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Article: SBC prayer guides focus on Hindus.(Brief Article)
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- The Christian Century
- Article date:
- November 10, 1999
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A month after its controversial booklet urging evangelizing of Jews during their High Holy Days, the Southern Baptist International Mission Board has issued a similar prayer guide targeting Hindus. A new initiative asks Southern Baptists to pray that the world's 900 million Hindus might be delivered from spiritual "darkness" during Divali, their annual Festival of Lights, according to a press release from the Richmond, Virginia-based mission board.
The 12-day Southern Baptist prayer emphasis kicked off November 3, when Hindus worldwide began to celebrate Divali, one of the religion's most widely celebrated festivals. According to the press release, the festival ...