Global Prayer Digest September 2006
27 Aug
Global Prayer Digest’s focus for the month of September 2006 is on “South Asia: Home of the Diverse Hindu Peoples”.
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_“Dear Praying Friends
Though there are roughly 800 million Hindus in the world, they are mostly concentrated in South Asia, the region we will pray for this month. Nepal is officially a Hindu kingdom, and India has a Hindu majority.
Though Hinduism is a flexible and diverse religion, it is very easy for Westerners to try to reach them in foreign terms. These efforts are likely to fail if we don’t understand the Hindu system or cultures. There are millions of Hindu gods, but many high caste Hindus worship only one or two of them. There are not many central Hindu religious doctrines, but people in this part of the world (like any other part for that matter) resent having outsiders expect them to turn from their culture when they give their allegiance to a different God. Is it possible to present the gospel in an Indian cup?
For this reason, it is important for us to pray for groups like the Friends Missionary Prayer Band and India Gospel Outreach. These groups send only Indian nationals, who are financially supported almost entirely by Indian believers. Western funds only give the Hindu majority the impression that Christian evangelism is turning their people away from their cultural roots.
Pray this month that Hindus in Nepal and India, and Muslims in Bangladesh and the Maldive Islands will turn their sole allegiance to Jesus, the King of Kings.
In Christ,
Keith Carey
Managing Editor GPD”_
- from the editorial of Global Prayer Digest September 2006
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