Ivan Yefimovitch Voronaev (''Nikita Petrovitch Tcherkasov'') – leader and founder of

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and more broadly in the

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and the

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. He was born about 1885 in

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. This American immigrant introduced

Pentecostalism Pentecostalism or classical Pentecostalism is a Protestant Charismatic Christian movement

to Russia, Ukraine and some other Slavic nations. The first Russian-language Pentecostal church in

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was founded by I. Voronaev in 1919. In 1920 Ivan Voronaev traveled with Gustav Smith through Western and Southern Ukraine, where they established many new Pentecostal communities, beginning with a Pentecostal community in

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. Over 350 congregations in Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Bulgaria were eventually founded. In 1926, the preacher published "Short

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of Christian Evangelical Faith (CEF)". Voronaev was arrested by Soviet militia in 1929 and sent to Siberia.''"История инакомыслия в СССР", Chapter 13, by L. Alexeeva, Memorial Society, in Russian'' In 1937, he was arrested again and sentenced to death and executed by the NKVD.

References

# Ivan Voronaev: The Death of a Hero is a Legacy to Remember, Cup & Cross Ministries International.
The Life and Ministry of Rev. Ivan Voronaev
# История церкви под влиянием Святого Духа - German: Kirchengeschichte unter dem Einfluss des Heiligen Geistes . # Н. Усач, В. Ткаченко. Посланник Пятидесятницы (Иван Воронаев и сподвижники). — Винница: Слово Христианина, 2007. — Т. 1. — С. 261. — 408 с. — . Ukrainian Christian religious leaders Russian religious leaders Russian Pentecostals 1880s births Year of death missing Ukrainian Pentecostals Great Purge victims {{Christian-clergy-stub