{"id":2428,"date":"2010-10-14T10:48:51","date_gmt":"2010-10-14T17:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/?p=2428"},"modified":"2010-10-14T10:48:51","modified_gmt":"2010-10-14T17:48:51","slug":"future-of-the-lds-church-in-russia-seen-as-very-bright-mormon-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2010\/10\/14\/future-of-the-lds-church-in-russia-seen-as-very-bright-mormon-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Future of the LDS Church in Russia seen as very bright | Mormon Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>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.<\/p>\n<p>But the optimists \u00e2\u20ac\u201d including The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints&#8217; leaders and members in Russia \u00e2\u20ac\u201d see the church&#8217;s relatively short history there, a second generation coming of age and a great opportunity for continued growth in years to come.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mormontimes.com\/article\/17816\/Future-of-the-LDS-Church-in-Russia-seen-as-very-bright?s_cid=newsline&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ldsInTheNews+%28Around+the+Church%29\">Mormon Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pessimists may look at the LDS Church in Russia and see the glass half-empty, limited missionaries, past visa challenges, social &hellip; 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