Russia: Supreme Court confirmed the decision to liquidate the Pentecostal Church.

www.spbdnevnik.ru ^ | MARCH 21, 2014

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GOOGLE TRANSLATION: Supreme Court confirmed the decision to liquidate the Pentecostal Church. Full name of the religious organization - "Evangelical Christian Church Pentecostal "Harvest". It leads its activity about 20 years. According to experts, in Russia this movement is not less than 200 thousand followers. Pentecostal put on a par with the "Jehovah's Witnesses" in the scale and pace of distribution. According to eyewitnesses, at meetings of believers belong to a state of ecstasy until the hysterical attacks - is that the only way to know the Holy Spirit. Theologians on their websites make it move in the list of totalitarian sects active in Russia . Pentecostal representatives, in turn, say they are being persecuted on religious grounds. Reason for closing Last spring, the "harvest" visited the city prosecutor and found out that the religious organization led educational activities without a license. In a rented building were equipped classrooms where classes were held . In the audience were school desks, shelves with the educational literature, manuals and wall boards. To monitor the progress of pupils representatives of religious organizations have used the cool magazines, led schedule, buying textbooks. In fact, the formal reason was found Close "Harvest." The prosecutor's office filed a lawsuit (on the side of the plaintiffs were also Department of Justice and Department of Education Krasnogvardeisky district), and November 14, 2013 St. Petersburg court ruled to liquidate the church. By that time, several regions of the country courts also made similar rulings against Pentecostals. Pentecostals do not agree with this decision and appealed to the Supreme Court. However, the decision rendered by the St. Petersburg City Court to liquidate the Church "Harvest" , was upheld and entered into force. Now this religious organization will be removed from the register of legal entities.

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All approved religions in Russia have government approve licenses to practice?

I talked to a missionary to Russia several weeks ago. He said everything occurs with a bribe, which makes it tough for real churches. Businesses must pay for outside auditors to work at least two hours a week on their books.