Death of Russian Broadcaster Earl Samuel Poysti: 1920-2010

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Monday, March 8, 2010

Death of Russian Broadcaster Earl Samuel Poysti: 1920-2010



By Michael Ireland
Chief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service

ESTES PARK, COLORADO
(ANS) – Russian Christian broadcaster Earl Samuel Poysti passed away in the early hours of Monday, March 8, 2010 at the age of 89 years.

The Russian Christian Radio website

Early Poysti at the microphone (Russian Christian Radio photo).

www.rcr.ru/eng/Poysti  says Poysti was born in Nikolsk-Ussurisk, Russia October 9, 1920 and immigrated to the United States in the 1930s.

In Russian, he was known as Yarl Nikolaiyevich Peisti. He lived with his family in New York and attended the National Bible Institute where he prepared himself for Christian ministry.

In 1946, he broadcast his first sermon in Russian over a local radio station in NY City. Poysti was active in broadcast radio ministry with various organizations until 2000, when he retired. His radio programs continue to be broadcast throughout Russia over satellite and on the Internet.

Poysti is survived by his wife Natasha, as well as five of his sons and his four daughters. Poysti’s first wife, Pirkko Suomela preceded him in death in 1994.



Jim Leonovich of the Slavic Missionary Society said of Poysti: “He was a great encouragement to me personally when I was feeling like I wanted to leave ministry. He will be missed by all Russian broadcasters, being one of the ‘great Heroes’ of short wave Russian language evangelism during the Soviet Era. He and my dad were great friends serving the Lord together in Monte Carlo with TWR and then in Russia.”

A private funeral will be held in Estes Park, Colorado for family members, while a series of memorial services will be held in various parts of the country. For more information, contact Russian Christian Radio at (770) 864.6464.

** Michael Ireland, Chief Correspondent of ANS, is an international British freelance journalist who was formerly a reporter with a London (United Kingdom) newspaper and has been a frequent contributor to UCB Europe, a British Christian radio station. While in the UK, Michael traveled to Canada and the United States, Albania,Yugoslavia, Holland, Germany,and Czechoslovakia. He has reported for ANS from Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Israel, Jordan, China,and Russia. Michael’s volunteer involvement with ASSIST News Service is a sponsored ministry department — ‘Michael Ireland Media Missionary’ (MIMM) — of A.C.T. International of P.O.Box 1649, Brentwood, TN 37024-1649,at: Artists in Christian Testimony (A.C.T.) International where you can donate online to support his stated mission of ‘Truth Through Christian Journalism.’ If you have a news or feature story idea for Michael, please contact him at: ANS Chief Reporter

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