“In a recent poll taken in Russia, Joseph Stalin was voted the third-most popular figure in Russian history. But in a similar poll in the former Soviet republic of Georgia, he languished in the 52nd spot! Despite this irony, Stalin’s statue still stands in his Georgian hometown of Gori. Not only that, a home in [...]
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Matthew Heise serves as a theological educator to Russiaand other former Soviet republics, such as Georgia, where he resides. Matthew teaches at the seminary students in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria. He also conducts theological seminars throughout Russia, identifying future students for the ministry. In Georgia, he supports the work of Georgian evangelists as they reach out with [...]
Thursday, December 18, 2008
“At Christmastime, Christians tend to focus on texts like James 1:27, ‘Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.” Especially if we have been blessed in the past year, we are more [...]
Friday, May 9, 2008
Above: The quirky, twisting streets of Old Tbilisi, Georgia (note the unique Georgian alphabet) Photo by Rev. Matthew Heise
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Thursday, November 19, 2009
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