Note: The editors at Lighthouse Trails have been aware of the Vins’ family since the late 1970s when Georgi Vins was a prisoner for his faith in the U.S.S.R. Today, Lighthouse Trails is the publisher for two of Georgi Vins’ books and carries one book written by his daughter, Natasha Vins. This family continually exercised … [Read more…]
By Georgi Vins [Georgi Vins spent a total of eight years in Communist prisons, starting at the age of 32, for his faith in Christ. The following is one of his stories from The Gospel in Bonds. In our eyes, he is a hero of the faith and an inspiration to live all for Christ.] … [Read more…]
LTRJ Note: Georgi Vins was a Baptist pastor in the U.S.S.R. during the communist reign. He was sentenced to many years in prison for preaching the Gospel starting when he was 32 years old. Most North American Christians will never have the privilege to suffer for the Cross as Georgi did, but his story will … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: As many of you know, Lighthouse Trails is the publisher for a book called The Gospel in Bonds, written by the late pastor Georgi Vins. Pastor Vins spent 8 years in a USSR prison camp in the 1960s and 1970s for preaching the Gospel during the Soviet communist regime. Today, Pastor Vins’ daughter, … [Read more…]
NEW BOOKLET: Remembering the Persecuted Church and Why We Need to Pray by Susan Moore is our newest Lighthouse Trails Booklet. The Booklet is 18 pages long and sells for $1.95 for single copies. Quantity discounts are as much as 50% off retail. Our Booklets are designed to give away to others or for your … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: Earlier this month Putin, the leader of Russia, brought into existence a law which prohibits the free preaching and sharing of the Gospel. Those in violation of this new law will be issued severe fines. In the 1960s and 1970s, Georgi Vins, a young Baptist pastor in the Soviet Union, was in a … [Read more…]
By Victoria Arnold Forum 18 President Putin has signed amendments imposing harsh restrictions on sharing beliefs, including where and who may share them, and increased “extremism” punishments, introduced with alleged “anti-terrorism” changes. There are widespread Russian protests against the suddenly-introduced changes, and may be a Constitutional Court challenge. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has signed into … [Read more…]
By Georgi Vins To My Persecutors My persecutors, I do not curse you, And at this hour under the burden of the cross I pray for you and bless you With the simple humanity of Christ. I am pure before you: by word and deeds I have called you to good and to light. I … [Read more…]
By Georgi Vins (Pastor and Author of The Gospel in Bonds) The camp at Tabaga was surrounded by four thick, wooden stockade-like fences nearly fifteen feet high. Over each fence stretched several rows of barbed wire and another wire connected to the alarm system. Massive spirals of barbed wire lay between the first two fences. … [Read more…]
By Pastor Georgi Vins (Written in the Anyusha Prison Camp in the Urals, USSR, 1969) “Freedom is Not for Idleness!” For idleness, we don’t desire freedom, A holy labor waits in virgin soil! The melting, ringing song of spring is sounding And harvest fields are rousing from their sleep. The holy morning of Christ’s Resurrection … [Read more…]
By Georgi P. Vins (Pastor in USSR who spent 8 years in Soviet prison camps for his faith | Author of The Gospel in Bonds) Revival At the beginning of the 1960s, the Lord sent a spiritual revival among the Evangelical Baptists1 of the Soviet Union. The revival preceded a great assault from the atheistic … [Read more…]
By Pastor Georgi Vins (From his book, The Gospel in Bonds, chronicling his years in Soviet prisons) The door closed and locked behind me. Heavy tobacco smoke hung in layers throughout the cell. Two electric bulbs burned dimly on the ceiling. The cell was not large, built to hold sixteen men. Metal bunk beds lined … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: Georgi Vins was a Baptist pastor who was imprisoned for his faith in the Soviet Union for a total of eight years. When he was first imprisoned, he was 32 years old. By Georgi Vins (author of The Gospel in Bonds) One Sunday evening I stepped out of the hot, stuffy barracks to … [Read more…]
“My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him. He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved…. Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us.“ (Psalm 62:5-8). From Kjos Ministries … [Read more…]
By L. Putnam Learn to Discern Granny The Gospel in Bonds by Georgi Vins is a riveting book that you won’t be able to put down. This astounding story tells how persecuted U.S.S.R Baptist pastor Georgi Vins survived eight years in Russian gulags. Now, if you’re supposing this to be a depressing tale, be ready … [Read more…]
By Georgi Vins (Author of The Gospel in Bonds – a pastor who spent 8 years in the Soviet prisons for his faith in Christ) Anvar and I were the only prisoners in the “raven,” a black police van used to transport prisoners. He sat alone in a compartment meant to hold fifteen prisoners while … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: As we are preparing for the release of our latest book, The Gospel in Bonds by former Soviet religious prisoner and pastor Georgi Vins, we are reminded of this article by Berit Kjos that discusses the danger America is in of becoming another socialist, Marxist-type government. We must keep in mind, that whether … [Read more…]
