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| Gospel |
 Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2004 11:07 am |
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India (MNN) -- Your prayers are urgently requested for Pastor Kumar, a
Gospel For Asia native missionary in the south Indian state of
Karnataka, who is right now facing a life-and-death situation.
After his graduation from a GFA Bible college, he and his wife Sonia
moved to an unreached village and began their ministry together, sharing
the love of Jesus with those who had never heard His name. Over the past
two years the Lord has given them growth: Not only has their baby boy
become a happy little toddler, but today more than 40 new believers
gather to worship the living God in the church he has established.
But Pastor Kumar's faithful labors and victories have not come without
attack from Satan. He has received threats from anti-Christian
fundamentalist groups over the past several weeks. Last week those
threats escalated into a full-scale demonstration.
One of our senior leaders notified GFA that a mob went to each house in
Kumar's village, threatening anyone who went to church this Sunday --
they would break their arms and legs, and kill them. Finally they came
to Pastor Kumar's home and beat him. Before leaving, they delivered
their ultimatum: If he conducted Sunday services this weekend, they
would kill him in front of his wife and son.
Pastor Kumar reported these threats to his GFA leader, who brought the
incident to the police. However, the police responded that they couldn't
help; this mob was too large and the pastor should do whatever he wanted
to do.
Founder and President of Gospel For Asia, KP Yohannan says the chief of
police says the treats were serious and the encouraged Pastor Kumar to
stay away. "He didn't go to church. Meanwhile, praise God, the elders of
the church they called all the believers. (And), They met for worship on
Sunday morning in another location."
Meanwhile, GFA has appealed to the central government in Deli and asked
them to intervene in this situation. Yohannan says local persecution is
on the increase, but so are the number of conversions. He says in the
midst of persecution many are turning to Christ.
$30 a month can support a pastor, evangelist and church planter in
India. Money is also needed to supply Bibles to the thousands of people
who are coming to Christ. |
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| Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2004 1:37 pm |
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"Gospel" <GospelNOSPAM@NOSPAM.NET> wrote in message
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Quote: India (MNN) -- Your prayers are urgently requested
xtianity = lot of talk, little meditation. |
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| Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2004 5:04 pm |
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