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Week of March 7-2010

KarenB — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 06:00:33 +0000

March 7 : God’s Business. Pray for Bangalore Baptist Hospital’s Governing Board meeting this month. Intercede for them as they approve budgets and make other financial decisions, and lift up the leadership of the hospital as they prepare and as they present reports. Pray that in all the business, God’s direction will be sought and followed. Thank you for your prayers for the revival services which reached their conclusion on Jan. 29-30. Give thanks to the Lord that in the special services held that weekend over 200 staff and students signed commitment cards. Pray that the experiences of recent months will translate into a stronger spiritual outreach at the hospital. Pray for the follow-up of those who made decisions.

Pray for Hindu pilgrims traveling to the Kumbh Mela in Haridwar, India

MikeM — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:44:32 +0000

The Kumbh Mela (pronounced KHOOM MAY-lah) draws the largest gathering in the world. During the 2010 Kumbh Mela, officials expect 50 million people to visit Haridwar, India. Pray for the salvation of Hindus celebrating the Kumbh Mela now through April.

INDIA–Prayer points for Hindu pilgrims at the Kumbh Mela

MikeM — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:40:11 +0000

Millions of Hindu pilgrims are making their way to Haridwar, India, all hoping to wash away their sins by bathing in the Ganges River during this “auspicious” time. Please pray for the salvation of Hindus celebrating the Kumbh Mela now through April 28.

Hindus hope to have their sins forgiven at India’s Kumbh Mela festivals

KarenB — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:00:16 +0000

By Dara Fullerton*

Hindus gather on a normal day to bathe and do laundry in the Ganges River at Haridwar. During the Kumbh Mela, the crowds here swell into millions of pilgrims.

Millions seek cleansing at Hindu festival

KarenB — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:00:04 +0000

UJJAIN, India (BP)–Dawn came almost unnoticed to the sacred river Shipra. Even the waking sun seemed overwhelmed by the scene unfolding at the water’s edge:

Hours before, drum-led processions of Hindu monks and mystics had arrived in the sweltering darkness, zealously guarding their right to lead throngs of pilgrims to the river for a “holy dip” during Kumbh Mela — Hinduism’s biggest, grandest festival.

FIRST-PERSON: Hindus — like everyone else — search for God

KarenB — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:00:03 +0000

RICHMOND, Va. (BP)–”By the grace of God I am a Christian, by my deeds a great sinner, and by my calling a homeless wanderer, roaming from place to place.”

So begins the 19th-century spiritual classic “The Way of a Pilgrim.”

Southern Baptist journeymen experience Indian culture firsthand in Haridwar

KarenB — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 06:58:22 +0000

Editor’s note: Soon after their arrival, Southern Baptist representatives new to South Asia often spend a day in an unfamiliar city as part of their cultural orientation. They go to learn culture, prayerwalk and share Bible stories about Jesus as the Lord leads them. Below are the stories of three Southern Baptist journeymen who spent a day in Haridwar, India. We hope their first-person accounts give you insight about how to pray for those who live in and make pilgrimages to Haridwar, the site of the current Hindu Kumbh Mela festival that began Jan. 14 and continues through April 28.

Week of February 28-2010

KarenB — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 06:00:54 +0000

February 28 : Nowhere to Go. At the beginning of February, H called a Christian brother in another city to report that he is facing a very difficult situation. The village in which H lives has a Muslim majority. He said that members of the village judiciary council have summoned him to a meeting, saying that they have enough evidence against H to prove that he is guilty of blasphemy. H told his Christian brother that he is afraid and is considering fleeing the area, but that he does not know where to go. Please pray for H and his family. Ask God to give H wisdom and to put a hedge of protection around him and his family. Please also pray for the men who wish him harm. Ask that Isa (Jesus) will visit them in dreams and reveal Himself as the Way, the Truth and the Life.

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INTERNATIONAL DIGEST: Orissa Christians still destitute

KarenB — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 05:02:26 +0000

Posted on Feb 12, 2010 | by Staff

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–Thousands of Christians in India’s Orissa state still live in makeshift shanties along roadsides and in forests a full 18 months after Hindu extremists forced them from their homes in a spasm of violence that claimed more than 100 lives and destroyed nearly 4,900 homes and church buildings.

Former Muslim shares Gospel amid Toronto’s ethnic diversity

KarenB — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:02:01 +0000

Posted on Feb 9, 2010

by Carol Pipes

TORONTO, Ontario (BP)–A former Muslim, North American Mission Board missionary Nadeem Qazi’s conversion to Christianity set his life on a path of sharing his faith no matter the cost.