05/31/2005: His Passion Renewed through Radio
His Passion Renewed through Radio
With fierce intensity, the angry youths hurled threats at GFA Pastor Cherian for his Gospel witness. Walking home that day, the young pastor wondered whether he could go back to the village and face them again: Their repeated warnings of harm made him fear for his life. But then an unexpected source gave him the courage he needed to face another day.
Tuning in the following morning to a GFA Athmik Yathra (Spiritual Journey) broadcast, Pastor Cherian heard about how the apostle Paul continued to proclaim the name of Christ, even when he suffered persecution.
By the end of the broadcast, Pastor Cherian felt renewed in the passion God had given him for the lost. He rededicated himself to continue sharing Christ in the very village where he had encountered such opposition.
For thousands of GFA missionaries and pastors like Cherian, GFA Radio provides encouragement to press on another day so more thirsty souls can hear the Good News of abundant life offered in Jesus.
And for Pastor Cherian, the broadcasts are very personal-more than just technology or a mysterious voice being recorded in a production studio.
“If something happened and the program were shut down,” he shares, “I would feel I had lost a great friend, one who speaks to me every day, encouraging me.”
To learn how you can help provide radio broadcasts that not only encourage GFA missionaries and pastors like Cherian in the Lord's work but also take the life-giving message of God's hope to remote areas where missionaries haven't reached, please click here.
