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The Salvation Army
International Headquarters
Office of The General
To:- Active and Retired Commissioners,
Active and Retired Territorial Commanders,
Officers Commanding
Dear Colleagues in Christ,
Urgent request for prayer - India Northern Territory
I am asking on an urgent basis for prayer for our Salvationist
comrades in the India Northern Territory. Salvationists in the
State of Orissa have been directly impacted by recent civil
disorder and are in need of our loving thoughts and earnest
prayers.
Following the deaths of local Hindu leaders, some
fundamentalist Hindu citizens have been offering violence to
their Christian neighbours, including Salvationists. Two corps
halls have been destroyed together with a quarters building,
and 100 Salvationists are now hiding in fear in the nearby
forests. Please pray that God will protect them.
Also our Boys' Home has been destroyed. Thirty children and the
officers caring for them are now in police protection. Please
bring this situation to God in prayer. Efforts are being made
to relocate the children to another of our homes.
Please pray for Colonels Kashinath and Kusum Lahase,
territorial leaders, and all their staff, and especially for
the divisional leaders in Orissa.
God grant a swift return to normality and a restoration of
tranquility in these communities.
To date there are no reports of Salvationists injured or
killed.
Thank you for your fidelity in prayer. God bless you all.
Yours in Christ,
Shaw Clifton
GENERAL
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