RCR

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Preaching the Gospel in the Russian Language since 1946

Make disciples of all nations... (Mt 28:19)

RCR has developed the magazine, The Gospel Behind Barbed Wire, specifically to evangelize and minister to prisoners, and it has a lot of impact! This unique magazine not only provides help from God's Word addressing concrete problems and topics important to inmates, but it also incorporates material written and sent to us by prisoners themselves. Each edition of The Gospel Behind Barbed Wire is dedicated to a special spiritual theme and includes a variety of articles, sermons, poems and testimonies which lead the reader to God, and has a section for readers' letters, where they can share their personal stories, and give counsel and support to one another. This is very encouraging to other prisoners who have responded by thinking, "If the Lord could help him, He could also help me."

(NOTE: Statistics about Russian prisons near the beginning of this video were true as of 2013, but have changed since then, the rest of the video is still accurate.)

By God's grace and with His help, these magazines are published and distributed free of charge to prisons and prisoners 6 times a year. They are also available through the Russian Post subscription catalog. Since copies of the magazine are shared and passed around inside prisons, they reach tens of thousands of inmates each year.

Magazines are sent both to prisoners who ask for it, as well as to our network of nearly 600 prison ministers all across Russia and other countries of the former Soviet Union. These people then bring or mail them to inmates in the prisons where they minister, where they often become available in a prayer room or library for other prisoners to read. Rehabilitation centers and churches that provide social services in Russia also use these magazines in their ministries. Since this ministry began in 1995, it has extended to Germany and even to the United States. The Gospel Behind Barbed Wire is available in Russian only, and anyone can download and read it on our Russian website. We know of no other Christian ministry that designs and publishes magazines like this specifically for Russian-speaking prisoners.

You can read here what inmates write about how God has worked in their lives due to this publication. We regularly receive requests from prisoners and those involved in prison ministry asking for extra copies of The Gospel Behind Barbed Wire magazine. You can help make that happen with a generous gift to this ministry. $30 will help cover the publication and distribution of 6 issues (covering a one year subscription to this magazine). To partner with RCR in this way, click here to make your donation and please indicate that it is for "prison magazine."

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