despite the
massive destruction, one single building remained as by a miracle untouched:
the Baptist church. That was also where the town's remaining Christians had
gathered. During the attacks, other inhabitants of the town also realised
that the church was not being hit, and 53 people also fled there. Amidst the
sounds of the attacks, the believers preached the gospel to these people, and
all 53 became Christians on the spot, including 15 Muslim rebels." |
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Source:
Debbie Meroff, OMNI (Operation Mobilisation News & Information) |
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From: http://www.jesus.org.uk/ |