Slavik Radchuk Blasphemously Began to Pose as a Prisoner…

· Vasily Shilyuk, Video, Nakhodka, Slavik Radchuk, USSR, Articles by Boris Perchatkin

Boris Perchatkin

I was compelled to write this article by the following circumstances:
Lately, there have been not unfounded rumors—and not only rumors, but also proven factual materials have emerged—that Slavik Radchuk is a former prisoner, and a prisoner for tirelessly evangelizing from Kamchatka to the Carpathians! Rumors are rumors! But where is all this coming from?
All sorts of things happen—and so they do with me. One day a little whisper goes around that I robbed the Church of God. (True, they don’t specify whether it was a break-in or not.) This one is launched by Mr. Kukharchuk from Atlanta. Or that I lied through my teeth in my book and forged government documents. But all of that is easily refuted, and I never evade direct questions anywhere or with anyone. The only problem is that none of the malicious critics ever ask me those questions; instead, it all goes on behind my back, sneakily—someone barks from a back alley, hides, and watches the effect.

But the question about Radchuk! Being a prisoner is, of course, a badge of honor among Americans, and among Slavic youth (those who understand English), one’s image skyrockets (we don’t give money to just anybody—we give it to a prisoner!). In short, it sounds impressive everywhere, and there’s no small benefit if you flash this title in the right place at the right time—I, a sufferer for evangelism, with these very legs trudged through prison transports, punishment cells, and camps!

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* English translation of the promotional video:

*«Slavik Radchuk was born in Ukraine in 1958 into a Christian family. His parents and grandparents became Christians when two missionaries moved to Ukraine from America and began preaching the Good News. Slavik began preaching the Gospel at the age of 14. The Church in Ukraine at that time was persecuted and driven underground. Church buildings and temples were destroyed. One day in 1972, his father took him to Byelorussia, where he delivered his first message. God anointed him to be an evangelist at a very early age.

**In 1979 he was arrested and spent time in prison for refusing to stop preaching the Gospel. Slavik married a beautiful young girl named Natasha in 1980. And they began traveling together and preaching the Gospel throughout the former USSR. In 1984 Slavik went to Siberia, where a few churches were organized before Perestroika. Christians from many countries prayed, and freedom finally came in 1987.

Reinhard Bonnke “prophesies”: “And the Lord is speaking to you. I don’t need to tell you again, because I have already told you, and you clearly understood it. And now I want you to come into the center of My calling for your life. For I am here to ignite you and to anoint you for Ukraine, so that it may be liberated by the power of the Gospel through the ministry that the Holy Spirit is giving you now.”

In the early 1990s, together with his five brothers and other ministers, he founded the “Good Samaritan” mission in Ukraine. Slavik Radchuk was the first leader and director for evangelism and vice-president of the Union of Churches. Year after year he was very active in ministry and preached publicly over 300 times annually. Tens of thousands had the opportunity to hear the Word of God and accepted Christ, and hundreds of new churches were established. His office received up to 7,000 letters monthly in response to his radio and television programs. God uses Slavik to open Bible schools in many countries and to train new students to become pastors in new churches.

When Slavik moved with his family to America, he was invited by Dr. Robert Finley of “Christian Aid” to serve as a missionary evangelist and director for the former Soviet Union branch. Through this ministry, God increased His blessings through missionary work in Europe and Asia.»*

So! Since we’ve placed Radchuk’s promotional video, it is absolutely necessary to reflect on this masterpiece of lies. In order not to be unfounded, let’s begin dissecting the wild fantasies, first of Bonnke, and then of Radchuk:

First of all! If Bonnke were a prophet of God, he would not be singing laudatory praises to Radchuk, but would be calling this Judas and thief to repentance! Remember the testimony of Grigory Vashchenko, Nikolai Kunitsa, Vasily Shilyuk. And these are only direct witnesses, and only those who were not afraid of Radchuk’s racketeering. Suffice it to recall how he racketeered Sergei Velbovets after the publication of these testimonies.

And so, the blasphemy is obvious — false prophecy for advertising purposes:

“And the Lord says to you. I do not need to tell you again, because I have already told you, and you clearly understood it.”

And this “word” to a Judas and a thief!… (Yes, he clearly understood long ago and to the hilt — “if you want to live, you’d better know how to spin.”)

So many letters here! And what, does he, that is Bonnke, speak “prophetically” for Radchuk? No, this is a profanation of those watching and listening to this spectacle! Why so many letters? If Radchuk, as Bonnke says, has already clearly understood “this” anyway!

But this is just a trick — a cheap, card-sharp’s tactic. “The Lard,” “the spirit,” but none of that is even remotely present here!

Bonnke’s next gem:

“And now I want you to come into the center of My calling for your life.”

And this “word” to a Judas and a thief!…

Sounds good! Right? But in fact, the senility deepens! What kind of state is this? “I want you to come into the center of My calling for your life.” Did you understand anything? Have you ever read in the Gospel about any centers of the calling of life into which one can come? When and where did Christ, or the Holy Spirit, address the Apostles or anyone else in this way? The Apostles, who had a calling, by the way, without any mention of some centers of calling and entering into them — evangelized almost the entire world of that time. Having a calling from God — without flying business class, and of course, they didn’t need to build palaces for themselves with money collected for “evangelization,” like Bonnke and Radchuk. Where have you seen the Apostles, having a calling, dedicating half, or even two-thirds, of their “sermon” to their own Ego! and that they absolutely need your money. By the way, nowhere in the Gospel will you find that money was collected for evangelization. Money was collected for the needs of the saints and needy fellow believers. The Apostle Paul preached and worked so that he could give to those in need! And nowhere in the Gospel is it evident that he entered into any centers of calling. Yet Radchuk is offered to come into the center of this calling! Mind you, not just anywhere, but right into the very center of it! What, has a new position appeared in “heaven” for Radchuk in our time? Just wow!!!… Now, this is blasphemy!!! This is what blasphemy against the Holy Spirit truly is!

But most importantly, I forgot to draw your attention to an important fact: that Bonnke’s and Radchuk’s “spirit” (well, my hand simply refuses to write “Holy”) proposes to enter right into the very center of “My” calling, yet speaks through an interpreter and microphones. Why is it, Bonnke, that you have such “great revelations,” yet you speak in “English” and not in Ukrainian or Russian? Why did the spirit give you a “revelation” but did not teach you to speak in a language understandable to everyone present? And what if there were no interpreter? What then? How would Radchuk know that he is being invited to enter right into the very center of “My” calling? Yesss!!!.. Then not only Ukraine, but the entire Slavic community would have lost so much! I wept! Your seductive spirit is somewhat weak!

After this, there is no point in commenting on Bonnke’s ravings.

Let’s move on:

-In 1979 he was arrested and spent time in prison for refusing to stop preaching the Gospel.-

He was arrested in 1979! In what month and where? And what does it mean? “for refusing to stop preaching the Gospel.-” Under what article? What was the sentence? Radchuk keeps silent — “Out of modesty, no doubt(!)?”

But since this comrade has been released from modesty, as well as from conscience — due to the “statute of limitations.” The conclusion suggests itself: he doesn’t know the criminal code, as he never slurped thinned-out prison gruel and was not granted that honor!

There was no such formulation in any article of the Criminal Procedure Code, Mr. Radchuk, in any criminal code of the USSR! Let it be known to you: people were not tried directly for religion in the USSR, as the communists hid their, pardon the expression, “mugs” (and you helped them) behind various formulations. Here, for example: The most famous Article No. 227 of the Criminal Code of Russia, and Article No. 209 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine stated: “Organization of religious groups for the purpose of profit and involvement of minors in religious activity.”

And so, let’s continue: What sentence did you get? What transit stages did you go through? In which prisons, camps did you serve your sentence? Well, you must have forgotten, and, of course, again due to the passage of time!

In reality, I think it happened like this for you, Slavik: You were probably detained somewhere at a train station, having come into the police’s field of vision, because at that time there was an article in the Criminal Code — three years of imprisonment for vagrancy and parasitism. But apparently, they sorted out who they were dealing with, released you, gave you a salute, and apologized. That was a detention, but not an arrest; they have the right to detain for up to three days, and then a prosecutor’s sanction is needed, and that would then be an arrest, and after that, release only after serving the sentence under the corresponding article and by a court decision. But you were taken in 1979, and in 1980 you were already married!(?) Now that’s a discrepancy, confound it!

Let’s continue and be briefer, since one could write a captivating book based on the script of Radchuk’s video. I am focusing attention only on the most brazen statements of this card-sharp “evangelist,” who calls himself a global one. Well then, a global one, let him be a global one — a card-sharp “evangelist”!

Slavik married a beautiful young girl named Natasha in 1980. And they began traveling together and preaching the Gospel throughout the former USSR. In 1984 Slavik went to Siberia, where few churches had been organized before Perestroika. Christians from many countries prayed, and freedom finally came in 1987.
Imagine, you can just leave this without comment! In 1980 he married a beautiful and young one—why emphasize that? I mean, it’s not like he married an old and ugly one! And just picture this: in that same 1980 (when they started throwing people in prison with particular ferocity), Radchuk, along with his wife, all over the USSR, on rough roads, and with evangelization! Reading this, isn’t he just Ostap Bender? And do you remember the decree that was in force until 1986? You could only buy a ticket for any kind of transport if you had a certificate from your workplace stating that you were on leave during that period. Remember the time when stores were raided to catch parasites and truants, when even city buses were stopped for checks: if you didn’t have a certificate showing you worked a second or third shift, why were you riding the bus during the day? And here is Radchuk, as if nothing were wrong, traveling all over the Union, together with his wife, and on top of that, with evangelization!!! There you have it—little Article 209 of the Criminal Code, all ready-made, without any fabrication—two zero nine, it was called, deprivation of freedom for up to three years! So what is this two zero nine: If you don’t work for two months, they summon you to an administrative commission and give you one month to find a job—and a fine to boot. If you don’t get work, they give you another month and a double fine. And after four months of parasitism, a three-year camp term is guaranteed! But our “international evangelist,” together with his wife, somehow got hold of an “invisibility cap.” But in reality, what was it? Maybe a cap, or a roof—the very kind that issued tickets to the Gulag! Or he’s lying! So which is better? Take your pick—there is no third option!

As for 1987, that’s really something! People were still sitting in camps, and by the way, Vasyl Boechko, remember him? I know it’s unpleasant to recall! You dashed off abroad, but he went to camp! Well, think about it, just a small difference… a camp and abroad, either way you end up in another world! One more, one less—you probably don’t even remember them all. Actually, you should have traded places with him.

Now let’s continue:
So who benefits from this rumor that you are a prisoner?
Because it’s more effective to cash in on this image, the conclusion suggests itself. These are not the whispers of spiteful people, but Radchuk’s fraudulent conduct aimed at profit.
There is a type of fraud: Passing yourself off as a scholarly man—a figure of science and art, wearing a hero’s title, wearing a general’s uniform, forging veteran’s documents. AND!!! Like Radchuk, passing himself off as a prisoner. (Well, what won’t people do for money and unearned glory.) True, similar individuals are also found in the loony bin. There you can meet “Anka the Machine-Gunner,” “Marshal Zhukov,” “Prisoner of Auschwitz,” “Napoleon.” But Radchuk is not one of those!

Yet in world practice there is a corresponding article of the criminal code with appropriate punishment.
And what do we have here? — Here, our own hands are the masters! Our own—Bandoruk, Saenko, Kotyakov, Limonchenko (some surnames, indeed)—will understand, they won’t condemn. They won’t take him for a madman, and they’ll even praise his resourcefulness—they’ll support him. Well, someone might chuckle to himself at the originality of the ruse. The congregation won’t figure it out at all, nor will they try (to keep out of harm’s way). Since many have no understanding of these matters—some because of youth, others from a life of bending over—they won’t see the truth, but they’ll never say a word, and will keep repeating:
“Listen to what they say, but do not act according to their deeds.”
Or even better: I will not raise-ah-ah!! my hand against the Lord’s anointed-ed-ed!!!
And that’s exactly what this “smeared one” (and not only him) needs.

They certainly understand—silence makes everyone an accomplice. Even in Soviet practice, silence and servility made accomplices of all who saw, who heard, and who kept silent. Keeping silent meant approving! Approving meant participating!
And some are now actively and consciously exploiting these fears.

One more question straight to Slavik Radchuk: You were some kind of “prisoner” – incognito!
You kept yourself so well encrypted that only now, and only Americans, have found out about it!
If you were such an activist that they imprisoned you, then why has no one heard of it? Who was present at the trial?
Where did the investigation take place?
By the nature of my ministry, I would have known about this case. It supposedly happened, as you say, in 1979, and I was still free then, and I would definitely have protested to the atheistic Soviet authorities in your case and would have reported it to the world community. True, it would have later added to my sentence. But such was—and is—my ministry.
Everyone knows how you traveled all over the Union at all times, and I traveled often too. But I was pulled off airplanes, trains, buses countless times, detained, arrested, sometimes beaten, placed under house arrest, denied work; my photos were in every airport and railway station, raids were organized against me, I was persecuted in the Soviet press, my children were beaten in schools. And to crown it all—the Ural camps, then four months in a death-row cell and the Kolyma camps.
But neither I nor anyone else knew anything like that about you.

We knew something entirely different. And here is what:

Yes! You traveled all over the USSR! No one noticed you or bothered you, and why?
Because! You brought no small benefit to the godless Soviet government!
For example:
What drove you to Bataysk, to Murza’s church, in the dark Soviet era, to fight the anti‑Soviet emigration?
Or to Belarus, to Karpa Lyogkovo’s church, with the same theme?
You weren’t concerned about evangelization at all—on the contrary, you made the Soviet government and its chains that held us even tighter. You were very much concerned that we wouldn’t seek freedom and wouldn’t expose the godless regime. At the godless ones’ instigation, you stuck the labels of politicos on us. “Well, of course—I understand! You were a Soviet patriot, and what won’t you do for your dear Soviet homeland! So, day and night you dashed around the Union.”
But that’s just some strokes; if a complete picture of you were written, it would be horrifying!
But take comfort, Slavik. You weren’t the only one like that.

Don’t you like that? And which of you—pastors in the USSR (with the exception of a few whom you can count on your fingers)—ever stood up even once and openly raised your voice in defense of prisoners or the innocently persecuted? Oh, I almost forgot! Some of you, especially those who were in the registration, even forbade praying for prisoners. Yet, every day and many times over, you offered up prayers for the godless government. But God did not hear you! Your godless government perished, and you have no intention of repenting for your service to it—the one so dear to you! You know the camps only from books. Therefore you cannot understand us!
So don’t try to latch on to our sufferings, which we bore in the name of the highest love for God and neighbor.
But the most interesting and paradoxical thing is that you, without blushing (you’re already red—there’s nowhere left to blush), almost all of you flocked to the American embassy to get refugee status and dash off to America!

You didn’t endure it, you didn’t earn it, don’t cling, don’t play on feelings, show respect to those who have earned it, because these merits are honor from God! They are beatings, torture, grief, tears, deprivation, hunger. (And every one of you had that chance.)
And these merits will be paid for by heaven.
Today, life goes on! We are held in contempt by such as Radchuk, Bondaruk, Saenko, Monich, Kasyunuk, Bilas, Limonchenko, Kozlov, Kotyakov, Prokhor, Lebed, Tsybulsky, and their name is legion!
And it was not only the prisoner who suffered—the family suffered to no lesser degree! And our bonds were made more grievous by some of the above‑mentioned comrades.

There you have it! A promotional film of Radchuk’s in Russian has turned up. Let’s watch, let’s compare! – Some will be astonished by the reckless, brazen lies, and some will burst into tears—what kind of federation of brotherhood am I part of? Watch the English version for comparison. What will the difference be? Exactly! In the Russian one, he isn’t a prisoner. And… he didn’t do any evangelization in the dense Soviet era. And he lies shamelessly—to each according to the circumstances, so that it’s impossible to verify.
Exactly—he pretended to be a prisoner for the Americans. So the mystery box simply opened for those who were puzzled: where did Radchuk get a multi‑million‑dollar house?
To this question, he answers some like this: One American gifted me 120 thousand, another 50, and Bonka! I myself don’t know why, he slipped me a million! And so on in the same vein; it creates the impression that everyone lines up to him to unload their money. But the box turns out to have opened more simply: Radchuk decided to cash in on the high title of PRISONER. The Americans think: Poor Slavik, he toiled through camps and prisons, starved on prison gruel, well let him recover from the horror of the Soviet Gulag.

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