Prayer Needed in Bangladesh: Missionary Murdered
Story from
Gospel for Asia:
01/09/2006: Bangladesh Missionary Brutally Murdered
Gospel for Asia leaders in Bangladesh report that native missionary
Laxman Das, 25, was murdered last Friday, January 6. He was found on
the side of a highway near the town of Dangil, approximately 100
kilometers (62 miles) outside of the capital city of Dhaka. Police took
his body to a hospital, where an autopsy revealed the cause of death to
be a severe blow to the head.
Laxman
is survived by his young wife and five-month-old child. He graduated
from a GFA Bible college in 2001 and was working full-time as a
missionary. He had already established a church in his village located
in the northern part of Bangladesh.
Laxman was returning home by bus on Friday when it was stopped. He was
apparently singled out and forced off the bus, then killed. GFA leaders
are still waiting for more details from the police investigation.
"This is the time of the Eid festival [when Muslims celebrate
what they believe to be Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son,
Ishmael]," one GFA leader commented. "There is no law and order in some
places, and usually many incidents like this happen."
The nation of Bangladesh is primarily Muslim, with more than
85 percent professing Islam. Less than one percent of the population is
Christian.
Gospel for Asia is currently training 77 students in two Bible colleges
in the country. GFA also has 98 full-time native missionaries in
Bangladesh who have planted 75 churches and 100 mission stations.
"This is not the first time we have faced such opposition to
the work of the Gospel in Bangladesh," commented GFA President K.P.
Yohannan. "As the Body of Christ, we must stand together in prayer for
our brothers and sisters in this nation."
Please pray for Laxman's family and co-workers to know the Lord's
comfort and strength as they grieve his death, and pray that much fruit
will come from this "grain of wheat" that has fallen.
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