NON CATHOLIC DENOMINATIONS IN KUWAIT. In Kuwait City about 200 metres away from Roman Catholic Church there is a magnificent place where Non-Catholic Christian Churches are located, at the entrace of this place surrounded by a big all around wall it is written as “The National Evangelical Church” accommodating innumerable Christian denominations. Though a number of nationalities are involved in prayers in this Pious House yet they are all united under their respective congregations by one common factor that is Christian doctrine. The common unifying factor is Christ. On 31st May, Friday I had an opportunity to attend to the prayer service of one of the groups there known as Pakistani Urdu speaking Christians where special invitee was Pastor Don Pirozok from USA who was visiting Kuwait for a short period. Prior to that Friday Pastor Pirozok preached at Vineyard Ministry where Sister Lata conducts her preaching along with her Pastor husband Ramesh. Both of them are ably supported in their Christian Mission by their two youthful daughters, elder one in singing and the younger one in playing organ of course along with other singers and smart musicians. Besides this family, this Ministry is ably supported in its activities on Saturday and Sunday evenings prayers by a good number of followers. Sister Lata a middle aged lady formerly a Teacher by profession is enriched with biblical knowledge besides having abundant spiritual blessings. With her holy and mellifluent tongue flowing with quotations and incidents from the Bible she turns the entire congregation spell bound. In her preaching one can easily get lot of spiritual solace and knowledge too. She is blessed with Christian Healing Power and this was proved by many. Being a teacher (professor) she is a well read woman travelled many parts of the world in preaching the word of God. The holy power of her prayers and rich literary knowledge can be experienced on Saturdays and Sundays at 7.00 p.m. It was here in the Vineyard Ministry on Thursday 30th May I had the previllege of listening to Pastor Don Pirozok preaching and seeing him performing Healing Services for the innumerable Christians who attended his Service. It was surprising how the faithfuls flattened on the floor the moment he touched their heads and prayed over them. I have seen such incidents earlier also when Sister Lata prayed over the faithfuls. I have discussed this aspect with some priests and theologists to get proper explanation of this healing miracles but I got no proper reply. These services are attended by many practicing Catholics as well. Last year a Goan Priest Fr. Salvador was invited by Catholic Church to preach in Kuwait He was known in Goa at Siolim and elsewhere not only as a very good preacher but also a priest known to perform Healing Services which are very much required by the faithfuls. For this reason Catholics and other Christians flooding to Potta and elsewhere for receiving Healing Services. Unfortunately for many Catholics Fr. Salvador last year did not perform Healing Services openly but he announced in the Church that “Every Eucharistic Celebration is a Healing Service” which created no effect on congregation. During the Pakistani Urdu speaking service on Friday, the Pakistani Pastor spoke thus “though our two countries India and Pakistan are facing each other for the likely war on Kashmir border yet we are gathered here in this hall under one banner of Christianity. It is Christianity that united us though in this congregation we have people from two countries India and Pakistan embracing one another but not opposing one another. Let us all pray to God to save our countries and unite our countries under peaceful banner as we are united today here in this hall under Christian banner”. It was very nice to observe how peoples from both India and Pakistan prayed to defuse the tension on the border. In this Evangelical Church lot of world renown Gospel and Bible preachers are invited to preach the word of God in a manner totally different from the way regulars are preaching and they in turn create a very good impact on the minds and bodies of the believers. Last year another renowned Gospel preacher Rambabu from Andra/Bangalore came and preached the word of God to innumerable Christians. Rambabu a young preacher earlier as a Hindu fanatic was known to burn and kick the bible but finally himself got converted to Christianity and turned into a great Bible/Gospel preacher. When new faces are invited to preach the word of Lord then you feel more warmth in your Christian life otherwise with the same preachers throughout the year your spiritual life becomes monotonous. In this area among the different Christian denominations lot of charitable and social work is conducted. Recently lot of Indians were recruited by fake recruiting agency and once they were in Kuwait all of them were thrown on the street without jobs and other amenities. They then came to Indian Embassy but Embassy found it difficult to help them. Finally Embassy requested Indian associations, humanitarian and religious organizations to donate air tickets to these destitutes to repatriate them back to India. By listening to this voice, Orthodox Church according to my information, donated 21 air tickets to this cause and thus alleviated the hardship of suffering people. Such charitable activities are abundantly taking place in the Evangelical Church groups purely in a true Christian principle. If all the Christian denominations combine and start helping their followers with greater degree, I am sure none of the Christians, leave aside Christians, even others will not face any problem. If Christianity is practiced the way it is preached then I am sure all the sufferings on this planet will surely disappear. Christianity is not for preaching only, it is also practicing. But in reality, is it possible to practice Christianity in its true form as propounded and practiced by Jesus Christ? Is it possible for you to love your enemy? Is it possible to give your other cheek too? Or Christianity is a religion of impossible? The prayer that is conducted to diffuse the Indo-Pak border tension should be carried forward by others too so that war is averted and people from India and Pakistan are treated with peaceful life. A. Veronica Fernandes, Kuwait. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet =================================================================== For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
