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V 1960-e gg. v SSSR proizoshel raskol v srede evangel'skikh khristian-baptistov. Parallel'no VSEKhB byl obrazovan Sovet tserkvey evangel'skikh khristian-baptistov. V nastoyashchee vremya Rossiya aktivno vtyagivaetsya v protsess globalizatsii, usilivaetsya zarubezhnoe proniknovenie, v tom chisle i v dukhovnoy sfere. V dannom kontekste izuchenie istorii evangel'skikh khristian-baptistov v SSSR predstavlyaet osobyy interes, poskol'ku baptizm yavlyaetsya raznovidnost'yu zapadnogo khristianstva, rasprostranivshegosya v Rossii. V svyazi s dannymi obstoyatel'stvami voznikaet potrebnost' v issledovanii polozheniya v sovetskom i postsovetskom obshchestve ob"edineniy evangel'skikh khristian-baptistov, v tselom, storonnikov STsEKhB, v chastnosti, razlichnykh napravleniy ikh deyatel'nosti, osnovnykh printsipov vzaimootnosheniy mezhdu gosudarstvom i evangel'skimi khristianami-baptistami. V monografii vpervye predprinyata popytka raskryt' istoriyu sovetskikh evangel'skikh khristian-baptistov, raskola v EKhB, Soveta tserkvey EKhB cherez publikatsii v zhurnale Bratskiy listok, kotoryy Sovet tserkvey evangel'skikh khristian-baptistov nachal izdavat' s 1965 g.