Pessimists may look at the LDS Church in Russia and see the glass half-empty, limited missionaries, past visa challenges, social ills including escalating alcoholism and divorce rates and a nation emerging from seven decades of atheism in the former Soviet Union.
But the optimists — including The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ leaders and members in Russia — see the church’s relatively short history there, a second generation coming of age and a great opportunity for continued growth in years to come.
via Mormon Times
