Traveling Bible Truck exhibit

Spokane’s Slavic Christian community is bringing the Bible Truck to town. A semi truck walk-through exhibit on the history of the Bible, local Slavic clergy hope the installation will provide spiritual inspiration for those who see it.

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Sat., Aug. 26, 2017

Oksana Krutikov, right, gives a group of children a tour through the traveling exhibit that explains the history of the Bible Friday, Aug. 25, 2017 at the Light of the Gospel Church in Spokane Valley.

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A semi trailer filled with a traveling exhibit that explains the history of the Bible is parked Friday, Aug. 25, 2017 at the Light of the Gospel Church in Spokane Valley.

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A traveling exhibit that explains the history of the Bible included replicas of ancient vessels that held the Dead Sea scrolls, shown Friday, Aug. 25, 2017 at the Light of the Gospel Church in Spokane Valley. The “Bible Truck” will travel around Spokane throughout the next week.

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In a traveling Bible history exhibit, examples show how Bibles were hidden and smuggled during the Soviet era, shown Friday, Aug. 25, 2017. The exhibit, created by a group involved in sharing and smuggling Bibles under the Soviet regimes, is free and tours are offered in Russian and English.

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Oksana Krutikov, left, give a group of children a tour through the traveling exhibit that explains the history of the Bible Friday, Aug. 25, 2017 at the Light of the Gospel Church in Spokane Valley. The exhibit is mounted in a semi trailer and walks viewers through the history of the Bible with a special emphasis on the suppression of, and underground smuggling of, the book during the Soviet era. The exhibit was put together by a mission group that helped spread the Bible during the dark days of Communist crackdowns on Christianity. The truck will travel around Spokane throughout the next week.

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