V 1960-e gg. v SSSR proizoshel raskol v srede evangel"skikh khristian-baptistov. Parallel"no VSEKhB byl obrazovan Sovet tserkvey evangel"skikh khristian-baptistov. V nastoyashchee vremya Rossiya aktivno vtyagivaetsya v protsess globalizatsii, usilivaetsya zarubezhnoe proniknovenie, v tom chisle i v dukhovnoy sfere. V dannom kontekste izuchenie istorii evangel"skikh khristian-baptistov v SSSR predstavlyaet osobyy interes, poskol"ku baptizm yavlyaetsya raznovidnost"yu zapadnogo khristianstva, rasprostranivshegosya v Rossii. V svyazi s dannymi obstoyatel"stvami voznikaet potrebnost" v issledovanii polozheniya v sovetskom i postsovetskom obshchestve ob"edineniy evangel"skikh khristian-baptistov, v tselom, storonnikov STsEKhB, v chastnosti, razlichnykh napravleniy ikh deyatel"nosti, osnovnykh printsipov vzaimootnosheniy mezhdu gosudarstvom i evangel"skimi khristianami-baptistami. V monografii vpervye predprinyata popytka raskryt" istoriyu sovetskikh evangel"skikh khristian-baptistov, raskola v EKhB, Soveta tserkvey EKhB cherez publikatsii v zhurnale «Bratskiy listok», kotoryy Sovet tserkvey evangel"skikh khristian-baptistov nachal izdavat" s 1965 g.