{"id":711,"date":"2016-11-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.britishasianchristians.org\/full-previous-archive\/2016\/11\/22\/revival-ministry-in-pakistan-reveals-church-corruption-a-childs-song-provides-a-glimmer-of-hope\/"},"modified":"2016-11-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T00:00:00","slug":"revival-ministry-in-pakistan-reveals-church-corruption-a-childs-song-provides-a-glimmer-of-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishasianchristians.org\/full-previous-archive\/revival-ministry-in-pakistan-reveals-church-corruption-a-childs-song-provides-a-glimmer-of-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"Revival ministry in Pakistan reveals church corruption &#8211; A child&#x27;s song provides a glimmer of hope."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Image of Leighton Medley preaching at memorial service for Shama and Shahzad<\/p>\n<p>By Brother Leighton Medley     <br \/><\/strong><br \/>\n    <br \/>What can I say, ministry is tough and here in Pakistan you see the good, the bad and the ugly. Although the Lord has graciously inspired me in my preaching,<br \/>\n    I feel that most people have never heard an expository sermon before and have no idea of good biblical doctrine. Last week I began a worldview class,<br \/>\n    which went surprisingly well, the young people seemed to take to it, as I tried to show using the bible, the doctrine of creation, plus just giving<br \/>\n    an overview of other worldviews at variance with ours. My second class is on Friday, where we will be looking at the doctrine of original sin, my prayer<br \/>\n    is that God will guide me and that this won&#x27;t go too above their heads.<\/p>\n<div>In general Pana and I are fine, though the poor Christians are exploited here, not least by their own. The amount of organisations here, that are just<br \/>\n    after money is really quite unbelievable. The fact has hit home hard, that the Christians here, are really not that different from their Muslim cousins,<br \/>\n    in fact sadly sometimes worse. The case of the children of Shazad and Shama Masih, is a point in question, where their grandfather won custody of them<br \/>\n    only so he could receive government money, in order to better his own living standards. They are neither cared for, bathed or clothed properly, only<br \/>\n    a BPCA nanny has access to them but within his limitations, he is so paranoid that he refuses anyone else apart from Mehwish access to them, their<br \/>\n    future as it stands is no future. Please pray for these poor children, who not only lost their parents 2 years ago, in a tragic lynching and burning<br \/>\n    alive, they are now faced with a lifetime of poverty, at the hands of an unscrupulous relative who calls himself a Christian.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>We had our first outreach yesterday at Rukahwala, it went well and God really blessed the meeting. I preached a simple from Acts 2:31-36, on the subject<br \/>\n    of what is a Christian. Mehwish translated well, because I did think much would go over their heads, but here&#x27;s a remarkable thing, a little girl of<br \/>\n    6 years old, came and sang a song, of how she was bad, how she was evil, and yet Jesus saved her, of how she said sorry and she was forgiven. Extraordinary,<br \/>\n    she summed my sermon in one simple song, that&#x27;s how it works here, people have a simple faith, but powerful and I praise the Lord for his goodness.<\/div>\n<p>We presented gifts to the children and some of the people, where one woman said she liked what peter said about baptism, I think she is looking to get<br \/>\nbaptised and have her family taking the plunge also. We gave the community a meal, just some simple biryani, but the atmosphere was good, and the people<br \/>\nwere generally grateful for our presence. I have been given an Urdu\/English New Testament by one of the local pastors, I shall try to incorporate this<br \/>\ninto my studies after my graduation next year.<\/p>\n<div>But you see the exploitation though, I saw a banner promoting a pastor from London whom I&#x27;d never heard of before, only to be told it was an Internet meeting<br \/>\n    and people had to pay for it. I&#x27;m sorry but that to me is a cop out and exploitive to say the least. These people deserve better than that, which is<br \/>\n    why it is a privilege to help Wilson Chowdhry and the BPCA, they are trying to give these people real ministry and education along the way, I praise<br \/>\n    the Lord for that organisation. <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>The rest of the week is panned out for more out reaches and visits, we will see the land in Kasur for the school, plus I have one seminar in Raj Garh on<br \/>\n    the prodigal son. Please pray for us, we do miss our family at hope, it is a different world here, but there&#x27;s nothing like doing the lords&#x27; work,<br \/>\n    it is a real privilege and honour. I pray all are well in Huddersfield, give our love to everyone, we look forward to seeing you next weekend when<br \/>\n    we return, may God bless you all richly in Christ.<\/div>\n<div>\n    <br \/>Leighton and Pana<\/p>\n<p> BPCA is about to launch an outreach offensive during which we will be teaching, counselling and healing across Pakistan as part of our revival project.<br \/>\n    &nbsp;We are printing our own bibles in Pakistan in collaboration with the BIble Society. &nbsp;The cost of each of these bibles is \u00a34 each and we<br \/>\n    are calling for donors of all sizes to help us share the Word of God with many refreshed and new believers. &nbsp;If you would like to contribute please<br \/>\n    <a href=&quot;https:\/\/britishpakistanichristians.worldsecuresystems.com\/donate&quot;> (click here)<\/a><\/p>\n<div><strong>Prayer points :<\/strong> <\/div>\n<div>\n        <br \/><strong>The 3 orphans, Solomon who is showing signs of PTSD, Sonia and Poonam.<br \/><\/strong> <\/div>\n<div><strong>An end to the exploitation of the poorer communities not just by their fellow Christians but also by those in the west.<\/strong> <\/div>\n<div><strong>Pray for better bible teaching, many here have never heard an expository sermon before.<\/strong> <\/div>\n<div><strong>For more bibles those in poorer communities who don&#x27;t have one<\/strong> <\/div>\n<div><strong>For the school at<a href=&quot;https:\/\/britishpakistanichristians.worldsecuresystems.com\/BlogRetrieve.aspx?PostID=728151&amp;A=SearchResult&amp;SearchID=616694&amp;ObjectID=728151&amp;ObjectType=55&quot;> Kasur and potential church plant<\/a> to be developedso that the children can be developed with an education not only mainstream but in the bible also.<\/strong>        <\/div>\n<div><strong>Pray for unity, many Christians too many are in competition with one another fuelling the exploitation of others, leading to the breakdown of communities.<\/strong>        <\/div>\n<div><strong>Pray that their world view would be altered to a more Christian and biblical one, and not based on secular values.<\/strong> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image of Leighton Medley preaching at memorial service for Shama and Shahzad By Brother Leighton Medley What can I say, ministry is tough and here in Pakistan you see the good, the bad and the ugly. 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