Touching Lives Through 40 Years of Gospel Radio Programming in India
Last month, village leaders in Penkodo, located in India’s Chhattisgarh state, passed a new resolution that specifically condemned Christianity under the guise of protecting local customs and culture. When local Christians were not participating in traditional Adivasi festivals, village leaders became angry and asked these believers to stop practicing their faith—but the Christians refused. In response, Persecution.org reported, the leaders drafted an April 13 ordinance claiming Christianity was harming local traditions and declaring that the “local church should be destroyed and that all Christians should be driven out of the village.” These are the acts of persecution Christians face in India, where The Tide® (http://bit.ly/2DXqDQP) global radio ministry has reached listeners with the hope of the Gospel for more than 40 years. “Besides our reach here in the U.S. that began in 1946, India was the first global location touched by our heart language radio broadcasts,” said The Tide D...