Native Son Returns to India Empowered to Serve
A.K. Lama ministers to leaders in Dibrugarh
What does a JSM Scholar do when they are not taking classes or working on their dissertation for their Ph.D.? Many are very involved with ministry in their home countries and A.K. Lama, JSM Scholar from India, just completed a ministry tour of India to conduct training programs for the pastors and lay leaders in the northeast regions.
A.K. is attending Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and is planning on completing his studies in June of 2007. He says, “. I come from Northeast India, the state called Arunachal Pradesh, where Christianity is still prohibited… The Church in my region is growing and the need of training leaders who can exegete the Word of God correctly is evermore increasing.” Because of this A.K. took a break from writing his dissertation to hold training in three cities in Northern India. These took place Jan 7-8 in Guwahati, Jan 9-13 in Dibrugarh and Jan 16-20 in Shillong.
This is but one example of the impact that JSM-Langham Scholars are having around the world. A.K. explains:
“India is strategically very important for the missions in 10/40 windows. I believe that the coming of a large number of protestant missionaries to India in the early part of 18th & 19th centuries was especially designated by God for this very purpose. The highest concentration of the Churches is in North-east and the south, where the western missionaries sacrificially served. This is supposed to become the epicenter of the impact that should touch the entire 10/40 windows. I believe this can happen if we fill, by the grace of God, every pulpit of the Churches in India with godly men and women who exegete the Word of God correctly. We need transformation of the leaders in India. Leaders with Christ like character and passion for the righteousness and for the hastening of the coming of the Kingdom of God. “
Speaking to the leaders of Guwahati
Having returned, he says that, “Now I look forward to dedicate my times fully for the writing of my dissertation. With your blessing I desire to do it well and complete as early as possible. I will appreciate your prayers.