Pastor Sunderlal was attacked with an axe.
The next year he and his elderly parents were brutally attacked by a mob during a prayer meeting held at their home. They barely survived.
All he did was pastor a church.
The police barged into Abhishak’s home.
Rifled through all his possessions, interrogated him and his wife. Scared their children. Seized his computer. Restricted his travel. And, continue in the surveillance of his family even today.
The only thing he did was work for a Christian ministry.
WE MUSTHELP!
“Carry each other’s burdens,
and in this way
you fulfill the
law of Christ.”
GALATIANS 6:2
WE CAN ST0P 0THERS
FR0M BEING BEATEN
Raj
beaten by a mob and left for dead
WE CAN BEST HELP
BY LEARNING ANDUNDERSTANDING THEIR CULTURE.
Raj was 23—quiet, humble, and unassuming. Yet his courage was extraordinary.
He was part of a church group sharing his faith. Then, all of the sudden…
A group of militants dragged him into the street and gave him a choice: deny Christ or die.
RAJ REFUSED.
The mob beat him unconscious. When he woke, he heard them debating how to kill him—machete, river, or fire. Again, they demanded he recant his faith.
AGAIN, HE REFUSED.
They beat him till he was unconscious again. Then left him stripped naked and humiliated in the street.
Weeks later, after he was out of the hospital, when asked what he would do next, Raj didn’t hesitate:
HELPISC0MING
“I’m going to keep telling people that Jesus loves them.”
Raj represents countless believers who choose courage over comfort. Raj, Pastor Sunderlal and Abhishak are like so many more who need our help.
They cannot call the police. They cannot trust the government. They cannot rely on their neighbor.
When they are beaten, when a child is sold into sex trafficking, when their property is damaged, when their jobs are threatened, when a church is burned— What do they do?!
They have no voice. They are vulnerable. They are powerless.
We can give them a way to defend themselves, identify trouble, prove their case, and protect against future harm.
We can give a voice to the voiceless. Power to the powerless. Strength to the vulnerable. And help to the helpless.