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“Where the rubber of commitment meets the road of reality in Global South.”  Yeah – I like the phrase I coined in the last post; and now I want to give you some illustrations of what I meant.

Pastor K recently had the joy of uniting in marriage a couple that had been adherents of the local, multi-god religion.  Both recently believed in Jesus, and made that commitment know as the good pastor immersed them in the waters of baptism.

Pastor B had occasion to pray over a woman that was possessed by a demon.  As a result of her possession, she did not recognize her baby, nor desire to feed it.  After the good pastor prayed, the demon departed, and the mother immediately took up her baby to nurse.

Pastor K and Pastor M had visited a certain village with the rest of the pastors in their district, but that village repudiated them and told them to be gone.  Later a couple in that village had a baby that was born with some sort of physical deformity or malady that caused the little one not to be able to swallow milk.  The milk would come back out the baby’s nose.  The poor parents had gone from pillar to post, seeking help from all the local, multi-god religious holy men; but none could help.  The baby’s cradle ceremony, a ritual in which infants receive their names, was approaching.  The desperate parents called the two above-mentioned pastors to come.  Those two good men prayed over the afflicted little one.  Within five days they received a call from the parents that the baby had been healed.  That village is now open to listen to the Gospel.

Pastor VJK has planted four churches and has recruited two lay pastors.  The churches are self-supporting.  In addition, he and his wife have taken in 30 orphans, caring for them and readying them for public school.  His goal is to train 30 pastors from among the boys to plant more churches in three districts of this state.

Pastor D had targeted 20 villages, beginning a small children’s school.  The government school asked him to teach, and because of this the villagers began to accept him.  He then started a medical center, and two women gave their hearts to Jesus.  They asked him to help them start a business center, and as a result of this several more ladies have believed.  A lady with boils on her face was befriended by this good pastor’s wife, who challenged her to come to church for prayer.  Her face was healed, and she came to faith.

Another pastor saw a woman trust in Jesus in a village.  Services were held in her home, but her husband, who was a high priest of the local, multi-god religion was being pressured by others in his village not to let the meetings continue.  But he saw the power of God demonstrated through a series of events, and he also came to believe in the one true God and His Son Messiah Jesus.  Two of his children have also come to faith.

“Where the rubber of commitment meets the road of reality in Global South.”  Yeah!

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