Latest update from New Life Church – Minsk, Belarus

New Life Church – our partner church in Belarus, have constantly been facing opposition from their government at various levels and ways. They have been threatened with jail, illegal demands for information about their congregation and even liquidation of their church registration. We have been praying and standing in faith with them through it all for the past several years. The pressure against the church has now escalated to involve pressure against Senior Pastor, Slava Goncharenko and his family. He was issued an order last week to demolish his house or they will do it at his expense.

There are a number of ways we can help Pastor Slava in this situation.
1. Pray for Pastor Slava and his family.
2. He needs our help to raise awareness and protest against this act of injustice to save his home. Please spread the news to as many as you can and ask them to pray as well as write letters of protest.
3. Write a letter to the President of Belarus protesting against this illegal act. Use the paragraph below as a model or guide for writing a letter in your own words.

"I, <<your name>>, am very upset by the fact that Pastor Slava Goncharenko has received an order from Centralny District of Minsk City to demolish his
house located at Minsk, Repina street 3. This is <<not good, not ethical, etc>>. Please undertake all necessary measures to stop the harassment of Pastor Goncharenko. I have notified my <<congressman, senator, president of the USA, etc.>>”

Mailing address:
Administration of the President
Karl Marx street 38
Minsk 2220016 Belarus

4. Write our president and key leaders protesting the harassment by the Centralny District of Minsk City in Belarus against Pastor Slava Goncharenko

President George Bush
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
comments@whitehouse.gov.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/

Vice President Dick Cheney
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
vice_president@whitehouse.gov
http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/

Texas Senators-
Cornyn, John- (R - TX)
Washington DC Office-
517 Hart Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510
Main: 202-224-2934
Fax: 202-228-2856

Hutchison, Kay Bailey- (R - TX)
Washington DC Office-
284 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON DC 20510
Main: 202-224-5922
Fax: 202-224-0776

U.S. Representatives/Congressperson-
Joe Barton (Midlothian)
2264 Rayburn
Washington, D.C. 20515
(202) 225-2002

The following link will assist you to find the State
Representative/Congressperson for your area:
https://forms.house.gov/wyr/welcome.shtml

Texas Governor-
Governor Rick Perry
Office of the Governor
P.O. Box 12428
Austin, Texas 78711-2428
(512) 463-2000


Let’s stand in faith together for victory in this situation! Thank you for your prayers and support.


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