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- Youth Apologetic Conference
“Present-day Christian”
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Youth
Apologetic Conference “Present-day Christian” of was held on Saturday on the
17th of March in the city of Kursk. It became an issue of great interest of
the local youth and of the youth from the cities of Belgorod, Voronezh and
Orel region. Quite big groups of young people from those regions came to
participate in the conference.
- The presence and participation of the
representatives of Moscow Theological Seminary played an important role in
filling the air with enthusiasm and encouragement which was felt by all
participants of this conference.
- Gennady Savin, Mdiv, who is an academic dean
of MTS, presented his thesis on the themes: “Protestants: they are not
against but for!” and “New translations of the Holy Scriptures: gains and
loss”.
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Nikolay
Kornilov, Mdiv, who is a dean of pastoral faculty of MTS, presented the
theme: “Challenges with interpretation of the Holy Scriptures”.
- Yury Chubenko, Mdiv, a president of MTS,
devoted his speech to the theme: “Christian and secular education in modern
time”.
- The presentation of the president of
Spiritual renewal association Michael Cherenkov, PhD, held a lot of
attention. His theme was “Christianity in the context of modern youth
culture”.
- There were other interesting presentations
on the conference: “History and role of music in Christianity” by Elena
Golovina, BA, from Christian Scientific Center (Simferopol), “Issues of
Divine healing theology” by Alexander Spichak, and “Christian influence on
life and work of Van Gog“ by Golovina Elena. .
- Andrey Gursky shared an idea to establish
Russian Apologetic Society. This idea was supported by the majority of the
participants. It was decided to establish this society and many people
became members. We hope that this society will play an important role in
Russia in the future.
- In summary it can be said that this
conference and growing activity of the Society are viewed as a good sign of
the enthusiasm and creative spirit of our Christian youth.
- Nikolay Kornilov, a dean of pastoral
faculty and a teacher of MTS
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