TASHKENT, Uzbekistan —Police in the Uzbek capital of Tashkent raided the Bethany Baptist Church during Sunday worship on Oct. 17, declaring the service an “illegal religious meeting” and demanding the pastor promise to stop all church activities. Pastor Nikolai Shevchenko declined to do so. After confiscating samples of literature found in the church sanctuary and classrooms, the officers left, telling…
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