{"id":4933,"date":"2024-03-23T17:09:03","date_gmt":"2024-03-23T17:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/south-asia-children-are-included-in-the-great-commission\/"},"modified":"2024-03-23T17:09:03","modified_gmt":"2024-03-23T17:09:03","slug":"south-asia-children-are-included-in-the-great-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/south-asia-children-are-included-in-the-great-commission\/","title":{"rendered":"SOUTH ASIA: Children are Included in the Great Commission"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cFor us, it\u2019s not AWANA, it\u2019s \u2018Can we disciple one more child?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Gajendra Tamang is the Regional Director of AWANA in South Asia, coming alongside pastors and local churches to help reach and disciple children from many different religious backgrounds.<\/p>\n

Gajendra knows first-hand how a life can be changed through a simple invitation to a Christian activity. He came to faith while attending college in India, where a Christian classmate invited Gajendra to come to church with him every Sunday for a year<\/em>. Finally Gajendra decided to see why his classmate loved going to church. He didn\u2019t understand everything being said, but he loved the music, and a few months later he came to know Jesus as Savior and Lord.<\/p>\n

As seminary students Gajendra and his wife were recruited to serve as AWANA volunteers. They continued serving in AWANA throughout their seminary training. After graduation the couple became AWANA missionaries, and today they are tasked with training volunteer leaders to help serve in local churches in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.<\/p>\n

In most AWANA groups in South Asia, 20 to 25% of the children come from non-Christian homes, including Hindus, Muslims and Buddhists. Some parents restrict their children from coming after they learn that Bible stories are being shared, while others accept the care and blessing their child receives even though it is coming from Christians. Gajendra<\/a> will help us understand and pray for the training process to equip more leaders and ultimately to tell more children about Jesus.<\/p>\n

Listen for the story of an entire family coming to Christ through one child’s prayer for healing and learn how you can pray for the salvation of the next generation\u2014and their parents\u2014in South Asia. Pray for more AWANA leaders willing to be disciple makers on the front lines and for believers and local churches facing persecution for their faith in Christ.<\/p>\n

Never miss an episode of VOM Radio! Subscribe to the podcast.<\/a> Or you can listen each week\u2014and get daily prayer reminders\u2014in the VOM App<\/a> for your smartphone or tablet.<\/p>\n

Listen to this episode on VOMRadio.net<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cFor us, it\u2019s not AWANA, it\u2019s \u2018Can we disciple one more child?\u2019\u201d Gajendra Tamang is the Regional Director of AWANA in South Asia, coming alongside pastors and local churches to help reach and disciple children from many different religious backgrounds. Gajendra knows first-hand how a life can be changed through a simple invitation to a Christian activity. He came to faith while attending college in India, where a Christian classmate invited Gajendra to come to church with him every Sunday for a year. Finally Gajendra decided to see why his classmate loved going to church. He didn\u2019t understand everything being said, but he loved the music, and a few months later he came to know Jesus as Savior and Lord. As seminary students Gajendra and his wife were recruited to serve as AWANA volunteers. They continued serving in AWANA throughout their seminary training. After graduation the couple became AWANA missionaries, and today they are tasked with training volunteer leaders to help serve in local churches in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. In most AWANA groups in South Asia, 20 to 25% of the children come from non-Christian homes, including Hindus, Muslims and Buddhists. Some parents restrict their children from coming after they learn that Bible stories are being shared, while others accept the care and blessing their child receives even though it is coming from Christians. Gajendra will help us understand and pray for the training process to equip more leaders and ultimately to tell more children about Jesus. Listen for the story of an entire family coming to Christ through one child’s prayer for healing and learn how you can pray for the salvation of the next generation\u2014and their parents\u2014in South Asia. Pray for more AWANA leaders willing to be disciple makers on the front lines and for believers and local churches facing persecution for their faith in Christ. Never miss an episode of VOM Radio! Subscribe to the podcast. Or you can listen each week\u2014and get daily prayer reminders\u2014in the VOM App for your smartphone or tablet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":182,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vom-radio","","tg-column-two"],"yoast_head":"\nSOUTH ASIA: Children are Included in the Great Commission - Stories<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/south-asia-children-are-included-in-the-great-commission\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SOUTH ASIA: Children are Included in the Great Commission - Stories\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cFor us, it\u2019s not AWANA, it\u2019s \u2018Can we disciple one more child?\u2019\u201d Gajendra Tamang is the Regional Director of AWANA in South Asia, coming alongside pastors and local churches to help reach and disciple children from many different religious backgrounds. 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