Our NEW annual Hindu World Prayer Focus calls Christians and churches worldwide to take 15 days (Oct 8 - 22, 2017) to learn about and pray for our world's over one billion Hindu neighbors. That time period also encompasses the significant Hindu Festival of Light (Diwali). The informative prayer guide booklets (shipping starts in late July; preorder now) will help Christians to know how to pray for the people(s) growing up within this major and very diverse world religion. (Of course, if this 15-day time frame does not work for you, there is no prohibition to taking another 15 days.)
Diwali (or Deepawali) is known as the Hindu Festival of Lights, and is one of India's most important annual celebrations, lasting about 4-5 days. While (similar to Christmas celebrations in the Christian world) it has historical and religious roots, Indians of all stripes celebrate it by lighting and displaying rows of small oil lamps, participating in family gatherings, consuming special sweets and watching fireworks.
It is not our intention with this prayer focus to disparage India or the Hindu religion. in any way. We recognize that both are far too complex and too full of great traditions to simply or easily condense, explain or take lightly within a mere booklet.
But, at the same time, it is no secret that as Christians, we long that all the world's people(s) will have an opportunity to freely see, hear and understand the grace of God incarnated in Jesus Christ. To this end we inform ourselves, pray for and want to support respectful efforts to make that grace known also within the world's Indian and Hindu communities.
We invite all Christians and churches to participate, and to learn about and pray for Hindus.
ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITY: If you have a ministry, project, resource, seminar, event, etc. that focuses on the Hindu world, and you want to advertise it in the North American booklet, click here; your potential audience could not be more focused!
The booklet is still in production with the assistance of of several individuals and ministries. Please help us financially to launch (produce, design, print and market) this new colorful prayer guide:
By Mail: WorldChristian, PO Box 9208, Colorado Springs CO 80932
Online: www.worldchristianconcern.org/donate |
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