Lighthouse Trails Publishing is pleased to announce the release of Three Generations of Suffering: A Chronicle of One Family’s Persecution in an Atheistic Society, written by Georgi Vins. The book was originally published in 1975 by David C. Cook Publishing but eventually went out of print. Lighthouse Trails is publishing this new edition under contract … [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 I was handcuffed and … [Read more…]
Lighthouse Trails Publishing is pleased to announce the release of a special edition of Manning Johnson’s 1958 book, Color, Communism, and Common Sense. Regardless of what direction America and the world go in, this book should be read by all for its insights, truth, and relevancy. Description: The words penned in 1958 by Manning Johnson … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: Color, Communism, and Common Sense was first released in 1958 and written by Manning Johnson, who spent ten years in the U.S. Communist Party because he believed the “red” party would help improve conditions for black people. When he finally came to realize that the opposite was true, he rejected communism. The following … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: The following is an extract from Carl Teichrib’s book, Game of Gods.* If you haven’t read this compelling and vital book (published by Whitemud House Publishing) which presents the history and the inner workings of the global and spiritual one-world movement, we highly recommend you do so, especially in light of all that … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: Georgi Vins was a young Baptist pastor in the U.S.S.R. when he was arrested for preaching the Gospel. He spent a total of eight years in the prison camps before being exiled to the United States in 1979. Under contract with his daughter, Natasha Vins, Lighthouse Trails has published two of his books, … [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…]
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 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…]
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…]
Lighthouse Trails is pleased to announce the release of our latest book, The Gospel in Bonds: 8 years in the soviet gulags—imprisoned for his faith by former Soviet prisoner Georgi Vins. A Soviet government tried to extinguish God’s Truth by placing its messengers in bonds. But the light of God’s Word and its hope of … [Read more…]
