EFCA Video Producer, Troy Gronseth, visited India in April seeing firsthand and filming the fruit of EFCA ministry (for an upcoming video). His words speak volumes to US based believers:
It wasn’t until after literally experiencing the Kali temple in Calcutta with a ‘priest’ from the street that it began to sink in. Watching Hindu believers trying to appease Kali, (one of millions of Hindu gods), was an encounter with emptiness, darkness and desperation. Understanding also came in bearing witness, behind a camera lens, to dozens of changed lives and miraculous healings attributed to the supernatural.
In a tiny, dark, upstairs one-room restaurant in Calcutta, India, I heard a loosely assembled choir of saints spontaneously sing the most beautiful rendition of "Jesus, Name Above All Names" that I have ever heard. In the context, I began to understand.
Fighting tears of conviction, I understood that these believers from Calcutta, risking their family, friends, job and home, knew far better than I what it means to proclaim Jesus is the Name above all other names-some 350 million if you’re counting. To proclaim this in a context of comfort and prosperity is one thing. To a follower of Christ in India, the name of Jesus and all associated with following Him is understood in a way I humbly hope to both fully grasp and fully live.
(Used with permission)
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