K.P. Yohannan - Lift up your eyes

If you want to be challenged to make a difference in this world, this is a great message. Given to the Cornerstone Church, (where Francis Chan is pastor) it is challenging, powerful and inviting. You need to listen to it, especially to his three applications... I love his boldness and his compassion and his heart for the world. Everyone will get something out of this, not just for missions but parenting your children, being seriously committed to the great comission, spiritual discplines. He lives what he preaches.

K.P. Yohannan is the founder and president of Gospel for Asia, a mission organization involved in evangelism and church planting in the unreached regions of Asia. Currently Gospel for Asia supports over 16,000 church planters in the heart of the 10/40 Window.

Born in a remote village of South India, K.P. Yohannan's personal journey toward spiritual reality began at the age of eight when he gave his heart to Christ. While he was still a young boy, his mother began fasting each week, praying God would call one of her six sons into full-time Gospel ministry. Her prayers were answered in 1966 when 16 year-old K.P., her youngest, volunteered to serve in North India with Operation Mobilization.

From 1974 to 1979 K.P. attended Criswell Bible College in Dallas, Texas, where he earned his B.A. in Biblical Studies. He was also awarded an honorary doctor of divinity degree from Hindustan Bible College in Madras, India.

During the time he attended Criswell, he pastored a local church in Dallas. However, he was unable to forget the millions still lost without Christ in his homeland of India, and knew God was calling him to reach his own people. In 1978 K.P. resigned his pastorate and he and his wife, Gisela, organized what is now Gospel for Asia.

GFA has grown rapidly and has quickly become one of the most effective mission forces in Asia today. The ministry has expanded beyond India to support native missions in Nepal, Myanmar, and many other Asian nations. At the 54 Gospel for Asia missionary Bible colleges, over 8,000 church planters are being trained to reach the unreached.

In addition to traveling and speaking in North America, K.P. spends half of his time in Asia, consulting with Christian leaders and speaking at missionary gatherings. He's also heard throughout India by millions of people on a daily Christian radio program.

K.P. has authored more than 200 books published in India and five in the United States, Revolution in World Missions, The Road to Reality , Why the World Waits , Living in the Light of Eternity, and Reflecting His Image.

He lives near Dallas with his wife Gisela. They have two grown children, Daniel and Sarah, who are serving the Lord.

Here is the link!
Go to sermons and look for K.P. on the 9/03/06.

For the website for Gospel for Asia.