British Pakistani Christian Association sent brother Leighton Medley and his wife Pana to Pakistan on a revival and outreach mission in March/April.
We sent Leighton to Muridwala. BPCA will continue to visit this community through brother Leighton to provide solace, assistance and to bolster our work of sowing God’s word and strengthening the faith of Christians.
By Leighton Medley
On the 6th April, we visited 192 Chowk, a small Christian village adjacent to Faisalabad, actually quite near to where I have been before
during my previous visit, which was at Muridwala. This community are only a small fellowship of believers, but the Pastor is an extremely keen man
and was desperate to get some much needed biblical teaching to this hungry community.
I preach on the Parable of the Rich Fool from Luke`s Gospel chapter 12:13-21, largely because of my awareness of the love of money that sadly many
Christian communities in Pakistan are afflicted with. The translation was by Mehwish, who did an excellent job, and the community were made to be aware
of the perils of the love of money and material wealth. In fact, quite interestingly, the Pastor showed his disappointment that more people weren`t
there, as he felt and quite strongly, that this was a message that many Pastors needed to hear due to the avarice and greed overwhelming many of the
so called church leaders.
The bibles we hand out are gratefully received, and I`m actually cautiously optimistic for this village, a lot of them did actually possess bibles
and were willing to share them out amongst those who were less fortunate. The Pastor has expressed an interest in calling us to return, in order to
provide further teachings from scripture. That`s the interesting thing here, I`ve noticed that the parables preached are going down quite well, this
has made me really realise why Jesus used parables to teach the local people during His day.
However, one weakness which still pervades these communities, is still the shortage of men present ready to hear the Word of God. This is an area we
must pray for, I know it seems to be cultural, but again, how are we going to find the next generation of leaders, if the young men don`t attend upon
the preaching of the Word. We may look in future, at the possibility of a seminar for the men, in order to teach them what they need to know about
being a Christian man. As far as the women, there continues to be a real hunger for the Word, and it is they who are leading the way, we must pray
for the balance to be redressed somewhat. But, we give glory to the Lord, as He is continuing to move in this marvellous country, and long may this
continue.
In Christ
Brother Leighton
We depend on the generosity of our donors In order for us to continue our outreach and revival programmes in Pakistan. If you would like to contribute to this Kingdom building work please (click here).
Our free bible distribution comes at a cost each bible costs £4.00 to print. If you would like to help us continue to share God’s word throughout Pakistan please (click here)
