Hindu Festivals Are Time for Christians to Intercede

Baptist Press reports that Southern Baptist workers are urging Christians to pray for Hindus in October as they celebrate a month full of festivals and celebration. "Many times at the end of these festivals, the area resembles the state fairgrounds once all the rides have gone," Gene Yaussy, who is stationed in southern Asia, said. "It is at this time that I am asking you to pray specifically for the people who have enjoyed many days of festivity and are now returning to normal life," Yaussy urges, directing his words to Southern Baptists and other evangelicals who yearn for the Gospel to spread across India. The revelers "are now facing the true emptiness of their faith as these many days of celebration have ended without any response from their gods."