Today we started the conference! Steve taught on Vision - seeing things the way that God sees them. Marlon taught on a vision lesson as well dealing with being led by the blind. The group is amazingly responsive to the teaching and eager to learn. Tomorrow we will dive into the Great Commission!
There are 80 pastors at the conference. There stories are amazing! One 24 year old pastor named Samson has been a Christian for 1 1/2 years - his parents, who are Hindu, kicked him out of the house when they discovered he had accepted Jesus Christ. Another pastor was a priest in a Hindu temple, he says that he used to worship many false gods, but now he has accepted Jesus Christ. Many of the pastors are young church planters in persecuted situations. We heard the story of a pastor who would have been at the conference, but had been killed - his name was Daniel and he was only 23. The pastors praised God that He has brought Daniel home. We also heard from another pastor whose church had been persecuted by Hindus. One pastor was a former gang member and Jesus Christ had changed his life - Marlon was excited to know that there are people in India who had gang, drug, and jail backgrounds, but had been transformed by the grace of God!
