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What John Allen Chau's Missions Agency Wants You to Know

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Christianity Today

Religion, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.3622 Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2018

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

A little over a week ago, a 26-year-missionary was killed by members of an isolated tribe on a remote island near India, Myanmar, and Thailand. As CT reported: According to news reports based on Chau’s journal entries, the Oral Roberts University graduate shouted, “My name is John, and I love you and Jesus loves you,” to Sentinelese tribesmen armed with bows and arrows. He fled to a fishing boat when they shot at him during his initial visit, with one arrow piercing his Bible. The young missionary did not survive a follow-up trip on November 17. Chau was working with All Nations, whose stated mission is “to make disciples and train leaders to ignite church planting movements among the neglected peoples of the earth.” Mary Ho, the international executive leader at All Nations, described Chau as a “very interesting young man” and “very focused.” “Since he was about 18 years old, I believe, he took a mission trip and on that mission trip he really felt a call to be a missionary,” Ho said. “Around that time he started researching all the different people groups and he came across the North Sentinelese people.” Chau really felt that “his life’s call was to take the love and goodness of Jesus Christ to the North Sentinelese,” said Ho. “Since then, every decision he has made has been to prepare himself for his life’s call.” Today on Quick to Listen, we want to learn more about John Chau, the Sentinelese, and other “neglected peoples”—and especially the challenges and perils of bringing the gospel to isolated people groups. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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It's Wednesday, November 28th, and this is quick to listen, where we set aside hashtags and

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hot takes discuss a major cultural event.

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On today's show, Mary Ho joins us to discuss a situation in which a 26-year-old missionary

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was recently killed by those he intended to convert to Christianity.

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I'm Morgan Lee, Associate Digital Media producer here at Christianity Today, and I'm here with Mark

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Alley, our editor-in-chief.

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Hey, Morgan.

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What's up, Mark?

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Welcome back from France.

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I'm glad that you remember where I went.

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Because you just told me this morning.

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It's true.

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It's true.

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I am back from France.

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It has been an amazing vacation, and I was excited because I had to return to a

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