Wednesday, July 18, 2007

THE WORD SHARED IN WARANGAL!

Duke preached in the Youth Camp of the Emmanuel House of Worship Church - a leading evangelical church in Hyderabad with branches around the city. The camp was conducted in a serene catholic premises in Warangal in the month of May 2007. Duke brought four messages in the camp, basing each of those messages in the book of Isaiah. One was a gospel message (did not Philip the evangelist use this book to share the Gospel with the chariot-riding Ethiopian government officer?), another one on Bible Meditation, another one on youth issues and a final one a challenge for ministry involvement. Each message was well-received. After the frank youth issues talk in which Duke talked about what the Bible teaches on sex, one of the organisers told Duke how such a message was the need of the hour. Several of the 80 youth who attended this camp committed their lives to the Lord and a definite involvement in his Work. Sharing the pulpit with a spiritual giant like Uncle PC Verghese of the EU (sitting in the front row in the photo attached) was an awesome privilege. At the close of the camp, Duke asked him to pray for me so that I too will have the same fire he has, post-seventy years, should the Lord keep him alive till then. Brother Vijay Burton who invited Duke over for this camp.

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