{"id":45135,"date":"2025-03-04T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifesworld.org\/?post_type=prayerline&#038;p=45135"},"modified":"2025-03-04T11:24:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T11:24:53","slug":"the-undeniable-gospel","status":"publish","type":"prayerline","link":"https:\/\/ifesworld.org\/en\/prayerline\/the-undeniable-gospel\/","title":{"rendered":"The Undeniable Gospel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block block-core-html\">\n<iframe title=\"The Undeniable Gospel\" allowtransparency=\"true\" height=\"150\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);height:150px;\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=i7g5w-1829ac9-pb&#038;from=pb6admin&#038;share=1&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;fonts=Arial&#038;skin=fcc200&#038;font-color=000000&#038;logo_link=episode_page&#038;btn-skin=1b1b1b\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can\u2019t register a church. You\u2019re not allowed to evangelise. Your electricity and water might get cut. In this South Asian country, Christians are denied much. But one thing can\u2019t be denied: the gospel\u2019s power to save.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-heading wp-elements-bf748cb19562514085f999fc4574f253\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-south-asia-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-bf748cb19562514085f999fc4574f253\"><strong>Undeniable Testimonies<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his first weeks at university, Chandra* was wreaking havoc. He was an angry and insolent young man. His heavy drinking often ended in brawls. But, by the end of his first year, his life was turned around. The student fellowship group embraced him, and he embraced Christ. He says:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201c<\/em><em>Looking back, what showed me the reality of the gospel was their lack of judgmentalism and their<\/em><em> <\/em><em>loving care despite all my flaws\u201d<\/em><em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tashi* arrived at camp in a bad way. She felt so depressed that she was intending to end her life. But as she listened to talks about Jesus the Good Shepherd loving and valuing his sheep, she realised her true worth. She says:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cIt changed my life. I can honestly say that I wouldn\u2019t be here today if I hadn\u2019t gone to that camp and heard Jesus\u2019 word to me.<\/em><em>\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-heading wp-elements-ab03b5e275cda4c266c74416d96f622c\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-south-asia-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ab03b5e275cda4c266c74416d96f622c\"><strong>Undeniable Challenges<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the positive gospel impact that student ministry is bringing across 10 campuses (and six graduate groups), meetings and camps are often under suspicion \u2013 by the authorities and even some older house church pastors. Last year, the movement\u2019s lead staff worker was arrested and taken for questioning. He was soon released, but as a precaution, they relocated the three-day summer camp to a nearby country.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For students, becoming a Christian can lead to excommunication from family. It can also bring discrimination and difficult dilemmas \u2013 like what to do when you\u2019re expected to attend student prayers at the campus shrine.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-heading wp-elements-21d8469ed48abadd700d32009d502881\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-south-asia-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-21d8469ed48abadd700d32009d502881\"><strong>Undeniable Hope<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But God has been at work over the last 15 years: some of today\u2019s lecturers experienced the movement in their student days \u2013 and now they try to help students be excused from temple prayers.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lead staff has been joined by four other volunteers \u2013 two graduates and two young pastors. Together, they take three 45-day trips around the country each year to strengthen the student-led groups and to advocate for the ministry among church pastors.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With this maturing base and its catalogue of powerful testimonies, the team hopes the movement will continue to flourish, even amid the pressures. They are working towards becoming an official member of IFES at World Assembly 2027.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At a recent camp, one student asked why he was facing persecution despite his best efforts to follow Jesus. He was reassured by the speaker\u2019s reply: \u201cIn Christ, we find good things in hard times\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-heading wp-elements-bf620f2a7afb83e9f566d932fcb719c2\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-south-asia-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-bf620f2a7afb83e9f566d932fcb719c2\"><strong>Pray<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-list\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><div class=\"wp-block block-core-list-item\">\n<li>Thank God for the winter camp in January, attended by 90 students (including six who weren\u2019t Christians) and 45 graduates. Pray they will know the undeniable hope of the gospel and share it with wisdom and courage.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/div><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-list\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><div class=\"wp-block block-core-list-item\">\n<li>Ask the Lord to strengthen and protect the lead staff worker and provide for other full-time staff. Pray that many local Christians will grasp the vision and contribute to the work, with students, graduates, and diaspora supporting a sustainable ministry.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/div><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-list\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><div class=\"wp-block block-core-list-item\">\n<li>Give thanks for all the undeniably good things this movement has witnessed in hard times over the last 15 years. Pray for them as they develop the fledgling board and finalise their constitution in preparation for IFES affiliation.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/div><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Names changed to protect identities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":45174,"template":"","area":[463],"theme":[],"class_list":["post-45135","prayerline","type-prayerline","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","area-south-asia"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Undeniable Gospel &#183; IFES Prayerline<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"You can\u2019t register a church. You\u2019re not allowed to evangelise. Your electricity and water might get cut. 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