Cascading Kingdom Movements to Christ among the Balinese Hindus...(excerpt written by RA, taken from GPD June 2013 publication)
In 1929, a visionary missionary wrote the following after surveying the Balinese peoples, “In the name of the Lord Jesus, I deliberately set my feet on the soil of Bali and claim it for Him.” To that original faith claim, Dr. R.A. Jaffrey later added, “The light of the gospel preached by Spirit-filled missionaries will drive out the millions of demons of darkness, and these people, enchained by the devil so long, will be set free.”
Rodger and Lelia Lewis were among those early missionaries who started their work in Bali in the early 1950s—and yes, demons were driven out, and people were set free. But it was a battle, according to the book, The Battle for Bali. With Hinduism intricately woven into the fabric of both family and culture, to choose to follow Christ often meant ostracism and economic isolation for the Balinese people.
Though Rodger went to be with the Lord in 1999, Lelia served among the Balinese until her passing in 2021. They have had an enduring influence on the island.
Kingdom Movements leader, Steve Smith, in his excellent book, entitled Spirit Walk, on page 13 writes the following...
“A great and godly missionary leader has noticed a change in missionaries over the last fifty years…’when I was a young missionary, fifty years ago, I met many spiritual giants. But when it came to kingdom movements we were methodological pygmies. But after fifty years of change, he made this observation: Today I meet a lot of young missionaries who are methodological giants, yet they are spiritual pygmies.”
In humility of Christ, evaluate which one you have leaned toward:
A church planting movement is now in the early stages among the Balinese.
Pray for healthy house fellowships led by Balinese lay believers to reproduce. Pray for national and foreign laborers to walk in humility and spiritual freedom, and to appropriate the weapons of the spiritual warfare which rages before them.
3,280,000 Hindus, 5,000 believers
Status: Engaged in a church planting movement (CPM) effort
Location: Bali Island, just to the east of Java Island
Daniel 10:13
But the Prince of the Persian Kingdom resisted me 21 days. Then Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, because I was detained there with the king of Persia.
This comment made by the angel of the Lord to Daniel gives us some insight into what happens when we pray. We know from this passage that the Lord responds to our prayers. In this case he sent His angel to Daniel. But notice that the answer to this prayer was delayed because of the work of the enemy, the Prince of Persia. It may take much regular prayer before the Lord breaks through the spiritual darkness. Will you be one who prays for the unreached nations until the Lord is victorious?
- Pray for laborers among the Balinese Hindus to walk in Holy Spirit balanced ways to be healthy disciple makers for the launch of Kingdom Movements.
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