India Children's Choir in Fresno
We cordially invite you to attend. We also need to provide good guest housing and meals for 22 children and 8 adults for two nights. Your help would be appreciated. Contact Pastor Tom Sims at 559-647-2203 or tomsims1@compuserve.com . The India Children's Choir Wednesday, August 9 7:00 P.M. Baptist Temple - The Fellowship of Joy 4141 N. Fresno Street between Ashlan and Dakota 559-229-9379 Sponsored by Bibles for the World HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE HMAR PEOPLE The people of the Hmar tribe of Northeast India were fierce headhunters. In 1910, a missionary named Watkin Roberts sent a copy of the Gospel of John to a Hmar chief. The chief invited Roberts to come and explain the Scriptures. He went despite a ban by the British Colonial government to keep him out of the area, and five young tribesmen chose to follow the Lord Jesus. These converts grew in faith and became leaders of a new and growing church. Within two generations, the entire tribe was evangelized. Headhunting st
