Hmm, I lament the death of John Chau.\u00a0 I believe it was a tragedy that could have been avoided, though.\u00a0 Is God not sovereign?\u00a0 Can He not save these people in His own way?\u00a0 (e.g. Jesus could let them in the back door to Heaven and not violate Scripture (“I am the Way, the Truth and the Life” John 14:6).<\/p>\n
To all who are thinking of reaching unreached people groups – don’t do it in a rouge fashion.\u00a0 Let’s be coordinated together on this.<\/p>\n
Finally, tying his death at the hands of the Sentinelese to “persecution from India” is “spinning” and not reflective of the broader truth – something we as Christians need to call out!<\/p>\n
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A group that concentrates on Christian persecution says it’s “very worried<\/em>” about the death of John Chau<\/strong>, a missionary who unlawfully trespassed on a remote island to preach to the residents about Christianity, and desires the tribes-people brought to justice.<\/p>\n I reported on Chau’s story the other day, when the world found out that he was killed by indigenous people with bows and arrows after going to the island of North Sentinel in India to transform people<\/a><\/p>\n to his religion. He broke the law and endangered their lives on his Christian objective. International Christian Concern, a not-for-profit that intends to draw attention towards Christians suffering throughout the world, desires the locals to be charged with murder. A representative for International Christian Concern said:”We here at International Christian Issue are incredibly concerned by the reports of an American missionary being killed in India’s Andaman and Nicobar Islands.<\/p>\n “Our ideas and prayers head out to both John’s friends and family. A complete investigation must be launched in this murder and those responsible must be hauled into court. “Not just does this group call what occurred “murder,”ignoring the reality that they aren’t bound by our laws and were acting out of self-defense, however they go even further by suggesting they can be attempted in our courts. These remote villagers have actually had no contact with the outdoors world, and it is prohibited to take a trip there since it’s hazardous for visitors and residents. In its own press release, International Christian Concern actually tied this occurrence to reported discrimination versus Christians throughout the nation of India. This murder comes at a time when Indian Christians report ever<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n