{"id":27471,"date":"2016-10-25T00:10:39","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T05:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites-stage.josh.org\/main\/?p=27471"},"modified":"2023-05-16T12:01:12","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T17:01:12","slug":"a-generation-of-believers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites-stage.josh.org\/main\/a-generation-of-believers\/","title":{"rendered":"A Generation of Believers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-27465 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sites-stage.josh.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/607\/2016\/06\/iStock_66842335_MEDIUM-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Colorful Russian nesting dolls matreshka at the market. Matrioshka Nesting dolls are the most popular souvenirs from Russia.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>Russia, 2013.<\/p>\n<p>We just had the honor of hosting Sergei and Sveta Shashin, director of Russian Jesus Film, a ministry of Campus Crusade.\u00a0 They are a result of the seeds\/books that were planted throughout Russia in the early 90s.\u00a0 At different times and places, both Sergei and Sveta received a copy of Josh\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/store.josh.org\/product\/more-than-a-carpenter\/\"><strong><em>More Than a Carpenter<\/em><\/strong><\/a> book.\u00a0 The book changed their lives, led them to the local church and eventually led them to be the one of the directors of Russian Jesus Film ministry.<\/p>\n<h4>Sergei shared, \u201cAll of the current leaders of the church in Russia were raised in their faith by Josh McDowell books.\u00a0 In the day, these books were the ONLY Christian books available in Russian language.<\/h4>\n<p>&#8220;Through <strong><em>More Than A Carpenter<\/em><\/strong>, we began a personal relationship with Jesus and discovered the local church.\u00a0 <strong><em>Deceivers<\/em> <\/strong>book helped us decipher all of the cults that were also popping up in Russia.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/store.josh.org\/product\/secret-loving-simplified-chinese\/\"> <strong><em>Secret of Loving<\/em><\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/store.josh.org\/product\/true-love-waits-audio-cd\/\"><strong><em>Why Wait<\/em><\/strong>?<\/a> helped us learn the importance of sexual purity and marriage.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/store.josh.org\/product\/how-to-be-a-hero-to-your-kids\/\"><strong><em>How to Be a Hero to Your Kids <\/em><\/strong><\/a>enabled us to become better parents.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>An entire generation of Russian Christians have been influenced by Josh, and now these people, like Sergei and Sveta, are sharing the Gospel with the next generation.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia, 2013. 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