From: DR KP Yohannan [mailto:kpyohannan@
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 6:05 PM
Subject: GFA Bible Colleges Expecting Attacks
Dear Fellow Christian,
We need you to pray for two Gospel for Asia Bible colleges in India that are
being targeted for attack by radical Hindu groups. The campuses, one in
Orissa and one in Haryana, are under lockdown as a precaution.
The Haryana campus, in the city of Ambala, is a girls Bible college and
shares a site with GFA's Haryana state office. Missionaries from the field
have been called in to stay at the center and offer additional protection to
the students.
According to a GFA leader in Haryana, three vehicles carrying about 50
people came to the state office on Tuesday with plans to attack the campus.
He believes that they saw the extra people at the campus and then backed off
from their plans. GFA staff members at this site have also been informed
that the group is gathering more people with plans to return. The would-be
attackers are all members of the Bajarang Dal, a radical Hindu nationalist
political party. Bajarang Dal members from throughout the state are gathered
in Ambala right now.
A similar situation is happening in Orissa. As you know, Christians in
Orissa have been under intense attack since August 22. The Orissa Bible
college was previously attacked by a mob of 500 militants in February 2007.
During that attack students were beaten up, and windows, vehicles and other
campus buildings were damaged. There is credible evidence that the attack
that is being planned will be much worse than the one in 2007.
Here are some prayer requests for the situation:
- Please pray that these plans of the enemy will be thwarted.
- Ask God to protect each of the students at these Bible colleges
- Pray that the Lord would draw these Hindu attackers into a relationship
with Him.
We know that our God can do anything that we ask of Him in prayer.
Yours for the persecuted,
K.P. Yohannan
President & Founder
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