At a time when many Indians are distressed and vulnerable due to Covid-19, Christian missionaries in India saw this as an opportunity and converted as many as 1 lakh people and adopted 50,000 villages in less than one year, reports OpIndia.
This information was also confirmed by David Reeves, CEO of unfoldingWord, a Christain organization dedicated to church planting and ‘translating God’s Word — with accuracy and excellence’.
Under the guise of helping the people who are economically backward, the evangelists have taken upon them to convert Hindus and build a record number of churches in thousands of villages where none existed before. That is why one would find many priests and nuns in hospitals who will go from bed to bed trying to exploit the patients family.
The evangelists are trained to convert those who are emotionally vulnerable and exploit their weakness in order to increase their numbers.
In an interview given by David to Missionary Network News, he called this an “immaculate feat achieved in India“.
Reeves stated, “Because they could not meet with others during lockdown, they decided [to] simply start specifically praying for unsaved people they know. Then, they decided to follow up those prayers by phone and WhatsApp. They estimate about 100,000 conversions during lockdown as a result of this approach. Similarly, with church planting, they encouraged every church to [pray for] 10 specific villages or neighbourhoods [with] no church. Then, as restrictions loosened slightly, they were able to get into these regions. They estimate that churches adopted about 50,000 villages during lockdown, and 25 per cent now have an “opening” for the Gospel — some believers, a small house church, etc.”
According to the missionary group Reach All Nations, “RAN receives students from various parts of India for receiving theological education. Upon the completion of the training, they go back to their own communities. In collaboration with their local churches, they are placed in the mission field for church planting work. While they are in the field we support them in two ways. Helping them with monthly financial gifts until they are self-supported and providing ongoing biblical training in the field. Once a month we meet with them for a full day of prayer, fellowship, and teaching. We do this until the fledgling church is fully launched.”
(With inputs from OpIndia)
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