LACANADA,
CA – (ANS)- A staff-member and two church leaders from a
California-based church planting ministry have been captured in western India.
Over this past weekend an Empart www.empart.org
Church Planter and two church leaders (names withheld for security
reasons) were taken by force on their way to an evangelistic outreach event.
Empart transforms communities by
training local people to start local churches in the local community. The
ministry is focused on empowering the local believers to take up the work of
reaching their own people. The ministry says this is the most effective and
efficient use of training, time and money.
According to the ministry, the
kidnapping occurred in the Udaipur Region, Rajasthan, India in an area
dominated by militant Naxalites — a Maoist party considered to be the most
dangerous terrorist organization in India. Many people suspect that the
Naxalites were responsible for the abductions.
“At this stage, we do not know
who took them or what their demands are. Local witnesses were unable to
identify the perpetrators as their faces were covered,” said Jeff Cannon,
US Director, Empart USA.
“While this is a serious
situation, we serve a mighty God who is able to do immeasurably more than we
can ask or imagine (Ephesians 3:19-21), ” Cannon said in an e-mail to ANS.
Cannon added: “This is the
first time any of our workers have been kidnapped. Please also pray for God’s
divine wisdom and direction for Jossy Chacko and the Indian leaders.”
Cannon asked that concerned
believers join the ministry in prayer for their safety, protection and for
God’s comfort, and peace to rest with their terrified families until their safe
return.
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