Christian Gunned Down in Kashmir

There are a lot of stories I could have highlighted right now. Yet this picture of children in Kashmir featured on www.mnnonline.org tells of hope and innocence. Yet violence abounds very close to home, as the following Mission Newwork News report filed on 29.11.06 tragically reveals:

Kashmir (MNN) -- A tragedy has hit a ministry in the predominately Muslim region of Kashmir. Bob Savage with Partners International says they're supporting a program called, 'Seeker Seminars' for Muslims interesting in learning about Christianity. The first convert from these seminars became actively involved in evangelism. However, his story took a tragic turn.

"He would bring people to these seminars when they happened. As often happens, a guy like him attracts bad attention. And, some people were watching him and threatening him and they just came up and point blank range and shot him." He leaves a wife and five children.

Will these 'Seeker Seminars' continue? Savage says, "People are nervous, but they'll go on. I mean, all of these guys, they know that it's a lot of risk what they've been doing. That's part of their life. Out of their commitment to reach these areas they just keep going back. You've got to admire that. It's really heroic."

Full story: http://www.MNNonline.org/article/9324