Raskimonojendor:

Your American class mate is brave staying in Russia. I have a western country passport but will never travel to countries not friendly to the west before I get used for bargaining chip.

I doubt Russia is interested in using black Africans as a bargaining chip with western passports. Maybe second generation black Africans, but not first generation. In such situations, when you are asked where do you come from, you mention Nigeria not a country in the west.

duality:
You don't like to pay tithes and offering (coz i can see that in the spirit of your writeup) but think the free food didn't come from offerings.

They don't tell you about hell. Well, the Bible is clear about it, even if your Russian church refuse to tell you.

They hug and kiss and you like hugging and kissing the ladies. bro the Devil is an Old serpent. Older than everyone in that church. BE WISE!

You said the ladies put on skimpy clothes to church and it seem not to matter. Let me tell you.;You can't play games with the devil. If the church is interested in righteousness, it will matter. They will not drive people away but they will teach them.

Peace

You are viewing it from an African culture. They have nothing against wearing skimpy dresses in most of these countries, as a result, the society does not discriminate against such.

Western media has demonised Russia so much. I don't mind pursuing a degree in Russia just for fun and living in the country. The world is an oyster, one has to enjoy it.

Goodlady:
Life from a good side. I feel like crying if I should tell you what church in Nigeria is. Church that can't feed it's main members is saying they wanna evangelize or spread in a neighborhood or a state. They ll spread and later over spread that if one of them is in dire need of ordinary N50K, they ll be too poor to assist.
Why not spread a little so that your resources won't be overstretched. Afterall, the evangelism you are doing is meant for new areas and not a concentration in one place whereby it's now obvious parishes there exist for biz purpose.
Let's leave that side, I v heard a lot about good stuffs in Russia. What I dislike is the Putin invading Ukraine.
The body of Christ ll exercise patience to the bearest minimum with Ukraine.
They won't be the first to attack sef.
Islamists & Islamic countries are in love with how Russia is defying the west and attacking Ukraine. On this site, there are many lapdogs that do pro-Putin news to taunt the west.
Also, Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran said the fight is good news to them cos it's crusaders vs crusaders. Imagine that old Iranian mumu, agbaiya!
He even said Russia started crusades. Meaning, those eye service islamists no like Putin but are pushing him to fight the west knowing that one of them ll go down. One of them is that bald head fowl looking Turkish president, Teyrcip Erdogan. But Jehovah ll intervene.


In all, Russia is indeed beautiful.

Exactly my thoughts. I had to politely decline some street preachers yesterday because they were preaching to me who had just come back from Church! Can you imagine?

FalseProphet1:
I see myself going to Russia and meeting with Putin very soon, I see myself convincing him to end the war and make peace with the west, I see Putin taking my advice..

This I have seen.

Amen.

mushroomFarm:
This is not my first time attending the church here in Yakutsk, Russia (world's coldest city where I study) but I have decided to share my experience about church service in Russia (Yakutsk) with you guys today.
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This city is 8 hours ahead of Nigeria which means we had concluded the service long before you guys woke up. But my university invited international students to a special program today so I couldn't post this until now.
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The service begins with songs.
Yakutians and Russians dance and wave flags.
For instance they wave the red flag to symbolize salvation, white to symbolize peace and the flag of Israel to show love for the birth place of Christ.
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After series of songs the bible is read and the junior pastor say a few things about the verse that is read.
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Then the senior pastor would preach the sermon.
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After which we hug each other now I love this part😘😘😘 and I try to avoid the men and hug the ladies...😍
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After this we go to the dinning room and eat.
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This is what I love most about the church here. There is nothing like offering and tithe. But we eat heavily every Sunday!
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The first time I arrived here in Yakutsk and went to church, there was this lady that came to me after service and asked me if I am not cold (I didn't have winter clothes yet) she told me even if I were not cold then, I would feel terribly cold when the winter gets tough. She took me to the stores in her car and bought me winter clothes, winter boots, mufflers, winter gloves, etc.
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This is the coldest city in the world and those clothes are needed for survival. Infact even with those clothes, at minus 63 degrees you must not stay outside for more than 30mins to an hour. You would be finished!! (So imagine not having those clothes)
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Her name is sister Natalia and she is so nice (and other people from church too) to the point that I was beginning to wonder if something else was not involved.
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One day I asked her why she does those things and how the church is able to finance feeding everyone every Sunday without taking offerings.
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She said some people in the church makes secret donations...to do those things. She said they are not rich, they are just reciprocation the love of Christ. She said a brother from church also give enough money to buy winter clothes for every new African student in the city! Those clothes cost about 250k in Nigerian money.
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I can say that 30% of our feeding here is financed by the church. They send us chickens and meat from time to time. Lots of cucumbers, vegetables, rice and potatoes...
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The church believes when people come to the presence of Christ, they should be physically blessed just like Christ fed his multitudes. They have up to 20 varieties of food and they often force us to pack food home. They say if we do not go with the food, they would get spoilt anyway. They make them in excess every Sunday so that no one would go without being filled.
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Sisters in church are very free with boys (including internationals like us) they hug us like we are truly brothers and the women often hug and give us kisses on the cheek (reciprocating the love of Christ)
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The preacher is a woman. She is Ukrainian. The church here does not preach hell at all. Quiet weird. They only talk about the love of Christ. Little wonder it really shows in everyone of them.
You could easily mistake the friendliness of everyone in church for 'love interests' they show that love tooooooo much.
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Women and men should leave their head uncovered in church. No one would send you out if you do otherwise. But that is the norm here.
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Korean girls in church wear very skimpy dresses. No one seems bothered about it.
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Below is a video of a choreography performed by some of the teenagers in church.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArvoUvgSbGc
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First picture is the preacher.
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Second picture is with me with my American classmate and a Korean girl(after church)
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Third picture is me with sister Natalia
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One thing I like in all of these is Sister Natalie said some people make secret donations to cater for all the "enjoyment" you experienced

Now, to all those talking about Nigerian churches and pastors, I have this question for you

Why can't you be one of those making such secret donations in your church so that your pastor won't have to announce for tithes and offerings?

Just think about ONLY the diesel to power equipments in the church, you will understand why offerings and tithes are needed.

mushroomFarm:
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First picture: Personal bible verse for the week
Second picture: Some of the food from church
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Third picture: church dinning room
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I have read the comments. My American coursemate is Originally from Chile (South America) Then she lived in America for a while. Either ways, she is still an American...Naturalization and continent. Fun fact. She has a selfie with Lionel Messi.
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For people who are wondering why she thinks Russia is safe for her. Let me quickly tell you that realities on the ground are different from what you see in the Media. Russia does not witch hunt. If you are arrested in Russia, it would be for crimes you committed and not for crimes of your government. Americans live here peacefully just like many Russians live in America peacefully.
Fun fact 2: Her studies are fully paid for by the Russian government.

Do they preach about witches and lizards and generational curses in that church?

Kinda reminds me of Jehovah Witnesses. They are the only close similarity to this church in Nigeria.

Goodlady:
Life from a good side. I feel like crying if I should tell you what church in Nigeria is. Church that can't feed it's main members is saying they wanna evangelize or spread in a neighborhood or a state. They ll spread and later over spread that if one of them is in dire need of ordinary N50K, they ll be too poor to assist.
Why not spread a little so that your resources won't be overstretched. Afterall, the evangelism you are doing is meant for new areas and not a concentration in one place whereby it's now obvious parishes there exist for biz purpose.
Let's leave that side, I v heard a lot about good stuffs in Russia. What I dislike is the Putin invading Ukraine.
The body of Christ ll exercise patience to the bearest minimum with Ukraine.
They won't be the first to attack sef.
Islamists & Islamic countries are in love with how Russia is defying the west and attacking Ukraine. On this site, there are many lapdogs that do pro-Putin news to taunt the west.
Also, Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran said the fight is good news to them cos it's crusaders vs crusaders. Imagine that old Iranian mumu, agbaiya!
He even said Russia started crusades. Meaning, those eye service islamists no like Putin but are pushing him to fight the west knowing that one of them ll go down. One of them is that bald head fowl looking Turkish president, Teyrcip Erdogan. But Jehovah ll intervene.


In all, Russia is indeed beautiful.

When you finally understand that Nigerian churches are modelled after the American capitalist versions, and it's all about business and money generation for the few council members in the church, then you will understand better.

Meself nor dey do religion again.

damble:
Bro, I can categorically tell you there are some RCCG parishes that feed members after the church service on sundays....

Na some church members dey pay for the food you hate paying Tithe and offering for....

Your church in Russia preaches love and not hell... They know what people like hearing. Believe it or not, hell is real

Of course hell or Sheol is real. They are both Hebrew and Greek words respectively meaning - grave.

But when you put fire 🔥 for that hell then it becomes a doctrine and not biblical.
But to be honest, if there were hellfire, na all of una church goers for Nigeria suppose be cast into it because una wickedness and hypocrisy no be here.
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Can we chat privately?

[quote author=FalseProphet1 post=123568007]I see myself going to Russia and meeting with Putin very soon, I see myself convincing him to end the war and make peace with the west, I see Putin taking my advice..

This I have seen.[ chief u are indeed a false prophet

sharpwriter:

This got me laughing hard... Lol
Maybe he already had admission b4 the war broke out.

The guy is really annoying . Inside church for that matter e dey sin

Nice one bro I pray God will protect you and You will be a blessing to your family.

[quote author=mushroomFarm post=123566925]This is not my first time attending the church here in Yakutsk, Russia (world's coldest city where I study) but I have decided to share my experience about church service in Russia (Yakutsk) with you guys today.
.
This city is 8 hours ahead of Nigeria which means we had concluded the service long before you guys woke up. But my university invited international students to a special program today so I couldn't post this until now.
.
The service begins with songs.
Yakutians and Russians dance and wave flags.
For instance they wave the red flag to symbolize salvation, white to symbolize peace and the flag of Israel to show love for the birth place of Christ.
.
After series of songs the bible is read and the junior pastor say a few things about the verse that is read.
.
.
Then the senior pastor would preach the sermon.
.
After which we hug each other now I love this part


A church in a saner clime
An interesting story

FalseProphet1:
I see myself going to Russia and meeting with Putin very soon, I see myself convincing him to end the war and make peace with the west, I see Putin taking my advice..

This I have seen.

Wake up, and stop sleeping on a moving bicycle!

Gbadebo19:
Shey no be church be dis? Unlike naija church where we keep sowing endless seeds with no hope of reaping. When are we ever going to reap the fruits of the seeds we have been sowing for ages? Things get even worse when mandates are stolen. Just Negodu!!!

The good thing the writer claims to be enjoying there, didn't you see the part where he said he asked how they come about to be "free" and he was told that a few individuals in the church sow the seeds and other people like him benefit from it? If those few people had the kind of heart you have towards giving, would there have been anything for this writer to enjoy for free? I don't know why some of you just think you can fool God when it comes to giving, but you expect other people to always give to you

nelsonoba:


The good thing the writer claims to be enjoying there, didn't you see the part where he said he asked how they come about to be "free" and he was told that a few individuals in the church sow the seeds and other people like him benefit from it? If those few people had the kind of heart you have towards giving, would there have been anything for this writer to enjoy for free? I don't know why some of you just think you can fool God when it comes to giving, but you expect other people to always give to you

Are you saying nobody is giving in Nigeria? Try to think with your head, not your anus. The ones who have been giving, of what benefit has it been to the masses or those that do not have. Simply chastise your daddy and mummy GOs for corruption, you are saying those who give are not enough. The little ones who give, you use their money to build more branches and buy more private jets.

mushroomFarm:

Second picture: me in church (dining room) don't mind my hair. I can't cut it because it makes me over #200k in naira each month

It's like you're used to the weather already, although I see the sun but I'm sure there's still cold ( you said it's the coldest city in Russia?)

Gerrard59:


South Korea has the highest percentage of Christians in East Asia.

What are they now doing in Russia?

SaLongs1:
Amen.

Dreamer

This is what the church is all about, but we got it all wrong here in Nigeria.

RALPHOW:
I had similar experience in Renfrewshire,Scotland.
Everythings is like that because nobody thinks about super wealth.

Then they are fools!

Without wealth and power how can we show we are blessed by God?

What use is a pastor who is an ordinary man? Or worse - a woman!!? There is no anointing to tap into. No glory to proclaim.

We do not need this Oyinbo gospels to prosper.

Gerrard59:


You are viewing it from an African culture. They have nothing against wearing skimpy dresses in most of these countries, as a result, the society does not discriminate against such.

I'm not viewing it from an African culture. I'm viewing it and it t as someone who understands the word of God.

sacajawea:

What are they now doing in Russia?

Well, a random Sacajawea should not dictate where Koreans decide to reside, should he?

duality:


I'm not viewing it from an African culture. I'm viewing it and it t as someone who understands the word of God.

Take a flight to Russia and demand they dress the way you want.

Deputy God, Nairaland branch.

Gerrard59:


Well, a random Sacajawea should not dictate where Koreans decide to reside, should he?

You are a Phool!
Who is dictating to who? I'm curious as to how they got their, cos Theirs a serious disconnect somewhere

Gerrard59:


Take a flight to Russia and demand they dress the way you want.

Deputy God, Nairaland branch.

The only church I know and I've been to that gives food to everyone tho not organized by the church it's self but individuals in church is this catholic church at before you get to aare junction at bodija in ibadan. I miss that church so much.

sacajawea:

You are a Phool!
Who is dictating to who? I'm curious as to how they got their, cos Theirs a serious disconnect somewhere

There are South Koreans in Nigeria, but you who missed Geography classes during your secondary school days (assuming you actually attended a school), is surprised how Koreans got into Russia?

Gerrard59:


There are South Koreans in Nigeria, but you who missed Geography classes during your secondary school days (assuming you actually attended a school), is surprised how Koreans got into Russia?

A Phool! I don't have your time

dalurichyy:
Dreamer

You dey make me dey laugh.

Love and faith is the foundation of the Christian faith. Here it is being practicalise. Bring what you have learnt home by doing like wise. Edith Favour