Against the Grain book reveiw

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Against the Grain by Khalad Hussain is an autobiographical account of Hussain’s journey from Pakistan to England and from Islam to Christianity. The book gives a very interesting inside account into his Marpuri village in Pakistan and the world view he grew up with. He documents his worldview shift that came in England mostly through reading and music. Another important shift for Khalad was through his studies and his job. His inclination for studies and English language led him deeper into his new culture of England.

The Pakistan community in England and home clashed with his new lifestyle but as the book indicates Khalad chose to go against the grain. Adopting English culture did not automatically mean he would adopt Christianity. That was a separate and more intense struggle for Khalad.

He mentions that he was part of writing a Marpuri translation of the Bible. He has not told his Pakistani friends or family that he has become a follower of Jesus Christ. It seems his mother would know because he told her he was going to church.

Khalad gives us a challenge to understand Pakistanis and to witness the love of Christ to them when we have a chance.

I recommend you read this book for yourself…..Purchase here

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Book Review of Strangers Next Door: Immigration, Migration and Mission

 
The Great Commission at your doorstep?
 
The unengaged Unreached are all around you! How will you respond?
 
More than ever, North America is being flooded by people from all around the world. How should you respond?
missions
 

J. D. Payne gets us thinking about this in his book Strangers Next Door.

As we understand and embrace the fact that the least-reached people groups now reside in (and continue to migrate to) Western countries, churches have unprecedented opportunities to freely share the gospel with them.
 

This book includes practical guidelines for doing cross-cultural missions and developing a global strategy of mission. It also highlights examples of churches and organizations attempting to reach, partner with, and send migrants to minister to their people.

 
There are not many fully taking advantage of the Great Commission opportunities in this diaspora. Those that are bearing fruit.
 
This book is worth putting on your Kindle today! Strangers Next Door.
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Reaching the unreached using mobile technology

Are you visiting a foriegn country?

Are you meeting people in your country who speak a different language and you want to share with them in their language?

Many opportunities exist to share Christ with those who speak another language than you do. You could get a Jesus film CD in the language of the country, but there are many other ways to give them the message of Christ in their language.

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You could put a gospel story on your MP3 player and let them hear the message.

Give them a micro SD card with gospel films songs, Bible and resources in their language.

How to use your mobile phone for ministry  booklet

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Book review: T4T A Discipleship ReRevolution

If you are about discipleship, church planting and the great commission then here is a must read for you.

T4T A Discipleship ReRevolution

This book is going to help you understand and sharpen your focus on the 5 parts of a CPM. Church Planting Movements

Entry: Your church planters are working in districts where there are dozens or hundreds of villages with no Christian presence. How do you establish work where no believers or churches presently exist?

Evangelism: How to you transform your ministry so that instead of a few pastors and evangelists sharing the gospel every believer is sharing the gospel?

Follow up & Discipleship: How do you equip new believers to follow-up and disciple those they are leading to Christ themselves?

Church Formation: How do you organize the new believers into new churches instead of inviting them to existing churches?

Leadership Multiplication: How will hundreds and thousands of new leaders be raised up that will shepherd a church planting movement? 

There is a helpful site to go along with the book. http://t4tonline.org/   You can order the book on this site and download a rich source of free supplemental information here.

You will be amazed how you will read Acts chapters 9-20 differently after you read this book. You will be asking yourself, Why did I not see that before.  Yes that is how the early disciples turned their world upside down, the revolution.

If you are still not sure about buying this book then start by reading these two chapters online.

Chapter 1  

Chapter 21

Buy the book or browse the resources here:  T4T A Discipleship ReRevolution

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Gospel Tracts for Hindus

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Here are Gospel Tracts to help you share Jesus Christ with Hindus: These are downloadable to your desktop for you to print and use. Whoever sows abundantly reaps abundantly. 

 

English Truth Always Triumph tract  Truth Always Triumphs Tract  

Vedic Bridge English  Version   The Vedic Bridge Tract  

*Hind Version now available!  Hindi Version Vedic Bridge

* Bangali Version Now available! Bengali Version Vedic Bridge

 

Gospel in Kannda kannada evangehand

 

Vedic Bridge tract

Carl Vedic Bridge Testimony

Recently Carl used the Vedic Bridge to witness to a Hindu (Ganesh) he met while out witnessing in his city.

Carl asked Ganesh if he had heard of a Mantra which spoke of the sin destroying light. Ganesh told him that he was very familiar with that mantra. Carl told Ganesh,

I found that what the mantra talks about. He said to Ganesh “I experienced that.”

Carl then took Ganesh through the Vedic Bridge tract to share the gospel.

Ganesh accepted Christ and was baptized by Carl. Then Carl challenged Ganesh to share about Jesus with his friends. Ganesh told his friend Palekar about Jesus

Christ. Palekar accepted Christ and was baptized by Ganesh.

Carl is continuing to disciple Ganesh and to equip him to be the foundation of a new house church.

Carl had been in India less than a year and found using the Vedic Bridge was an easy way to share Christ with a Hindu. Praise the Lord that Ganesh and Palekar have experienced the sin destroying light of Jesus Christ.

Scott Vedic Bridge Testimony

And I’ve got to say, brother, this tool – the Vedic Bridge – was such a part of our conversation.  When I first mentioned the Gayatri Mantra, it instantly got Shivakumar’s attention because he knew exactly what it was.

We are so excited to share with you that Shivakumar asked Jesus to be his Lord and Savior this afternoon!!  It was the thrill of my life to be on that park bench with him today and watch the Father transform his life and give him an understanding of the Truth that he has been desperately searching.  Thanks so much for the direct impact each of you have made by bathing this meeting in prayer.  As you may expect, we want to give you the details of how the Father brought this into pass. 

As we had planned, I met Shivakumar at the store he manages at 1 o’clock this afternoon. He  began to talk specifically how he had recently shown one of his non-Hindu friends his “wall of gods” that he prays to in his living room.  He then brought up his feelings of confusion as to why he prayed to so many gods and not really understanding what it all means.  It was then that I knew the Holy Spirit was in full control of our conversation as He clearly shifted it from family and work to something much deeper.

Because Shivakumar’s life is deeply rooted in Hindu traditions, I felt led to use a tool passed on to us by a friend that can be used as a bridge to Christianity.  I won’t go into all the details of this tool, but there are ancient Hindu writings that are often recited that includes God being the giver of life, the remover of pain/sorrow, and the bestower of happiness.  One of the critical components talks about how G0d sent a “sin-destroying light.”  After talking about this for a few minutes, Shivakumar said, “So, it is a light that will vanish the sin?”  I couldn’t believe the way he said it.  I told him how so very right he was … and how that sin-destroying Light that God sent is Jesus Christ!  He smiled and just totally seemed to get it.

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Dombari

Dombari Gypsy People of Maharashtra

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الإنجيل باللغة العربية

 

الإنجيل باللغة العربية اضغط هنا

 

الإنجيل باللغة العربية، يتم البحث فيها بالكامل عن طريق الإلكترون

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Hindi Gospel Ministry resources

हिन्दी इंजील संसाधन मंत्रालय

 

Christian Leadership Training Manual   BPI_Hindi 

Here ia a Hindi Gospel Tracts to help you share Jesus Christ with Hindus: These are downloadable to your desktop for you to print and use. Whoever sows abundantly reaps abundantly. 

Hindi Version now available!  Hindi Version Vedic Bridge 

Download Hindi New Testament

Hindi Jesus Film

Faith comes by Hearing Hindi download 

Hindi radio recordings  

Who is Jesus really? Hindi 

MahaGod.com in Hindi

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Marathi Gospel resources

“Andaraton Prakashakade” is a collection of Testimonies in Marathi. If you would like to receive copies leave the details in the comments.

Download the Marathi New Testament

Ethnic Harvest Resources    

 

Marathi Faith Comes By Hearing

 

4 Spiritual Laws Marathi

Trans World Radio Marathi

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Bengali Gospel Ministry resources

Bengali New Testament
Download the Bengali New Testament

 

* Bengali Version Now available! Bengali Version Vedic Bridge

 

Faith comes by hearing in Bengali

 

 Trans World Radio Bengali

Bengali Jesus film for children

Jesus film Audio Bengali

4 Spiritual laws Bengali

Bengali Story set

Bengali Bible stories for children 

 

Online Bengali Bibles (audio) 

 

Gospel recording resources

 

The Burning Heart (Bengali of Bangladesh)

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Hindi Bible

Download Hindi New Testament

Download the Awadhi New Testament

Download the Bengali New Testament

Download the Gujarati New Testament

Download the Kannada New Testament

Download the Malayalam New Testament

Download the Marathi New Testament

Download the Oriay New Testament

Downlaod the Punjabi New Testament

Download the Tamil New Testament

Download the Telugu New Testament

Download the Urdu New Testament

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