Factors Behind the Ukrainian Evangelical Missionary Surge from 1989 to 1999

Throughout its history, the Soviet Union was one of the most closed places in the world to missionary work. As perestroika came in the late 1980s and the Soviet Union fell in 1991, a spiritual vacuum formed as massive numbers of people became interested in Christianity. An unprecedented freedom allowed evangelicals to engage in missionary work.

Much has been written about foreign evangelical missionary work during this period, but virtually nothing has been written about nationals doing mini...