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ne of my burdens in serving the he read the Word of God, he discovered
Lord was to reach out to believ- that he was not a Christian. As he read
Oers who had never been exposed on, he realised that Christ had died for
to the truth of New Testament church his sins, had risen from the dead, and that
gatherings. The standard model that he could be right with God by repentance
most churches adhere to does not reflect and faith. He was saved. This, to me, is one
the pattern established in the Acts of the of the outstanding features of the believers
Apostles and explained in the NT epistles in Pakistan. If they see something in the
(especially those of the apostle Paul). Word of God, they do what it says. In the
I concluded that the best way to do this words of 1 Thessalonians 2:13, “For this
was through social media. So I started cause also thank we God without ceas-
recording Bible teaching on video and ing, because, when ye received the word
podcasts and posting them online. To my of God which ye heard of us, ye received
great amazement, the most interested it not as the word of men, but as it is in
saints were not from the UK but mainly truth, the word of God, which effectually
from Africa and Asia. As the interest of worketh also in you that believe” (KJV).
specific individuals developed and I got It would be wonderful if all believers had
to know them (as well as you can from such a straightforward approach to the
truth of Scripture.
weekly meetings online and on Zoom), I
had the privilege of visiting Uganda and Believers – Initial Contact and
Pakistan on several occasions to see how Conditions
the Lord was working in the establishment
of NT churches and the strengthening of When I first met Sohail, he had been
the people of God. This article will focus preaching the gospel for 20 years. Please
on the work in Pakistan. remember that the blessing this report
describes results from faithful brothers
The Background to My and sisters faithfully serving God when
Involvement in Pakistan they had no contact or encouragement
from saints in other countries.
Sohail Dilbagh initially contacted me Unlike his siblings, as a young man
through Facebook, and I eventually Sohail decided not to pursue further edu-
agreed to chat with him via Skype. His cation but to devote his life to spreading
story was fascinating and challenging, the gospel. He had a limited but growing
and it was extraordinary evidence of the understanding of the Word of God, and
sovereign hand of God in his life. everything he knew had been discovered
Sohail was saved as a young man of 18. through personal study or what he had
He came from a Catholic background, come across online (and we all know that
but no one in his family was saved at this this can be either helpful or extremely
stage. His mother gave him a Bible and damaging). He would work in a bus sta-
told him he needed to preach to prevent tion for four hours each day and spend the
people from adhering to one of the other rest of the day travelling to villages and
faiths that were being promoted then. As areas of local towns where it was safe to

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