RCR
ministry
Preaching the Gospel in the Russian Language since 1946
Make disciples of all nations... (Mt 28:19)
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit (Matt. 28:19)
Mission Statement
We exist to reach hopeless and broken Russian-speaking people with the transforming love and power of Jesus Christ.
RCR (Russian Christian Radio, Inc.) is a Christian evangelical ministry, whose purpose is to reach millions for Christ by spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ primarily among Russian-speaking people throughout the world, through the media ministries of radio and video, print, and internet, as well as through Christian care ministries and humanitarian assistance, as evidenced in our Christian rehab centers for those battling addictions. Our ministry is summed up in our motto: "Preaching the Gospel in the Russian Language since 1946."
Thousands of people in Russia (only the Lord knows the exact number) found saving faith in Christ thanks to the radio ministry of Earl Poysti, who began broadcasting his simple, clear Gospel messages (in Russian) into the Soviet Union in 1946, during the years of the "Iron Curtain." Today, you can find a variety of RCR programs and materials on YouTube (RCR-Videos channel), Spotify, Yandex Music, and RCR's Russian website, www.rcr.ru. Our archives include audio programs of Earl's sermons, as well as video programs, including the popular "Choice" program, where people share their testimonies of how they came to faith in Jesus Christ. Many issues of The Gospel Behind Barbed Wire prison magazine are also available on this website.
In addition to our media ministries, RCR was also called to impact lives through locally-operated Christian rehabilitation and adaptation centers in Russia, known as Pirkko Homes or "Dom Pirkko," which were named for Earl Poysti's first wife, Pirkko, who passed away in 1994. She was instrumental in helping many Russian prisoners to find faith in Jesus Christ and wanted to provide a place for them to go to grow in their faith and to learn a new way to live. These centers have primarily become rehab centers for those with addictions.
RCR is not a denominational ministry. We are open to working with brothers and sisters in Christ who come from various backgrounds and denominations who share our mission of reaching hopeless and broken Russian-speaking people with the transforming love and power of Jesus Christ. We have included our Statement of Faith on our website to share our beliefs with you.
Browse through our website to see how God is at work in our ministry and to consider how you could become involved and join this effort to win millions of Russian-speakers for Christ.
- We believe the Bible to be the divinely inspired and authoritative Word of God, the only infallible rule of faith and practice.
- We believe in one God, Creator and Sustainer of the universe, who eternally exists in three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
- We believe in the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, His virgin birth, sinless life, redemptive death, bodily resurrection, present exaltation at God's right hand, and the "blessed hope" of His personal return.
- We believe that all men have sinned and therefore are guilty before God and are under His condemnation.
- We believe that through the death of His Son, Jesus Christ, God in love provided an atonement for sin, so that, through repentance and saving faith in Christ, man is delivered from the judgment of God and is born again into life eternal.
- We believe in the deity and personality of the Holy Spirit, who works in men to bring them to salvation through Christ and who dwells in believers, equipping and empowering them for lives of holiness and fruitful service.
- We believe that the church is comprised of all true believers and that the mission of the church, with Christ as its head, is to communicate the Gospel of Christ to all the world.
- We believe in the resurrection of the body, the everlasting punishment of unbelievers, and the everlasting blessedness of believers in the presence of Christ.
Contact Us
Mailing Address
Russian Christian Radio
PO Box 1667
Estes Park, CO 80517
(770) 864-6464 (English)
(970) 586-8638 (Russian)
Email
info@rcr-us.org
RCR in Russian
Руссий сайт
rcr.ru