It's no secret that the purity of family life is in jeopardy. The nation houses a large number of orphans (over 700,000 in fact) and contains thousands of parents plagued by alcoholism, reports Mission Network News. But according to one Russian professor's recent studies, the family may be in even more trouble than previously thought. Abortion rates and divorce rates are both rising quickly in Russia, according to Professor Vasily Zhukov of the Russian Social University in Moscow. Joel Griffith with Slavic Gospel Association says the information matches what they've seen. Griffith notes that in a recent article by Zhukov, ‘He was basically making the case that the number of abortions in Russia is really vastly understated. He says that you have 1.3 million abortions officially reported in Russia, but you can actually up that to 3 to 4 million abortions that are annually carried out in Russia.’
Pray: that marriage would be accepted as central to family life and relationships. (1Cor.7:39)