You might never know their names. But you need to hear their stories. Two more pastors have been killed for their faith in India, yet the work they started continues.
It is very true that persecution is intensifying in India.
But the Gospel cannot be stopped.
Not by mob violence. Not by government opposition. Not by intimidation. Not by bloodshed.
In the midst of many deadly challenges, the name of Jesus is being proclaimed.
Let me tell you the story.
I am just now returning from my 27th trip to India, a country I love dearly and a country I visit annually to spend time with dear friends there.
I heard the report about these two martyrs from another pastor who worked with them closely.
Not only so, but I was directly connected to both of them, having laid hands on them and commissioned them some years back. They had graduated from a colleague’s ministry school, and I spoke at their graduation ceremony.
And when we prayed over them, we sent them out to share the good news of Jesus with the lost, whatever the cost or consequences.
All of the graduates pledged themselves for the Gospel, whether by life or by death.
They did this in the spirit of Paul’s words: “… it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death” (Philippians 1:20).
These were not just idle words for them. They knew the dangers inherent in their mission. They knew that standing for Jesus might literally cost them their lives, as it has with millions of others worldwide in previous generations.
On my first trip there in 1993, we visited a tribal region whose location I will not mention for security purposes. Suffice it to say it was quite remote, to the point that we were warned not to leave our guest quarters at night because a man-eating tiger was on the loose. (I kid you not.)
It was tribal in every sense of the word, and its many villages had almost no churches. (To give you a picture of how primitive this setting still is, for $50 a month, you can support a pastor and his family full time. Yes, $50 meets all their monthly needs.)
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SOURCE: Christian Post, Michael Brown
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