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Nagaland And
Beyond
India,
home of
the game of Polo,
boasts a recorded history
dating back to the 15th century BC.
This Asian sub-continent is bordered on the North by the Himalayas
the
highest mountains in the world;
the Arabian Sea on the West;
the Indian Ocean on the South;
and the Bay of Bengal on the East.
In today's
India there exists a complex mix of richly diverse racial backgrounds
as well as geographically, economically and socially isolated regions.
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Did you know that there are more than 1,652 mother tongues or
languages, 33 of which are spoken by more than 100,000 and another 15
by more than a million?
These languages and peoples challenge the
church.
Both are true.
For
example, where we live is in a region called Manipur and Nagaland
located in the
Northeast part of India. More than two-thirds of the population consists of
the people called
Meitei who occupy the valley region and have a relatively high level of
education. They are Hindu by faith. The rest of the
population live in the hilly
regions. These inhabitants are the Nagas and the various sub-tribes of Mizo
who do not have a high level of formal education,
they are predominantly Christian.
Agriculture, the prime occupation of the Naga's and the sub-tribes of
Mizo, in almost all
cases does not reach the subsistence level. Monsoon rain is the deciding
factor in the agriculture. In this economically challenged and
isolated region called Manipur and Nagaland there are 29 different
tribes recognized by the Indian Government, each of which speak a different Tibeto-Burman
dialect.
Another
major challenge in India is that more than 2,000 congregations
have no place in which to worship.
Through
house-to-house visitation and Bible Study meetings by local leaders as
well as by Pastors, growth is being achieved by our Master's grace and
power. The ACTS 2000 meetings were translated into eight languages,
and the video tapes are circulating far beyond the satellite sites! ~
Praise God from whom all blessings flow!
ADRA, ASi, LAMB, Amazing Facts, LMN Publishing
International-India, Maranatha Volunteers International and TAGnet are
becoming increasingly very active and effective in India. Most
of the Global Mission Pioneers and The Quiet Hour volunteers are under
30 years of age. More than 100,000 students are enrolled in 221
Adventist schools. Gospel Outreach is also a much loved
co-laborer with us in our effort to reach each and every person,
kindred group and tongue in India and beyond with the Good News of
Jesus and His soon return!
In our humble effort to
assist the Holy Spirit in the building up of the Kingdom of God
we are starting right where we are. In Manipur~Nagaland. In the Northeast
part of the country of India.
This is the meaning of our theme ~
Nagaland
And Beyond
We in the
Manipur Section
of Seventh-Day Adventists
Northeast Indian Union
Southern Asia Division
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Are eternally grateful
to these and other organizations for
helping us reach precious souls for Jesus.
We
have the freedom
We
have the open doors
We need the resources to fully accomplish
the mission that Jesus has given us.
Will you please, starting right where you are,
prayerfully consider co-laboring with us
in
presenting the Truth as it is in Jesus,
the Remnant Truth?
To
every tongue spoken in India?
In
addition to your prayers, here is
How To Help!
From the
early time of the remnant Church’s worldwide movement until today, Church
believers and leaders alike, especially from those advanced countries of
the West and recently of the Far East, have played a decisive role in
bringing about many changes among people like us. Knowing the higher power
driving the concerned in these last days and in keeping with all the
various and stringent endeavors within our rapidly growing Church, we have
taken this step in an attempt to give deeper understanding of our more
unfortunate believer's socio-economic situation so that sympathizers,
empathizers and those committed in our Savior's Gospel commission can focus their attention
according to their own personal priorities.
Acknowledging the fact that unless we reach out to you, the
voice of the poorest poor and underprivileged believers will not be heard.
For in most cases, for most people, it is time consuming to identify, out of all the
websites, the “most” needy. We realize, of course, that there are
spiritually and physically needy human beings everywhere. But as you
view these pages it is our hope that you will begin to know and understand
that the case is much more so in this far flung,
geographically land-locked and remote northeast area of India.
Thus, "As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto
all men
especially unto them who are of the same household of faith" Ellen G.
White, Welfare Ministry page 178. So also "…our love for God
is to be
expressed in doing good to the needy and suffering of faith whose
necessities comes to our knowledge and require our care." Ellen G. White, Testimonies for the Church volume 6 page 271.
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