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"THE
RAPE OF INDIA"
> >
> > In the article " The Jungle Of Christ" I
discussed the plans of the
> > television evangelists
> >and their assault on India. In this article I will deal
with this
> >subject in a more detailed perspective.
> >
> >The Concise Oxford Dictionary defines rape as: 1. take by
force. 2.
> >commit rape on. fig. forcible interference with
institutions, country,
> >etc.
> >
> >The rape of India is done in a model similar to a
military model used to
> >invade, occupy, control, or subjugate a population of a
given country.
> >Intelligence is considered essential to invading a
country; language,
> >religion, culture, etc. are some of the variables
considered. Division
> >among the given population is considered essential to
gain political
> >control once inside the country. Religion can be the key
variable to
> >accomplish this. Division of wealth, social status,
ethnic diversity,
> >etc. are also variables that influence division of the
population of a
> >given country.
> >
> >At the present time North India is considered the core
target of
> >evangelists in their effort of world evangelism. They
justify this to
> >Christians by using derogatory remarks like " 900
million Hindus are
> >spiritual bondage" (Baptist Press 10/99) or
"900 million people lost in
> >the hopeless darkness of Hinduism" (Baptist Press
11/99)
> >
> >North India is a major population and political center.
It is also
> >considered the religious hub of India, the most socially
deprived, has
> >the lowest literacy rate, having the smallest percentage
of Christians
> >in its population as well as having immense research done
on the
> >population. The evangelists consider Hindus in North
India as being the
> >most accessible target in their plan for world wide
evangelism. In
> >addition there is the added incentive of having a Muslim
population of
> >140 million.
> >
> >The AD2000 movement uses terms such as "spy out the
land and its
> >inhabitants" to get an accurate complete picture of
opportunities and
> >challenges of India. They have coined the terms PLUG,
PREM and NICE to
> >describe their goals and methodology. PLUG refers to the
target group.
> >People in every language, urban center and geographic
division. PREM
> >refers to the techniques to use. Offering prayer,
research must be done
> >and utilized effectively on the target group, an
evangelist must be the
> >catalyst to provoke change and action and to encourage
ministries and
> >their efforts to convert non Christians. NICE refers to
how the work is
> >to be done. Networking, taking initiative when the
movement is slowing
> >down, using an evangelist to speed action in evangelizing
and to
> >encourage existing groups and cohorts in their efforts to
convert people
> >to Christianity. (
www.ad2000.org/uters3.htm)
> >The Gospel For Christ and The Indian Missionary
Association have put
> >together books to help evangelists evangelize India. The
evangelists are
> >also using information from The Anthropological Society
of India's work
> >on ethno-graphic studies which has been considered
essential in
> >facilitating the evangelism efforts. This has been used
to such a degree
> >that the diverse language groups of India have been
divided into PIN
> >codes. ( These are similar to ZIP codes in the USA that
divide the
> >country into mailing districts.) The ability to send
evangelists that
> >are familiar to language, culture, etc. greatly
facilitates the speed at
> >which evangelism is able to develop and is cost effective
since tactics
> >can be formed at the home base which saves costly
mistakes in the field.
> >
> > ad2000 (
www.ad2000.org/uters2.htm
)
> >
> >The Christian Broadcasting Network has a splinter group
that is called
> >The Joshua Project. Their target is 2.2 billion people in
1685 groups
> >that are divided into Affinity Blocks and Gateway
Clusters. Affinity
> >groups are groups of people who have bonding of language,
religion,
> >politics and culture. Usually there is one culture that
is dominate in
> >the block. People clusters are people that are closely
related in name
> >or culture so they are clustered together. These groups
usually consist
> >of populations of over one million. There goal is to have
at least one
> >hundred Christians or more in every group of over 10,000
people.
> >Joshua Project (
www.ad2000.org/
)
> >
> >There are too many evangelist groups in India to cover in
this article
> >however; I will discuss a few of them to give a picture
of how they
> >proliferate.
> >
> >The Indian Prayer + Fellowship Association has a goal to
reach all non
> >Christians to start cell groups. They have contacted over
16,000 houses,
> >made almost 900 home contacts and over 1700 personal
contacts. Their
> >goal is to start cell groups than attach a full gospel
group or plant a
> >church if needed.
> >They also supply tracts, literature etc. Indian Prayer
And Fellowship
> >Association (
w.geocities.com/athens/troy
)
> >
> >Partners International has the goal of training
indigenous people to
> >evangelize others. They are training a Christian who has
converted to
> >Christianity every 13 minutes. They claim planting a
church every ten
> >hours in Asia and Africa.
> >(
www.partnersintl.org/abou...come.html
)
> >
> >
> >The southern Baptists plan to have 4,700 southern
Baptists working with
> >millions of international partners. Their goal is to have
15,000 career
> >missionaries, 50,000 volunteers, and 1,000 southern
Baptist college
> >grads every year. The length of service for the college
grads is to be
> >two years. ( Baptist Press 11/22/99)
> >
> >The evangelists strategy for North India includes
treating Indian
> >missions and Indian evangelists as equal considering that
India has a
> >strong GNP and a growing middle class. Due to the large
population base
> >the evangelists strategy includes dividing up the
population base into
> >smaller target groups such as women estimated to number
487 million or
> >girls under 15 which is estimated to number 158 million.
They plan to
> >use literacy programs o target the illiterate which is
estimated to be
> >48% of the population. They also plan to supply the
Indian church with
> >tools such as translators, humanitarian relief, etc. so
the churches can
> >become self sustaining and would not need outside
assistance.
> >(
www.gem-werc.org/mmrc9812.htm)
> >
> >
> >The evangelists India outreach teams -hbi ministries
international India
> >provide schools, orphanages, medical centers etc. In a
six week period
> >outreach teams ministered to 19,000 children and taught
Hindu and Muslim
> >students in Christian schools.
> >(
www.gospel.net/hbi/iot/
)
> >
> >Dr. Houtsma of World Outreach Ministries stated that he
has helped train
> >160,000 national ministers to continue his work when he
leaves. He is
> >targeting Jammu, Vyara, Ludhiana, etc. (
www.wo.org/
) One of the
> >variables in training indigenous missionaries is the
decreased cost to
> >support missionaries. A foreign missionary cost at least
$66,000 a year
> >to support. Native missionaries cost approximately $600 a
year. This
> >greatly decreases the cost of evangelizing. Christian
Aid.
> >(
www.christianaid.org/
) Native missionaries now do 90% of the
> >work in starting churches. These people are more
effective in converting
> >people because They understand the language, customs,
culture, etc. In
> >addition recent converts are often more zealous in their
efforts to
> >convert people to their way of thinking. Hundreds of
thousands of
> >zealous converts can also have a sever profound
influences on the
> >political system that is in effect.
> >
> >
> >The reader of this article should be aware of the fact
that these
> >students could be influenced toward Christianity by their
teachers. In
> >addition orphanages can be the breeding ground for future
evangelists.
> >In an orphanage children could be brainwashed and
conditioned during
> >school and after school. The children in an orphanage can
have their
> >social life controlled after school so they only
socialize with
> >evangelists. These children have no family or other
people outside of
> >the evangelists to look after their welfare so they can
easily be
> >programmed.
> >
> >It is interesting though sad to see the results that
might occur as the
> >evangelists enter their last stage of evangelism in
India. You can see
> >considerable backlash against evangelism as stated in the
newspapers.
> >Evangelists cry to the politicians, civil right groups
and newspapers in
> >the West.
> >
> >Some questions must be asked though. Do evangelists have
the right to
> >disrupt society, culture, religion, and the family of
people in other
> >countries? Do people have the right to combat the attack
on the culture,
> >etc. of their country?
> >
> >I would welcome any comments or feedback on this article.
> >
> >David Kostinchuk
> >
> >VISIT MY WEBSITE: PEOPLE UNITED FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
> >
> >
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