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Gospel for Asia (GFA) is a large Christian missionary NGO founded by K. P. Yohannan in 1978, focused on spreading the Gospel to India and Asian countries through the use of national missionaries. The organization, based in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex suburb of Carrollton, Texas, states that its primary aim is to support indigenous missions to ''"share the Good News of Jesus Christ with lost men, women and children throughout South Asia"''〔http://www.gfa.org/about/who-we-are/〕 GFA is present in numerous countries, including India, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Laos and Thailand.〔http://www.gfa.org/regions/〕 Scholar Michael Bergunder considers it "one of the most influential missionary organizations in the second half of the 20th century".〔Bergunder, Michael (2008), "The South Indian Pentecostal Movement in the Twentieth Century", Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, page 53〕 == History == In 1981, its current president, K. P. Yohannan formed a branch of GFA in his native Kerala, with an Indian headquarters being set up in Tiruvalla in 1983. It is active throughout India, especially in the North, and directly administers bible colleges, whose graduates receive financial support to found new congregations. Increasing donations made GFA "one of the most financially powerful mission undertakings in India in the 1980s." GFA directly supports more than 50 Bible colleges in various countries.〔 In 1993, GFA began founding its own network of churches in Asia, including the Believers Church which is Episcopal in governance.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.believerschurch.com/about/ )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gospel for Asia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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