Jeremiah came to the training because his boss told him to. His boss, Rev. A. Jebukamar, leads a very large ministry in several states in northern India. I was intrigued that he would send this man to Ponraj's training. Jeremiah will be the leader for this agency's work in eastern Uttar Pradesh.
I didn't have to ask him the impact of the training, he offered his views. Enthusiastically.
He had thought that he would plant 25 churches in his life. Each would take about three years and then he would move on. AFter this training he caught the vision of planting churches that plant other churches. I had always stressed multiplication of churches rather than addition. Clearly he got it.
He told of the persecution he is receiving in UP and his determination to push on. One day he was riding his motorcycle to the church - about a 15 minute ride. He knew that many thugs had threatened to beat him up. But on this ride his mother called, so he was riding on and listening to the conversation. He did notice several others coming up alongside him, but didn't pay any attention to it.
When he got to the church, the people there wondered at his being there. It seems that these thugs were determined to stop him and beat him up. Instead they just saw him going on, not showing any fear. That made quite an impression on them. Little did they know what he did not know!
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