head of russia's pen pentecostal union, he meets with the leaders. he worries the influence is coming at the expense of religious freedom. specially for minority groups such as christians, jews, and buddhists. >> for example, if evangelicals can't buy a piece of land to build a church. >> churches destroyed during the soviet era are being rebuilt with russian tax payor money. the government has spent hundreds of millions of dollars restoring some 23,000 churches. we found mixed reactions on the streets of moscow of the growing bond between church and state. >> i am happy, but need to look at to islamic countries in the middle east to see the potential danagers between religion and state. >> the head of the orthodox church is on a mission to expand powers and influence. >> the new head of the russian orthodox church is attempting to turn the church -- it is old and out of date. >> orthodox's biggest come competitors, charismatic churches. >> cbn news received a document backed by the orthodox church. study is titled, ways to weaken the pentecostal sec