Topics: Bible; Evangelism; Gospel; Missions; Outreach; Vision
References: Isaiah 55:10–11; Matthew 28:19; Acts 1:8; Romans 1:16; Hebrews 4:12
The people of the Hmar tribe of northeast India were once fierce headhunters known for their vicious slayings. But in 1910, Welsh missionary Watkin Roberts sent the gospel of John to a Hmar chief. The chief invited Roberts to come and explain the Scriptures, and within two generations the entire Hmar tribe was evangelized.
Soon after, the British government expelled Roberts from India, but his efforts continued to produce fruit. Today the Hmar tribe totals over a million people. Two members of that tribe—Rochunga and Mawii Pudaite—are continuing Roberts’s work of evangelism. In 1971, they were convicted by God to give a free copy of the New Testament to all of the families of the world.
The Pudaites founded Bibles for the World ministries. To date, they have sent more than 16 million copies of the New Testament in various languages to homes all across the globe.
—“Quick Takes—The Headhunter’s Children,” Today’s Christian (January–February 2005)