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The program of the television company "Author's Television" "Vremechko" presented the Church of the "Kingdom of God" as a dangerous sect
On December 1, 2003, on the air of one of the projects of the TV company "Author's Television", the program "Vremechko", a story about the Church
of God", referring to the Russian United Union of Christians of the Evangelical Faith (Pentecostals).
The story showed elderly women belonging to the Orthodox denomination, insulting believers entering and leaving the worship building and demanding that church members "get out to Brazil."
In addition, the material stated that a certain person related to the shown church publicly castrated himself, and the believers, after the service, resemble the insane.
After showing a story about the "Kingdom of God" church, the program conducted an interactive poll, which actually discussed the admissibility of "religious sects", as the authors of the program put it. viewers, with
by a noticeable advantage, recognized them as dangerous.
The Church "Kingdom of God" and the association founded by it are duly registered religious associations and have been operating since 2000.
Roman Slyusarev, presbyter of the "Kingdom of God" church, told the Ark Project that the incident shown by the "Vremechko" program has no real basis or ground, but is a directed provocation.
He explained that this was part of an ongoing campaign to alienate a church-owned church building. Roman Slyusarev
refused to name the people behind this process, but stressed that they all "have a criminal component."
Commenting on the act of a person who inflicted a savage injury on himself, Slyusarev said that he knew nothing about such a person or event, but the police department on whose territory his religious association operates had no claims against the church.
The Executive Director of the Russian United Union of Christians of the Evangelical Faith (Pentecostals), Konstantin Bendas, told the Ark Project : "It's a pity that a respected channel and a good program
down to the submission of unverified or simply falsified information. Such attempts have already been made before, when, inciting inter-religious hatred and inciting people to a respected confession,
unscrupulous people tried to solve the issues of redistribution of property.
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