Details About Eunuchs:
Agape Bible Fellowship has a deep conviction and
commitment to reach the Eunuchs with the love
of Christ by accepting them as human and respect
their longing to be accepted in the society.
By accepting them and
respect their rights, we never compromise with
their wrong practices to earn money and boldly
we tell them the Biblical truth that they have
to repent and live according to the teachings
of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Before: Vadivelu as a Eunuch having counselling with Pastor Reuben before changing himself as a MAN
After: Eunuch Turned Man Vadivelu with Pastor Reuben
Agape Bible Fellowship has a deep conviction and
commitment to reach the Eunuchs with the love
of Christ by accepting them as human and respect
their longing to be accepted in the society.
Naturally they
want to identify themselves as women and move
with them. They live as groups and call each other
as Mother, Sister etc which are only related with
women.
Most of the
young Eunuchs are earning by dancing in Marriages,
Birthday parties and Temple festivals etc. Older
Eunuchs go shop to shop and beg by clapping loudly.
Most of the
Indian are having a superficial belief that if
a Eunuch blesses it is like God blessing them
directly. So, they earn enough money by blessing
the newly wedded couples and newborn babies. Even
they are invited in opening ceremonies of business
establishments and house opening programmes and
paid for it.
Many of the
Eunuchs have male friends and some of them earn
through sinful activities, which is not officially
accepted by their society. This kind of groups
face severe problems in the society and murders
takes place while they have been taken to restaurants
and lodges to be with their customers.
You can’t
count them as commercial se*x workers as some
of them earn in decent ways by selling vegetables
and fruits and working as cooks in some big establishments.
Since, earning money is little easy for them to
live a rich life, they have no place in their
heart to seek the true God.
To live their
free life, most of the Eunuchs comes out of their
parental houses and keep themselves away from
their families. In some case by knowing that their
son is a Eunuch, the parents themselves ill treat
him and send him out of the house as having a
eunuch in the family is an abomination to their
family prestige.
Eunuchs are
spread all over India, and particularly they live
in mega cities. In villages and small towns they
are easily being identified and put out of the
society easily, they prefer cities. In the cities
they have various access to earn more money and
enjoy their freedom.
In Bangalore
alone more than 4000 Eunuchs are living in different
camps as families. Most of them are known to us
and humbly we confess that Agape is the only mission,
which has ministry among them. Many of the Christians
feel that it will be too hard to reach them or
there will be no meaning to try this. But we believe
that nothing is too hard for the Lord.
Among the Eunuchs
there are Hindus, Muslims and Christians, but
they have their own religion and god and goddess,
which is mostly related with Hinduism. They have
a goddess called MATHAJI (mother) and god ARAVAN.
They have several kinds of performances, poojahs
(worship) and rituals. They have different big
festivals in different parts of India, but their
3 days major yearly festival is in Tamil Nadu,
which attracts several thousand Eunuchs and tourists
from all over the world.
At all cost,
they are living without hope of eternal life and
they face terrible diseases like HIV and all kinds
of veneral diseases. Many of them are dying without
proper medical care, as they feel shy to go to
doctors. Now we are introducing Christian Doctors
who are compassionate towards them and guide them
to proper medical treatment including praying
for their healing through the power of our Lord.
We as a small
mission, trying our level best to show the love
of God by Word and Deeds, expecting the world
wide Christians to pray for us and stand with
us by all means to reach this particular people
group and win them for the Lord’s Kingdom.
Biblical Reference About Eunuchs: |
Deuteronomy
23:1-2: (1)
"No man who has been castrated…may
be included among the Lord’s people. (2)
No one born out of wedlock or any descendant of
such a person, even in the tenth generation, may
be included among the Lord’s people. (TEV)
NOTE: The Eunuchs
are forbidden to enter in to the Temple and they
were not considered as equal citizens with others
and officially their names were not included in
the list of families.
2
Kings:9:32: Palace Officials (Eunuchs)
(Ref: Jeremiah: 29:2; 34:19)
Jeremiah: 38:7: Ebedmelech, the
Ethiopian, a eunuch who worked in the royal palace…
(Even though he was a foreigner had compassion
and respect for the prophet Jeremiah and rescued
him from the well by pleading with the king)
Isaiah:39:7: Some of your own descendants will be taken away
and made eunuchs to serve in the palace of the
king of Babylonia. (Ref: 2 Kings:20:18)
NOTE: In the
ancient days the Eunuchs were considered as sincere
and faithful as they have no common interest like
ordinary men. They were appointed in the king’s
palaces to guard the queens and princesses and
even many of them were given the job of looking
after the treasury of the king.
According to
Acts: 8, we see that a Eunuch was a financial
officer or minister of the queen of Ethiopia.
Even though
he was a Eunuch, he had the fear of God and was
real seeker of the truths of the Word of God.
This Eunuch
became a useful vessel of the Lord to establish
the Kingdom of God in African continent in the
first century.
We can’t
just ignore the Eunuchs and we are under the obligation
to share the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ as
He has died for them also.
Even though
they are not considered either men or women, it
is not really a barrier to become a child of God
by putting their trust on Jesus.
The Eunuchs
also have the body, soul and spirit; they are
fully human and need to be reached with the love
of Christ by all means and at any cost.
Isaiah
56:3-7: "(3) A foreigner (eunuch) who has
joined the Lord’s people should not say:
The Lord will not let me worship with His people.
A man who has been castrated should never think
that because he cannot have children, he could
never be part of God’s people. (4) The Lord
says to such a man: If you honor me by observing
the Sabbath and if you do what pleases me and
faithfully keep my covenant (5) then your name
will be remembered in My Temple and among My people
longer than if you had sons and daughters. You
will be never forgotten. (6) And the Lord says
to those foreigners (eunuchs) who become part
of His people, who love Him and serve Him, who
observe the Sabbath and faithfully keep His covenant.
(7) I will bring you to Zion, My sacred hill,
give you joy in my house of prayer, and accept
the sacrifices you offer on my altar. My Temple
will be called a house of prayer for the people
of all nations. (TEV)
NOTE: The Lord
never established an eternal law to put away the
Eunuchs from His house. Any Eunuch, who is willing
to obey the Lord’s commandments and follow
the Lord, will be accepted in the Temple of the
Lord and the Lord says that the believing Eunuchs
can have a special place in the Temple. The Lord
promises that they will not be forgotten.
Daniel:
1: 3, 7-11,18: Ashpenaz, the chief official
of king Nebuchadnezzar was a eunuch.
Matthew
19:12: For there are different reasons
why men cannot marry, some because they were born
that way, others because men made them that way
and others do not marry for the sake of the Kingdom
of Heaven. Let him who can accept this teaching
do so. (TEV)
NOTE: Mostly
the Eunuchs have physical limitations to marry,
while others not marry by their choice, because
in their particular situation, they can serve
God better as single person.
Jesus never
taught or encourages avoiding marriage because
it is inconvenient or takes away our freedom.
For our convenience
or to avoid responsibilities if anybody chooses
to be a single person it is totally selfishness
and nothing to do with Christian teaching. They
will not be considered as people of celibacy or
a eunuch.
A good
reason to remain single is to use the freedom
to serve God. Paul explains this in 1 Corinthians
7.
| What
we are doing presently? |
1. Presently we are meeting with Eunuchs of Bangalore city in more than 10 camps. As they are living in groups, we found that it is easy to contact them with gospel in their own places.
2. We are using various methods like friendship and neighborhood evangelism. Many of the Eunuchs are responding to the gospel. They are accepted in our homes as our friends.
2. Our Pastors and Evangelists are visiting them regularly and befriending with them, so that we can use all opportunities to share the gospel. As they are mostly talented with singing and dancing, we teach them choruses and songs and screening Christian videos.
3. It is our prayer to send 5 couples as dedicated missionaries among them and start a special service for them. Please pray for the right persons and the practical needs to see this vision come alive.
4. As the society have a wrong understanding and rough attitude towards them, we never force them to attend the Church services. They have practical problems in public transports like being teased by others. But some of the Eunuchs take courage and make efforts to attend our Sunday services.
5. We have taught our people to accept them as our own; they have the freedom to sit with our ladies. (In India it is our culture that men and women sit separately in public worship services).
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