Dr. Paul Fiddes and Bishop Malkhaz Songulashvili (Baptists from the UK and Georgia respectively) have recently published an interesting article on “A dialogue between the Orthodox Church of Georgia and the ‘Evangelical Christian-Baptists’ of Georgia (1979-1980) with its wider Baptist context” in the International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church. This dialogue was held in a situation of oppression by the Communist State and resulted in a joint statement which the authors maintain sets the context for contemporary Baptist work in Georgia. The 1980 document does not represent the current position of the Orthodox Church in Georgia but it might point to some hope for future cooperation in the mission of God.
A copy of this interesting article can be downloaded here – Orthodox and Baptist dialogue in Georgia
