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Pastor Denis Kozlov grew up in the Soviet Union — where touching an American quarter felt like holding a piece of outer space, where Bibles were smuggled across borders, and where a gang of street kids with Mohawks and leather jackets stumbled into a revival that was quietly reshaping an empire. In this episode of Insights with Marcia, Denis shares his remarkable journey from Soviet propaganda to preaching the gospel in English — a language he says God gave him as a gift. He opens up about the collapse of the Iron Curtain, the wave of missionaries that flooded Russia in the early ’90s, thousands gathering just to receive a free Bible, and how one courageous woman “crossed the chicken line” to reach a group of mocking teenagers — including him. Denis also gets raw about losing his faith for years inside “churchianity,” the difference between religion and actually experiencing God, and the two-ship vision that reignited his calling. Today he’s planting a bilingual church in Florida and leading people home — one pizza dinner at a time.

🎙️ Topics covered:

-Growing up in the Soviet Union under communist propaganda

-The Iron Curtain lifting & the Russian Christian revival of the 1990s

-Smuggled Bibles and thousands gathering for a New Testament

-How Denis learned English supernaturally through prayer

-The salvation moment: a gang of street kids all stood up at once

-Religion vs. really encountering God face-to-face

-The “chicken line” and the courage to share your faith

-Planting Homecoming Church in Florida✨

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