Persecution in Asia
Any modern-day religion or sect within a religion that advocates violence as a means of promoting that belief system is wholly bankrupt. Here is an example in which a few adherents of the Hindu religion do just that. A willful disregard for people and property is a sign of cultic faith. Such behavior is not, of course, characteristic of traditional Hindu beliefs.
Subject: Fw: [GFA Urgent Prayer] Missionary Kidnapped
Dear family--
Please see the message below from the president of Gospel for Asia (the organization through which our family is donating $$ to have a well dug). Some of the native missionaries over there are in serious trouble, and perhaps also the few that we support, although we're not sure of that.
...
Mindy & Rob
-----Forwarded Message-----
>From: DR KP Yohannan
>Sent: Feb 1, 2006 9:20 PM
>>Subject: [GFA Urgent Prayer] Missionary Kidnapped
>
>[GFA Urgent Prayer] Missionary Kidnapped
>------------------------------------------------------
>
>Dear Robert,
>
>It is my sad duty to share with you the news that one of our Gospel for Asia native missionaries has been kidnapped by terrorists in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh.
>
>Pastor Subhash, a young single missionary who has already started five mission stations with 28 believers, was returning home in a taxi with five other people--but they never reached their destination.
>
>Yesterday, Subhash's parents received a letter that said he had been kidnapped by an extremist Marxist group known as the Naxalites. The letter did not mention any ransom or other demand, but did ask that Subhash's parents "help in order to secure his safe release."
>
>This latest incident comes in a week in which we have received reports of more than two dozen of our native missionaries and Bible college students being badly beaten in Bihar and Madhya Pradesh. It also comes as hundreds of thousands of Hindus are planning to swarm into a tribal area of Gujarat in order to persecute the Christians living there.
>
>Please pray for Subhash's safe release. Pray also for his parents, that God will be with them through this ordeal. And please join me and the rest of the GFA family in praying for all of our persecuted brothers and sisters across South Asia who are suffering at the hands of anti-Christian elements.
>
>Yours for the lost of Asia,
>
>K.P. Yohannan
>Gospel for Asia
>
>_______________________
>
>::: About Gospel for Asia:
>
>::: Sign-up Information
>If you received this email as a forward and would like to sign up, please visit our website at http://www.gfa.org/emailupdate and join over 220,000 Christians around the world who receive GFA's email update!
>
>_______________________
>
>Gospel for Asia
>1800 Golden Trail Ct.
>Carrollton TX 75010
>800-WIN-ASIA
Subject: Fw: [GFA Urgent Prayer] Missionary Kidnapped
Dear family--
Please see the message below from the president of Gospel for Asia (the organization through which our family is donating $$ to have a well dug). Some of the native missionaries over there are in serious trouble, and perhaps also the few that we support, although we're not sure of that.
...
Mindy & Rob
-----Forwarded Message-----
>From: DR KP Yohannan
>Sent: Feb 1, 2006 9:20 PM
>>Subject: [GFA Urgent Prayer] Missionary Kidnapped
>
>[GFA Urgent Prayer] Missionary Kidnapped
>------------------------------------------------------
>
>Dear Robert,
>
>It is my sad duty to share with you the news that one of our Gospel for Asia native missionaries has been kidnapped by terrorists in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh.
>
>Pastor Subhash, a young single missionary who has already started five mission stations with 28 believers, was returning home in a taxi with five other people--but they never reached their destination.
>
>Yesterday, Subhash's parents received a letter that said he had been kidnapped by an extremist Marxist group known as the Naxalites. The letter did not mention any ransom or other demand, but did ask that Subhash's parents "help in order to secure his safe release."
>
>This latest incident comes in a week in which we have received reports of more than two dozen of our native missionaries and Bible college students being badly beaten in Bihar and Madhya Pradesh. It also comes as hundreds of thousands of Hindus are planning to swarm into a tribal area of Gujarat in order to persecute the Christians living there.
>
>Please pray for Subhash's safe release. Pray also for his parents, that God will be with them through this ordeal. And please join me and the rest of the GFA family in praying for all of our persecuted brothers and sisters across South Asia who are suffering at the hands of anti-Christian elements.
>
>Yours for the lost of Asia,
>
>K.P. Yohannan
>Gospel for Asia
>
>_______________________
>
>::: About Gospel for Asia:
>
>::: Sign-up Information
>If you received this email as a forward and would like to sign up, please visit our website at http://www.gfa.org/emailupdate and join over 220,000 Christians around the world who receive GFA's email update!
>
>_______________________
>
>Gospel for Asia
>1800 Golden Trail Ct.
>Carrollton TX 75010
>800-WIN-ASIA
posted by Don Daniels at
11:07 AM
2 Comments:
From my experience with Hindu people, I have found them to be amazingly courteous and compassionate. I believe that God is moving in India to do something new. Many of the most gifted programmers, analysts and project managers in IT are from India; coming to the U.S. and havin hearts ripe for the Gospel. Check out the secular book "The World Is Flat". It chronicles a massive shift in monetary and intellectual capital to India.
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For Christ's Fame, at 7:24 AM
Yes, Owen, it is too easy for us to tar any group with one brush in a manner in which we would not like to be tarred. The misdeeds of a few shouldn't prejudice us against the humanity of the many.
Hopefully the shift in monetary and intellectual capital will be accompanied by faiths living alongside each other in physical peace and security.
I, too, have noticed these qualities in our friends from India, Pakistan, and other countries.
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Anonymous, at 1:51 PM
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