Category Archives: Gospel for Asia

Dashing along the waves in a small motorboat, Taj Layak, Gospel for Asia’s island ministry leader in West Bengal, India, traveled to meet a small group of local believers for a prayer meeting. When he stepped onto the shore he … Continue reading →

Anti-Christian extremists tried to harm Gospel for Asia missionary Layak Kamol for the second time last month. He is safe, but the extremist group is pressuring other villagers to turn away from their faith in Jesus. The first incident against … Continue reading →

A 14-year-old girl and her family were subjected to a humiliating reconversion ritual and one Gospel for Asia missionary and a member of his church were beaten after the girl’s family chose to follow Christ. The missionary and two other … Continue reading →

Anti-Christian extremists in Madhya Pradesh, India, attacked Gospel for Asia native missionary Roshan Yatin and then forced him out of their village. Despite this persecution, Roshan has begun a new ministry in a nearby village. Roshan was ministering in the … Continue reading →

“By God’s grace and many people’s prayer, the situation in Orissa is becoming normal,” Gospel for Asia’s correspondent in Orissa, India, wrote on December 31. As many as 15 people died in the violence against Orissa’s Christian community during the … Continue reading →

Sri Lanka Militants attacked 10 students from Gospel for Asia’s Sri Lanka Bible College March 2 and are now campaigning to have the Bible College shut down. The students were on their way to Sunday worship service at a GFA-related … Continue reading →

A waterfall, a giant rock and a famous cave were among the destinations for a group of Gospel for Asia Bible college students in Meghalaya, India. It was their college’s tradition to take time off once a year for a … Continue reading →

Kailash Bagri, a 40-year-old Dalit man, was stabbed to death in Madhya Pradesh, India, after he struck a “holy” cow, according to a recent report in the Times of India. The attackers then burned Kailash’s body to destroy the evidence … Continue reading →

One Missionary’s Experience For 18 days in October 2007, God used Gospel for Asia missionary Chandran Paranjoy to reach inmates in a jail in Chhattisgarh, India. On October 5, Chandran and another believer, Sunil, were arrested while Chandran conducted a … Continue reading →

The first incident occurred on December 11 during a film showing in a village. About 100 people were watching a movie about the life of Christ when a group of 25 people came and disrupted the event. They shouted at … Continue reading →