Story number 2 for 30 May 2003

(Russia)–Elsewhere, the Baptist World Alliance reports that a series of attacks leveled at a Baptist church in Russia came to a head last week when arsonists broke into the church and set it on fire. The President of the Russian Baptist Union says this details a pattern of harassment by “ultra-nationalists and atheists” in their city. Pray for this difficult situation, for the protection of the believers and their testimony there and for God to provide the funds needed for reconstruction.