By John Birnie
February 2009
Kazakhstan
Missionary Spotlight – Fresh challenges in Kazakhstan
Fresh challenges in Kazakhstan ‘The doors may not always be open!’ It was a sobering comment, made during a presentation by a Christian worker who knows the Central Asian context very well. It was also a considered comment, reflecting the changing scene in those spiritually needy republics, and specifically highlighting a critical development in the country of Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan was part of the Soviet Union communist empire and subject to the imposed scientific atheism of that regime. With the collapse of Communism around 1989, Kazakhstan became an independent republic and freedom of religion was written into its constitution. Evangelical believers, a tiny...
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