{"id":21408,"date":"2019-02-21T15:54:52","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T20:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/southernasiainitiative\/"},"modified":"2023-02-22T13:44:30","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T18:44:30","slug":"southernasiainitiative","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/southernasiainitiative\/","title":{"rendered":"The Southern Asia Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>\u201c\u2026so that we may be mutually encouraged by each other\u2019s faith, both yours and mine.\u201d \u2013Romans 1:12<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Southern Asia Initiative\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/341873339?h=b32ad97def&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Global Ministries Southern Asia Initiative invites you to walk together in hope with partners in the Southern Asia region as we discover what it means to live faithfully.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Despite a complex history of cultures, spiritual traditions, growing\u00a0economies, and emerging technology, Asia has also been home to\u00a0the largest number of the poor in the world. Of late, the region\u00a0has become more susceptible to violent conflicts, terrorism,\u00a0fundamentalism, bigotry, human rights\u2019 violations, and\u00a0caste-based violence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">However, Asian churches, mostly minority communities, find themselves at the crossroads of being rooted and relevant while remaining connected with their faith traditions. Amidst human suffering, need, and injustice, churches in the region aim to stand together in faith and hope. We in Global Ministries stand with them as we receive and share good news together!<br \/><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/nb\/pages\/14471\/attachments\/original\/1562093694\/GM_SAInitiative-IntroPiece_Final2.pdf?1562093694\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Southern Asia Initiative brochure<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>As we learn about the important witness of partners during the Southern Asia Initiative, Global Ministries shares with you giving opportunities to support partners who are offering hope to families and communities throughout the region.<br \/><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/sai_giving_opportunities\">Southern Asia Initiative Giving Opportunities<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"pagination\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-white-color has-teal-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-heading\">Engage<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\t<div id=\"listing-block_6d44cf3025b2189d442a7334131dedae\" class=\"listing listing--post\">\n\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\t<div id=\"listing-block_6d44cf3025b2189d442a7334131dedae\" class=\"listing listing--post\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"listing-post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"listing-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"listing-title\"><a title=\"Southern Asia Initiative Video Resources\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/southern-asia-initiative-video-resources\/\">Southern Asia Initiative Video Resources<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"listing-post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"listing-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"listing-title\"><a title=\"Together in Hope Amidst the Pandemic: Exploring Partnership, Mission and Public Theology\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/together_in_hope_amidst_the_pandemic\/\">Together in Hope Amidst the Pandemic: Exploring Partnership, Mission and Public Theology<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"listing-post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"listing-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"listing-title\"><a title=\"The Scandal of the Evangelical Witness\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/the_scandal_of_the_evangelical_witness\/\">The Scandal of the Evangelical Witness<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"listing-post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"listing-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"listing-title\"><a title=\"Responses to the impact of lockdowns from partners in Southern Asia\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/responses_to_the_impact_of_lockdowns_from_partners_in_southern_asia\/\">Responses to the impact of lockdowns from partners in Southern Asia<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"listing-post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"listing-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"listing-title\"><a title=\"Leadership Pilgrimage to Southern Asia\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/leadership_pilgrimage_to_southern_asia\/\">Leadership Pilgrimage to Southern Asia<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"listing-post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"listing-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"listing-title\"><a title=\"Global Ministries Board Pilgrimage to Sri Lanka and India, September 2019\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/global_ministries_board_pilgrimage_to_sri_lanka_and_india_september_2019\/\">Global Ministries Board Pilgrimage to Sri Lanka and India, September 2019<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"listing-post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"listing-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"listing-title\"><a title=\"What Is The Cause?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/what_is_the_cause\/\">What Is The Cause?<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"listing-post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"listing-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"listing-title\"><a title=\"People-to-People Pilgrimages in Southern Asia\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/people_to_people_pilgrimages_in_southern_asia\/\">People-to-People Pilgrimages in Southern Asia<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-white-color has-teal-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Pray<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/together_in_hope_beatitudes_devotional\">Together in Hope: Exploring the Beatitudes Daily Devotional<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/SAI_VBS_2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">All God&#8217;s Children &#8211; VBS Curriculum<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/southern_asia_issue_video_bible_study\">Southern Asia Issue Video Bible Study<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/bible_study_a_call_for_being_a_compassionate_and_hospitable_community\">Bible Study: A Call for Being a Compassionate and Hospitable Community<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/bible_study_fear_and_peace\">Bible Study: Fear and Peace<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/bible_study_the_tree_of_life\">Bible Study: The Tree of Life<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/bible_study_story_of_freedom\">Bible Study: Story of Freedom<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/bible_study_repentance_forgiveness_and_reconciliation\">Bible Study: Repentance, Forgiveness, and Reconciliation<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/a_matter_of_longing_reflections_on_the_southern_asia_initiative_theme\">A Matter of Longing: Reflections on the Southern Asia Initiative Theme<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/bible_study_together_in_hope\">Bible Study: Together in Hope<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-white-color has-teal-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Learn<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\t<div id=\"listing-block_252c16379795396b09cad7063215b98a\" class=\"listing listing--post\">\n\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\t<div id=\"listing-block_252c16379795396b09cad7063215b98a\" class=\"listing listing--post\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"listing-post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"listing-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"listing-title\"><a title=\"Resilience and Innovation in the Face of Climate Change: A Virtual Pilgrimage to Bangladesh\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/rising-waters-of-hope-a-virtual-pilgrimage-to-bangladesh\/\">Resilience and Innovation in the Face of Climate Change: A Virtual Pilgrimage to Bangladesh<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"listing-post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"listing-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"listing-title\"><a title=\"Words of Hope: An Advent Devotional\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/words-of-hope-an-advent-devotional\/\">Words of Hope: An Advent Devotional<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"listing-post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"listing-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"listing-title\"><a title=\"Together in Hope: A Journey through Southern Asia\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/together-in-hope-a-journey-through-southern-asia\/\">Together in Hope: A Journey through Southern Asia<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"listing-post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"listing-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"listing-title\"><a title=\"Together in Hope: Struggles for and affirmation of human dignity\u00a0in response to human trafficking, slavery, and forced migration\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/together_in_hope_struggles_for_human_dignity\/\">Together in Hope: Struggles for and affirmation of human dignity\u00a0in response to human trafficking, slavery, and forced migration<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"listing-post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"listing-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"listing-title\"><a title=\"Lord, I am in your hands\" 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