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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Taun Cortado
Gospel for Asia
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Fax:
taunc
http://www.gfa.org
Missions Work Impacted by India-Pakistan Conflict
Carrollton, TX--June 7, 2002--With the Indian military planning to
invade the Pakistani-occupied region of Kashmir by mid-June, the
international quest for peace between India and Pakistan
intensifies. Indian military sources say the campaign would
involve air strikes followed by ground assaults, with a slim
chance of nuclear-weapon involvement. The U.S. and Britain are now
calling for their citizens in India to leave at once, a directive
issued after Pakistan rejected India’s offer for joint border
patrols in Kashmir.
“I believe we need to see this situation from an eternal
perspective,” said K.P. Yohannan, president of Gospel for Asia, a
missions organization based near Dallas, Texas. “In light of the
fact that God has recently beenng the way for millions in
the Indian subcontinent to come into the kingdom, this is
spiritual warfare. It is nothing but a satanic plot to take
millions to hell.” Yohannan urges all Christians to pray earnestly
for peace between India and Pakistan.
Gospel for Asia has a significant number of missionaries working
in the Indian state of Jammu & Kashmir. Daily they face harassment
and persecution in this predominantly Muslim state as they
evangelize villages with the Gospel. They haved dozens of
mission stations, planted three churches, and operate four schools
attended by 150 children. “Our missionaries and the believers in
India and Pakistan need our prayers in these urgent times,” said
Yohannan.
Established in 1979, Gospel for Asia is involved in pioneer
evangelism and church planting in the 10/40 Window. More than
13,000 national missionaries are working in eight nations: India,
Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri
Lanka. In the last ten years, they have established 17,500
churches and mission stations. GFA also operates 128 Bible schools
on the Indian subcontinent, where nearly 7,000 students are
preparing for ministry.
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