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LIGHT IN A TUK-TUK

There have been specific visits to India by The evangelism training involved both direct teaching
members of GOOD NEWS for Everyone! and group discussions, and included the following:
as part of our partnership with ShareWord • Who are you likely to come into contact with, and
Global. Bill and Grace Thomas of the identify those with whom you would like to speak
about Jesus
Sheffield Branch were able to present • How to develop and share a personal testimony of
20,000 Bibles on their visit and Iain Mair, the change made as a result of meeting with Jesus
our Executive Director, reported in the • How to introduce Jesus to a contact
Spring/Summer 2023 edition of the • Ways of moving a conversation from small talk,
magazine following his visit to India, through personal talk on to spiritual talk, ending up
with Gospel talk
resulting in 75,000 Scriptures being paid
for by GOOD NEWS for Everyone! for the After that, the Pastors were given Scriptures for use
in evangelism and Bibles for giving to new Christians.
Bibles for India project, distributed through But there was a very important step first - a time to sing
ShareWord Global (SWG). and pray that God would mightily use the Scriptures to

Iain Gray, our Vice President, is the latest member to visit grow His kingdom in India, and the Pastors would gather
India and see how Scriptures funded through “Bibles for round the boxes of Scriptures to do this. This was an
India” are being used. His visit was with two others, one incredibly emotional part of the training and emphasised
from SWG in Canada and the other from Good News in just how much confidence these Pastors had in the
Sweden. Iain Gray was able to share an update with us. power of God’s Word.
“There are increasing difficulties being faced by believers Some Pastors had travelled long distances to attend
in India. Fourteen states have anti-conversion laws, the training, typically on a motor bike or scooter.
which are used by people opposed to the Christian faith One had travelled 200 km to the training. They were
to challenge Gospel work in parts of India. Examples able to secure the Scriptures to their transport for the
have been shared of new disciples of Jesus Christ being journey home.
excluded from village water supplies and from housing
loans to which they were entitled. One of the SWG Following the final training session, I was introduced
Training Coordinators had been imprisoned but was to four Tuk Tuk drivers and was asked to pray for their
released from custody. ministry. They all had a container on their Tuk Tuk within
which are Light Gospel magazines ready for passengers
The focus of SWG in India is on delivering evangelism to read and take with them at the end of their journey.
training, providing Scripture resources for Pastors, and They shared about a Hindu Priest who was taking a
enabling those new to the Christian faith to have their journey in one of the Tuk Tuks and took a magazine.
own Bibles. In addition, Pastors are given study Bibles
to help them in their ministry, recognising that many of Reading it introduced him to Jesus and he became one
them have no formal theological training. However, it of His disciples.
was clear that, whilst their theological training might be Please pray for the safety and commitment of those
limited, their love for Jesus and their desire to share the involved in the delivery and receipt of SWG’s evangelism
Gospel with others, despite opposition, was intense. training, and for the Scriptures used in evangelism
The Scripture resources are primarily Light Gospel introducing many to Jesus Christ.
magazines, like the HOPE Gospel magazines used Throughout this article, no names of Indian believers
in this country, and Spark magazines for use with have been used and their faces have been blurred,
children.They are available in multiple languages, as recognising the increasing difficulties they are facing."
well as English, although the languages used in the areas
covered were Tamil and Telugu. Submitted by Iain Gray, National President

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