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Native missionaries are the effective in India. They can adapt to the
culture, language, and face difficult situations. Thus evangelism would be much
easier. Moreover they can be supported with just 30 - 65 Dollars per month,
depending on the family and the place they work.
Pastor Ram Simon was born and raised in a
non-Christian family. He was an anti Christian and always looked for ways to
cause troubles for Christians. But the Lord touched him through a missionary
who came to his village. Later, he dedicated his life for the Lord's ministry.
He is now working as a missionary in UP State, one of the most unreached states
in India, where Christians are less than one percent of the population.
When he started his ministry in his village, the
local people objected to the gospel and persecuted him. Since he knew them on a
personal basis he was bold enough to give the right answers for their
questions. He was aware of his rights in that village and told them that he was
not an alien, rather born and raised in that village. They left him alone,
because he stood firm and identified himself among them. He began to continue
his ministry and the Lord blessed it in a special way. Currently, he has two
churches in that village. Pastor Ram is very effective in his ministry because
he knows the system, culture, traditions and speak their own language and
dialect. We, as an organization want to train more missionaries like Pastor Ram
and send them to their own mission fields.
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