Joseph Bondarenko

Joseph (Iosef) Bondarenko (born December 15, 1936) is a Russian evangelical minister, author, theologian, public speaker and founder of Good Call Ministries,[1] based out of Orange County, California. Bondarenko currently resides in Santa Barbara, California. A notable Soviet dissident, in 1962 Bondarenko's diploma was withheld and he was expelled as a young man from Odessa Institute of Marine Fleet Engineers (currently Odessa National Maritime University) for illegally engaging in religious activities in the Soviet Union.[2] Undeterred by this expulsion, Bondarenko's ongoing activities eventually led to multiple prison terms in both Odessa and Kiev.[3]

References

  1. ↑ http://goodcallministries.org/Home/AboutUs
  2. ↑ de Boer, ed., S.P.; et al. (1982). Biographical Dictionary of Soviet Dissidents 1956-1975. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. p. 61. ISBN 90-247-2538-0.
  3. ↑ Bourdeaux, Michael (1968). Religious Ferment in Russia; Protestant Opposition to Soviet Religious Policy. London: MacMillan & Co., Ltd. p. 213.
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