Pray for Dalits in India
So the last will be first, and the first will be last. (Matthew 20:16)
As a member of the dominant race, dominant class, and dominant gender of a country which is the dominant power of the globe, I'm humbled and grateful to know that God cares just as much about one of the poor and oppressed millions in the world as He does about me--that He knows their suffering and hears their cries. I just received this e-mail from GFA (Gospel For Asia), calling for prayer for the Dalits (the "Untouchables") who still struggle today for civil rights in India. Millions of these extremely marginalized people are coming to Christ, and in doing so they risk making their legal and social position even more precarious. Please pray this would change, and pray that God would continue to reap an abundant harvest among these people who suffer so much. Pray that God's people around the world would reach out to them in love and compassion.
The LORD works righteousness
and justice for all the oppressed. (Psalm 103:6)
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Dear Friend in Christ,
With a deep burden from the Lord, I write this letter asking you to please pray.
On October 25 the government of India must respond to the Supreme Court regarding the Dalit Christians' rights under the constitution of the land. It has been that when Dalits become Christians they lose their "reservations" (certain number of placements specifically for Dalits) for education, employment and many other rights that are granted specifically to Dalits under the law.
According to the government census some 20 million Dalits have become Christians. These precious people's rights are violated: Their women and children are raped, they are not allowed to draw water from wells in many communities, and so many more accounts of cruelty. Some of the communities, like the Banjara with 61 million people, live with 90 percent illiteracy and horrible poverty!
And this is the fate of nearly 300 million men, women and children!!
Please fast and pray that the government of India will correct these injustices on October 25 when the Supreme Court rules on this case. We have only a few days now to intercede and pray with a broken heart for the sake of these millions who have suffered so much for the last 3,000 years!
Thank you so much for seriously taking this to the Lord in prayer.
Yours for His name's sake,
K.P. Yohannan
Founder & President
Gospel for Asia
_______________________
P.S. For additional information about this prayer need click the link below. http://www.gfa.org/dalitprayer1?motiv=WA5A-G6LQ
As a member of the dominant race, dominant class, and dominant gender of a country which is the dominant power of the globe, I'm humbled and grateful to know that God cares just as much about one of the poor and oppressed millions in the world as He does about me--that He knows their suffering and hears their cries. I just received this e-mail from GFA (Gospel For Asia), calling for prayer for the Dalits (the "Untouchables") who still struggle today for civil rights in India. Millions of these extremely marginalized people are coming to Christ, and in doing so they risk making their legal and social position even more precarious. Please pray this would change, and pray that God would continue to reap an abundant harvest among these people who suffer so much. Pray that God's people around the world would reach out to them in love and compassion.
The LORD works righteousness
and justice for all the oppressed. (Psalm 103:6)
-------------------------------------------
Dear Friend in Christ,
With a deep burden from the Lord, I write this letter asking you to please pray.
On October 25 the government of India must respond to the Supreme Court regarding the Dalit Christians' rights under the constitution of the land. It has been that when Dalits become Christians they lose their "reservations" (certain number of placements specifically for Dalits) for education, employment and many other rights that are granted specifically to Dalits under the law.
According to the government census some 20 million Dalits have become Christians. These precious people's rights are violated: Their women and children are raped, they are not allowed to draw water from wells in many communities, and so many more accounts of cruelty. Some of the communities, like the Banjara with 61 million people, live with 90 percent illiteracy and horrible poverty!
And this is the fate of nearly 300 million men, women and children!!
Please fast and pray that the government of India will correct these injustices on October 25 when the Supreme Court rules on this case. We have only a few days now to intercede and pray with a broken heart for the sake of these millions who have suffered so much for the last 3,000 years!
Thank you so much for seriously taking this to the Lord in prayer.
Yours for His name's sake,
K.P. Yohannan
Founder & President
Gospel for Asia
_______________________
P.S. For additional information about this prayer need click the link below. http://www.gfa.org/dalitprayer1?motiv=WA5A-G6LQ
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