Infanticide Fund
Murli and Usha Menon just spent a couple of days staying with us in our home. They are dear friends that I’ve known for almost a decade. Over the years, I’ve made multiple trips to India to visit them and their very extensive work there.
(ON OUR HEARTH AND IN OUR HEARTS: Murli & Usha Menon)
Murli is the President of Impact International, Vice President of New Directions International, Founder and President of the Nilgiris Institute for Christian Studies, Board member for the Asia Theological Association (ATA), and Chairman of ATA in India.
...In short, he’s a veritable powerhouse, an extremely influential man of God for Asia in general and India in particular. His contacts in global Christian ministry read like a Who’s Who of state and organizational leadership.
Murli’s vast ministry involvements include leadership training, evangelism and church planting. Many pastors have been trained and mobilized. Many churches have been planted and equipped.
But it’s a certain segment of the Menon’s ministry that especially captures my heart...
Quite a few years ago, Murli and Usha started rescuing little girls from infanticide in their immediate area of Tamil Nadu, a region well documented for its killing of baby girls. Murli and Usha simply took children into their own home to be raised as part of their family.
They now have almost a dozen children’s homes and presently care for 362 children rescued from the streets and the grave. Their goal is to save 100,000 children, primarily in India, but also stretching into Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka. The Menons know that local indigenous churches are the only way to accomplish such an incredible feat.
(LAY OF THE LAND: Murli shows me a site plan for a project with a church and mutltiple children's homes)
During Murli and Usha’s time with us, World Orphans agreed to tap into Impact International’s extensive network to initially fund 15 church-based homes, predominantly consisting of little girls saved from infanticide. We have also provided funding for a fulltime in-field representative and her husband who will serve under Impact International for this purpose. This representative used to oversee 90 children’s centers for Gospel for Asia, another mega-ministry that is very close to my heart.
World Orphans is currently setting up a "Children of Infanticide" fund to help resource this initiative. If you’re interested in participating, please contact us at 1-888-ORPHANS.
A great man with a great cause.
Posted by: Marcello | October 11, 2007 at 08:44 AM
Another partner working to empower the church to care for these children.
Posted by: Scott | October 11, 2007 at 09:13 AM