Bangladesh: Tortured, Still Praising | 308 | Report 26

On May 21, former Muslim, William Gomez was taken off the streets in Dhaka, pushed into a car, and driven to a building of Bangladesh’s notorious Rapid Action Battalion (RAB). The elite police force has been linked to killing at least 200 people since 2009, when the current government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina took office, according to Amnesty International.

He was bleeding because of the mistreatment and falling to the ground. Yet, Gomes stressed, he knew God was with him. “I realised that Jesus was naked when he was put to the cross,” he explained. They also tried to make Gomes confess to “false accusations that I had spied for Pakistan and other charges.” Eventually police let him go, but he was forced to flee his Asian nation.

He is now in Hong-Kong, on a 6 month visa. Of his ordeal he says he was tortured for his Christian faith, but still wanted to “sing the songs of David.” He was naked, but “Jesus Christ clothed him with His Love.”

Source: Worthy Christian News

BIBLE STUDY: Acts 16:22-34

PRAISE: God that He is with His own in their trials. Pray for a great Gospel awakening in Bangladesh.

Training for Service in Bangladesh | 20th May 2010

Christians make up less than 1% of the 153 million people of Bangladesh. Islam is the state religion, and Christians are very vulnerable to persecution.
In 1979 Biswanath Chowdhuri – a former Indian nuclear scientist who became paralyzed as a result of an accident at work and was converted while in hospital, together with his wife Vijaya – founded the Christian Discipleship Centre (CDC) in Dhaka, the only full time residential, non denominational Christian teaching centre in Bangladesh.
Additional subjects include children’s ministry, primary school teaching, adult literacy, basic health care, and income generation skills. 621 discipleship graduates and more than 1,372 special skills graduates are serving all over the country, and over 500 churches have been planted by CDC graduates, plus many medical clinics and schools for poor children. Villagers are delighted that they are being helped in the things of daily life that really matter to them. These courses have opened the door to their hearts and the Gospel is taking root among them. This is truly a God-inspired initiative.

Source: World Outreach UK

BIBLE STUDY: 2 Timothy 1:8-10

PRAISE: God for such a sound Gospel vision that is taking root and benefitting many of the poorest. Pray for the spread of the Gospel in this needy nation.

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Training for Service in Bangladesh | 20th April 2010

Christians make up less than 1% of the 153 million people of Bangladesh. Islam is the state religion, and Christians are very vulnerable to persecution.
In 1979 Biswanath Chowdhuri – a former Indian nuclear scientist who became paralyzed as a result of an accident at work and was converted while in hospital, together with his wife Vijaya – founded the Christian Discipleship Centre (CDC) in Dhaka, the only full time residential, non denominational Christian teaching centre in Bangladesh.
Additional subjects include children’s ministry, primary school teaching, adult literacy, basic health care, and income generation skills. 621 discipleship graduates and more than 1,372 special skills graduates are serving all over the country, and over 500 churches have been planted by CDC graduates, plus many medical clinics and schools for poor children. Villagers are delighted that they are being helped in the things of daily life that really matter to them. These courses have opened the door to their hearts and the Gospel is taking root among them. This is truly a God-inspired initiative.

Source: World Outreach UK

BIBLE STUDY: 2 Timothy 1:8-10

PRAISE: God for such a sound Gospel vision that is taking root and benefitting many of the poorest. Pray for the spread of the Gospel in this needy nation.