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namaste1.pngindia logo.pngThe church in India is currently averaging 500 baptisms per day. We have experienced over 49,108 baptisms in the first quarter of this year. To God we give all the honor and glory.  It is His work.  We are simply invited into His field and are honored to work side by side with you in an amazing harvest of souls. May none be lost. The writer of Hebrews exhorts: "See to it that no one fail to obtain the grace of God" (Hebrews 12:15).
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Great Persecution
Written by Jerris Bullard   
Friday, 21 November 2008 21:16
In a letter to brother Ron Clayton, who is currently doing mission work in India, one of our native Indian preachers wrote about the situation in Bangalore:

Dear Uncle Ron,

Greetings to you in Jesus Precious name.
I hope you received my last email. 1 sent you an update of the situation here in Bangalore and other areas ofKarnataka. To further update you on this issue. I have been closely observing the developments and this is what I see.

Last Sunday was very tense. People who attended church everywhere were very scared. Our congregation had very few people attend because of fear of attack. According to our expectation a couple of churches were attacked in Bangalore 3 Km from our Home near the ring road. Then Christians came in protest and the ring road was blocked couple hours.

The situation is so bad that there is a policeman at every single church in Bangalore. The police man sleeps there at night as well. The very fact that there is a policeman at every church signifies the threat that lingers. At the Midicanhalli church we were asked not to come because groups came there in the morning and threatened to attack if we conducted services.

I am deeply sorry to say that we will not be able to have VBS classes in November. As the police have requested us and all churches in Bangalore to cut down on their actives temporarily in sight of the security situation here in Bangalore.  Unless the real people behind the attacks are arrested we are under constant threat.  I think it is wise not to have any programs for our children during the holidays.   It is better than regretting later if anything unfortunate happens.
Thank you,
Jonathan Paul Raj


What are we to do when they persecute us?   The Lord gave this instruction to the Apostles:

When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next; for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel, before the Son of man comes.   Matthew 10: 23

This is exactly what we must do. There is work to be done.. .there are receptive people to reach for the Lord.. .and persecution is not to be found everywhere.
We weep with those who weep. Some have been martyred for their Lord. Others have lost property. Some brethrens' homes have been burned. A few church buildings vandalized...communion trays destroyed.. .song books torn apart. All brethren have been terrorized.


The Lord also said:

Have no fear of them....do not fear those who can kill the body but cannot kill the soul....So everyone who confesses me before men, I also will confess before my Father who is in Heaven; but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in Heaven.

Matthew 10: 26-33

As of this writing the three months long wave of persecution appears to be ebbing. We thank God for His mercy. (Compare Matthew 24: 22.)

 

Whom shall we send?

KAKINADA, INDIA - India’s missionaries train here.

They come to the Kakinada School of Preaching from across India — including Bihar and Orissa states, where Christians routinely suffer persecution. Some bear the light skin and Asian features of Mainipur state in India’s far east. A few are from Myanmar, a nation in Southeast Asia where religious gatherings often are restricted or prohibited.

Despite the risks, the students intend to return to their homelands after graduation and plant churches.

The school began in 1971 with the goal of training “reliable men who will also be qualified to teach others,” president Nehemiah Gootam said, quoting the words of 2 Timothy 2:2.  

Those “reliable men” come increasingly from the Global South — India, Southeast Asia, Latin America and Africa. Churches of Christ in these locales have boomed in the past century. Learn More

Two million baptisms reveal India as 'greatest restoration movement of our time'

These numbers are possible because India is a huge country with more than 1 billion people. Today one of every six people in the world lives in India.' By Ron Clayton
For The Christian Chronicle

November 1, 2005

I have been working in India since 1979. It has been quite a ride! On my first trip, I worked with one American and many Indian preachers for 25 days. I preached 61 times.

As a team, we baptized 900 souls. Much of this work was in new areas where teaching had been done, but churches had not yet been planted.

The idea that Americans go to India, preach and baptize hundreds after they hear the gospel one time is false. In each of the places I went, local Indian preachers had been working for months — sometimes, years. They had been teaching, planting and watering. Learn More

India and the subcontinent: A profile of churches

indiamapNEW DELHI, INDIA - The nimble rickshaw puller squeezes between street vendors on the narrow streets of India’s congested capital.

Peering between the stands selling samosas and chai tea, two American church members glimpse a service at a Hindu temple. Worshipers, on their knees and covered in flowers, wait to get a blessing from the priestess.
After the puller dutifully unloads their bags, the visitors wade through the bustling train station and begin the journey south. It’s a 30-hour ride to their destination.

Through the train windows they see the crowds of people evaporate as the urban sprawl of New Delhi gives way to fields of endless rice. After a night sleeping on the train’s flat berths, the visitors awake to a changed landscape. Learn More
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