NY Times: An Evangelical Preacher’s Message Catches Fire in Ukraine

NY Times: An Evangelical Preacher’s Message Catches Fire in Ukraine April 22, 2011

It is as if a Sunbelt megachurch had been transplanted to Kiev, birthplace of Slavic Orthodoxy, land of onion-domed cathedrals and incense-shrouded icons. But the preacher at the podium has little if any connection to the United States. Could there be a more unlikely success story in the former Soviet Union than the Rev. Sunday Adelaja, an immigrant from Nigeria who has developed an ardent — and enormous — following across Ukraine?

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/23/world/europe/23kiev.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&hp


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