Imagine...
Imagine fleeing permanently from your home in the dead of night with your wife and young 
children in imminent danger of death. Imagine working in a mission field seeking to win souls for Christ for more than two decades with no fruit. Imagine the determination required to continue day after day for years on end on a mission that seems to have no results. This is the experience of a partner ministry in India.
This man and his wife possess immeasurable persistence, discipline and fortitude. India has the second largest population of Muslims in the world (over 150 million or 15% of India's population). Yet only 1-2% of the missions effort in India is targeted at that 15% of the population who are Muslim. Conversions come at great cost. Other faiths and tribes seem to come to Christ much more easily. And yet this couple perseveres.
Our friend says that ministry to Muslims requires three things:
Imagine the indescribable joy of seeing the first conversion after more than two decades of tireless but seemingly fruitless labor. Imagine entering your fourth decade of service shepherding more than 150 families of converts in a number of congregations across India. Our Lord is faithful...
children in imminent danger of death. Imagine working in a mission field seeking to win souls for Christ for more than two decades with no fruit. Imagine the determination required to continue day after day for years on end on a mission that seems to have no results. This is the experience of a partner ministry in India. This man and his wife possess immeasurable persistence, discipline and fortitude. India has the second largest population of Muslims in the world (over 150 million or 15% of India's population). Yet only 1-2% of the missions effort in India is targeted at that 15% of the population who are Muslim. Conversions come at great cost. Other faiths and tribes seem to come to Christ much more easily. And yet this couple perseveres.
Our friend says that ministry to Muslims requires three things:
- Life-long commitment
- Long-term goals
- Sacrificial labor
Imagine the indescribable joy of seeing the first conversion after more than two decades of tireless but seemingly fruitless labor. Imagine entering your fourth decade of service shepherding more than 150 families of converts in a number of congregations across India. Our Lord is faithful...