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Ivan Voronaev
Leader of the Pentecostal church in Russia
Ivan Efimovich Voronaev (born Nikita Petrovich Cherkasov; 16 April 1885) was a Russian Pentecostal pastor and missionary. This American immigrant introduced Pentecostalism to Russia, Ukraine and some other Slavic nations. Voronaev founded the first Russian-language Pentecostal church in Manhattan in 1919.
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The NKVD secret police executed Voronaev in 1937. N. P. Cherkasov entered history under the name Ivan Voronaev, which he received when obtaining a fake passport. He was born into the family of an Orenburg Cossack. After finishing school, he worked as a clerk for the village ataman. In 1907, he was called up for active duty and served in the 5th Orenburg Cossack Regiment in the town of Kazerma (Turkestan). During his service, he accidentally attended a worship service of evangelical Christians-Baptists and became a Baptist, receiving baptism in the Tashkent community of Christian Baptists. «…
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