A really inspiring post from Letters from Kamp Krusty:
A few years later, he went back to India. Kumar took his vacation from Sun [Microsystems], and headed over with no plan. He just went door-to-door, and told people about Jesus.The first day, 45 people decided to become Jesus-followers. How’d THAT happen?
“I don’t know. I just went door to door, and neighbors would introduce me to others, and I was amazed.”
——————-Kumar still takes his vacations, two weeks a year, and heads to India. But things have grown. From those first 45, and from his trips over the past seven years…
More than 100,000 conversions. 139 communities. More than 100 pastors. Model orphanages for children suffering from AIDS Schools for Dalit children, the lowest-of-the-low in India. Shelters for little girls, now rescued from prostitution. Food. Medicine. Jesus.
Please read the whole post if you have time. His faith is encouraging to say the least.
Thoughts?
(HT: achievable ends)
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February 13, 2008 at 14:27
Reading the whole story is interesting. While his seeker-sensitive mega church in the states is managing programs and facilities He and the Holy Spirit are leading hundreds of thousands to Christ. I wonder if that church is an awe inspiring piece of architecture like Daniyel Lee is suggesting in a former topic. There are lots of stories like this that American christians are not aware of. Heidi Baker, a surfer girl from Laguna Beach met the Lord, got baptized in the Holy Spirit and went to Mozambique to reach the poorest of the poor. Fifteen years later she and her husband Roland have started over 7000 churches in Africa and feed over 100,000 orphans a day.(you can google her to hear the story). Who hears about the Kumars and Heidi Bakers? What accounts for their success? How come we aren’t interested in their stories and would rather fund building programs?
February 13, 2008 at 15:32
Rick, I think we are interested in them. We just don’t get to hear these stories because rarely do those kinds of people get to tell their stories.
My old church in Indiana (Muncie Alliance Church) has this problem with people leaving the church. The pastor constantly preaches about missions, planting churches and how God really actually does want to use you even though you think you’re a screwup. People keep taking him seriously and because of it about every year (for a while it seemed like every month) a bunch of people from the church leave to go start another church, or do overseas missions, etc.
It’s amazing what God could do if we would just follow his most basic commandments.