India (MNN) — In 65 years of ministry, Mission Cry has despatched a number of sea containers with free Bibles and Christian books to India, in addition to 177 different nations. The ministry has constructed optimistic relationships with native Indian believers who distribute Christian literature.
Nonetheless, Mission Cry’s president Jason Woolford says, “Simply this 12 months, we’re having issue getting containers to be allowed in.
“The president of their nation has put in anti-conversion legal guidelines which have opened the door to radical Hindus to enter many of those areas that we’ve despatched the place they’ve actually ripped church buildings proper to their basis.”
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Woolford shares, “Just lately, one in all our Mission Cry missionaries…went to one of many church buildings within the Chandigarh space the place Christians had paid for outdoor bogs to be put in, 12 of them, exterior of the church for your entire group — no matter your faith — to make use of. [But] as a result of Christians put them in, they ripped the church down and the free bogs.”
But, intimidation ways received’t cease the Gospel. Mission Cry is engaged on sending one other transport container to the Indian metropolis of Chandigarh which can be stuffed with half 1,000,000 {dollars} price of free Bibles and Christian books to present away.
“In a single church in that space, it went from 400 individuals to 2,000 individuals in lower than one 12 months,” Woolford says. “Christianity is exploding there and so they’re making an attempt to cease it, and no man goes to cease what God is doing in that space.”
Many individuals in India are day laborers, that means what they work to earn that day is what they have to stay on till the following day. Books are a luxurious day laborers can’t afford, a lot much less a Bible.
The present of a Bible, even in English, is extremely worthwhile in a number of elements of India. Woolford explains, “English is the monetary language of the world,” and Mission Cry solely sends their Bibles and Christian books the place English texts are needed and helpful.
This container to India will price roughly $11,000 to ship. You may give to Mission Cry’s India undertaking right here!
Additionally, Woolford asks for prayer “that we now have continued favor with clearing brokers there. Then additionally, they are often praying…for sustainability for our brothers and sisters of their religion whereas they’re going by way of this stuff…that they know they’re not forgotten about. They usually’ll know they’re not forgotten about as a result of individuals like us and people which might be listening come to their support with the Phrase of God.”
Header picture courtesy of Paul Silvan through Unsplash.
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