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One of the pastors serving in North India that Serve India partners with recently sent us a report from Uttar Pradesh, which is one of the most densely populated regions in the world with 150 million people living in an area the size of Missouri. Yet only .016% of these people are Christian. Our pastor recently led a man to the Lord who was a “magician.” These “magicians” are much more than sleight of hand artists but use witchcraft and demonic powers. Over the centuries, these magicians have used these powers to exert control over communities and profit from the fears of the local people.
This former “magician” got a burden for his mentor who controlled a village near his and shared the story of Jesus with him. The mentor wanted to know more and invited our pastor along with Serve India president Ebenezer Samuel to tell the whole village about Jesus. I have included some pictures of this village.
The mentor listened to the whole message intently and said the message was working in him. He has stopped his sorcery and does not worship his gods anymore. BUT he is not a believer yet. He has been reading his Bible for some time even before he heard the message of the Gospel. He now sends those seeking his help to the nearby Serve India pastor to hear the Gospel instead.
There are literally thousands of these small communities throughout India that are controlled by this type of witchcraft, and most of these villages have never had a Gospel witness. Often these villages are difficult to travel to, as the roads and transportation have changed little in 3000 years. The native pastors are very well suited to make the difficult journeys to these villages to plant churches and raise their families in these poor areas. They are the true unsung heroes of the native missionary movement. Most came to these villages with their own resources and had no means of support and with dogged determination started a church in a totally unreached area. There are also thousands of these native pastors dotted across the map of India who have paid the price to establish a foothold in unreached regions.
Please pray for this magician/sorcerer while he reads his Bible that He will receive Christ. Pray that he will have courage since rejection will come from his caste (he is a Brahmin) and that he will have courage not to fear the demons that he submitted to. Pray that he will know the power of God to forgive and protect him from evil and strengthen him from hardship.
This former “magician” got a burden for his mentor who controlled a village near his and shared the story of Jesus with him. The mentor wanted to know more and invited our pastor along with Serve India president Ebenezer Samuel to tell the whole village about Jesus. I have included some pictures of this village.
The mentor listened to the whole message intently and said the message was working in him. He has stopped his sorcery and does not worship his gods anymore. BUT he is not a believer yet. He has been reading his Bible for some time even before he heard the message of the Gospel. He now sends those seeking his help to the nearby Serve India pastor to hear the Gospel instead.
There are literally thousands of these small communities throughout India that are controlled by this type of witchcraft, and most of these villages have never had a Gospel witness. Often these villages are difficult to travel to, as the roads and transportation have changed little in 3000 years. The native pastors are very well suited to make the difficult journeys to these villages to plant churches and raise their families in these poor areas. They are the true unsung heroes of the native missionary movement. Most came to these villages with their own resources and had no means of support and with dogged determination started a church in a totally unreached area. There are also thousands of these native pastors dotted across the map of India who have paid the price to establish a foothold in unreached regions.
Please pray for this magician/sorcerer while he reads his Bible that He will receive Christ. Pray that he will have courage since rejection will come from his caste (he is a Brahmin) and that he will have courage not to fear the demons that he submitted to. Pray that he will know the power of God to forgive and protect him from evil and strengthen him from hardship.
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