The Eurasian region consists of 1,435 members of the: East European Union, Moldavian Union, Polish Field, Czechoslovakian Mission Field and Israeli Mission Field. All statistical information is as of December 31, 2006.

“In the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets” (Revelation 10:7).

Today the mystery of God is being fulfilled. When someone mentions a mystery, we want to know, “What mystery is this? What is the secret?” The Lord has opened to us His mystery. I want to congratulate you today because unto you is revealed the mystery of God, and we are a blessed people. The apostle Paul tells us, “Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ” (Ephesians 3:8). Likewise, the Lord bids us also to preach about the mystery that is revealed to us in the last days through His church. What a wonderful plan!

But there is also another mystery that we are to meet - the mystery of iniquity. Do you know what kind of mystery this is? What kind of work is carried on by the mystery of iniquity and how it is done? Revelation chapter 17 illustrates this as a dazzling woman holding a cup in her hand. What is in this cup? She suggests that everyone take a drink from it. Do you want to taste this drink? Everywhere in the world we can see the results of imbibing this drink. Today, the Lord in His mercy opens to us the mystery of His kingdom as well as the mystery of iniquity. What is our work? Inspiration tells us that our work is to go into the whole world as ambassadors of Christ and to reveal to the world the mysteries of God, his love and His character. We are to reveal God not only by our sermons, but by our life.

The second step is to unveil Satan’s plans. This is our work today too. Christ asks us today, Who is ready to answer this call? Who is ready to say, “I agree; I will go”? With His wonderful love, He is well able to do everything without our help, but He does not want to do this work without our help. Who is ready then to answer the call of Jesus Christ? What are the characteristics of Christ’s ambassadors? The Lord says, “Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee” (Isaiah 60:1, 2). Praise God that Christ has given us His glory.

Referring to the ministry of John the Baptist, Jesus once asked His disciples, “What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind? But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings’ courts. But what went ye out for to see? A prophet?” (Luke 7:24-26). Why did the people go to the wilderness? Because there was a prophet preparing the way for the first coming of Jesus Christ. Christ asks us here today, “Why did you come to see in Jeju? Is there anything interesting on this island? What will we take from this place?” Everything is interesting here, but what did we come to see? - The work of Jesus Christ in His church in the last days, the preparing of the way for the second coming of Jesus Christ. Yes, our generation has this wonderful opportunity to prepare the way for His second coming.

I thank my God for all of you, my brethren and sisters in Christ. For a long time we [in the former U.S.S.R.] could not communicate with the rest of the church around the world, but the Lord has opened the way. He says, “I have opened the door for you, and no one can shut it.” We can do nothing in our own strength, but Christ can do everything. Among our formerly Communist countries, some have full freedom, but others still suffer under great difficulties.

Below we give you some information about the countries within the Eurasian region:

Poland: This is a country where 95% of the people are Roman Catholics. In Poland we have had good success, and during the last four years the work progressed there. Thank God, we have a church that holds regular meetings and we have experienced great blessings from the Lord. We also have a new group of about 10 believers in another city in Poland. I have studied the Bible with them for a long time and thank God we have had results and there are visitors and candidates for baptism. It is a joy to know that whenever the brethren go out of the house they take literature with them to distribute to the people. When they gather together on Sabbath in their local church, approximately 30 of them all want to tell their weekly experiences. The brethren met a person who had moved to Poland from Ukraine and had been a candidate for baptism. When his mother came to visit him in Poland, he shared the message with her and she in turn carried the message back to Ukraine and was baptized there. The brethren are active in missionary work and spreading the message - even before they are baptized.

Czechoslovakia: There are a lot of people coming to our meetings. Yet, materialism and unbelief prevail in this country. One minister from Ukraine moved to that country and now they rent a hall to worship on Sabbath and in the next few months we plan to organize the local church in Liberets.

Slovakia: This is a more religious country and we do the missionary work well there; the greatest need is a permanent Bible worker.

Moldova: This is the birthplace of many of our pioneer missionaries that emigrated to various countries, especially to South America. Our brethren from Moldova have played a great role in the establishing and developing of God’s work around the world. The Moldovan Union with 853 members is composed of the countries of Moldova, Turkey, Ukraine, and Poland. The work is actively going on, there were several seminars held, and special meetings, youth congresses, baptisms, and churches were built during the last quadrennium. The headquarters for the Moldovan Union was also built in the capital city. Some of the young people from Moldova are studying in the missionary school in Romania. In Moldova the missionary work is organized well and the welfare, medical, missionary, colporteur and publishing departments are all developing nicely. Recently the brethren began the work in Turkey and there are already 11 members in that country.

Ukraine: This country is neighbor to Moldova and Romania, so the brethren giving seminars to one place, also go “next door.” There have been many seminars and special meetings in Ukraine. There are 20 churches there and they all are functioning. Because of the difficulties and lack of communication with the rest of the worldwide church in the past due to the previous political regime, the brethren are doing their best to come to the unity of faith.

Russia: Russia embraces a large territory with rigorous climate. For more than 70 years the people had no religious freedom and the country was mostly atheistic. The predominant religion here is the Russian Orthodox church. In Moscow we have a church as well as in two other areas. The SDA Reform Movement encountered a lot of difficulties in the past - many ministers and even lay members were imprisoned, and even today we see the consequences of the past political system. There are preparations being made lately by the government to make stricter laws that will limit our spiritual liberty and missionary work activities. Nevertheless, the workers are doing what they can to carry forth the gospel message. Sometimes baptisms are conducted in ice-holes in the winter. One elderly sister was recently baptized in the dead of winter - a large hole had to be carved into the ice in order to reach water. She did not want to wait for better weather to arrive and was determined to have her baptism as soon as possible; she wanted to be ready for any eventuality. God has always been merciful in these cases of baptism in extremely cold weather. We know of no case when anyone got sick as a result.

In Siberia we also have some groups that are interested in our message and we are working with them. There is great need of experienced workers in Russia, and as in all places of the world, the financial difficulties are always present. The membership there is approximately 220.

Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan: In the Central Asian countries, Islam is the predominant religion and intolerance to Christianity is quickly growing. Many people are forced to leave these countries. The brethren are working according to their possibilities, and we have a church there with approximately 30 members.

Belarus: There is no religious freedom in Belarus. It is difficult to carry out missionary activities there, but we are always looking for opportunities. We have only a handful of members in Belarus.

Israeli Mission Field: This is a country that is always at war. Politics and religion are connected and this causes a lot of difficulties for our work. The mass migration of the citizens causes loss of communication and connection with the few brethren we have there. However, we are looking for more possibilities for missionary work there.

I am so glad that we are not simply representatives from various regions. We are representatives of Jesus Christ. He has told us to go into the whole world and preach the gospel. This is our commission, and His promise to be with us always, even unto the end of the world.