Stalin Orders a Purge of Christians And Bibles

In the 1920’s Stalin ordered a purge of all Bibles and believers. In Stavropol, Russia this order was carried out completely. Thousands of Bibles were taken and believers were sent to prison, where so many died for being enemies of the state. In 1994, a missionary group went to Stavropol and were told of a warehouse where these Bibles had been stored since Stalin’s time. They were given permission to re-distribute these Bibles. One hired helper was found in a corner of the warehouse weeping. He had slipped away, hoping to quietly take a Bible for himself. The inside page of the Bible he picked up had the handwritten signature of his own grandmother. It was her personal Bible. Out of the thousands of Bibles in that warehouse, he stole the one that belonged to his grandmother- a woman persecuted for her faith all her life. (Source Unknown, Lou Nicholes - Missionary/Author).