With the collapse of the USSR in 1991 evangelicals received unprecedented opportunity to raise their voices in the public arena. However, as the events during the Revolution of Dignity (2013–2014) in Ukraine demonstrated, most evangelicals could not formulate their attitude towards these events. Instead they assumed existing positions which sometimes were fundamentally opposite to the Christian narrative. This article seeks to explore perspectives of the one of the pioneers of Baptism in the Russian Empire, Vasilii V. Ivanov-Klyshnikov (1846–1919), on the church, Kingdom of God and society with the view to find elements for a public theology. Ivanov’s perspectives are expanded through the concept of the church as visible and political.

随着1991年苏联的瓦解，福音派人士获得了前所未有的机会，可以在公共场合表达自己的声音。但是，正如乌克兰在“尊严革命”（2013-2014年）期间发生的事件所表明的那样，大多数福音派人士无法表达出对这些事件的态度。取而代之的是，他们假设了现有的立场，这些立场有时与基督教的叙述基本相反。本文旨在探讨俄罗斯帝国洗礼先驱者之一Vasilii V. Ivanov-Klyshnikov（1846–1919）在教堂，上帝王国和社会上的观点，以期寻找公共神学的要素。伊凡诺夫的观点通过教会的可见和政治概念得到扩展。