Still, the Large Party Doukhobors continued to consider him their spiritual leader and to communicate with him, by mail and via delegates who traveled to see him in Obdorsk, Siberia.
The headquarters of the organization of Community Doukhobors, Peter Verigin's Christian Community of Universal Brotherhood (CCUB), was located in Veregin from the organization's incorporation in 1917 until its move to Brilliant (near Castlegar, British Columbia).
He is also known for representing Doukhobors who stripped naked in court to defend their religious freedom as well as Gillian Guess, who was charged with obstruction of justice for having an affair with an accused in a criminal trial while serving on the jury.