Bringing the Gospel to the Brao through Provision of Education Facilities and Reduction of Poverty Initiatives

            Abstract

The arrival of Jesus Christ was grounded on a mission which was to save people. However, He makes it apparent that people are to be used as instruments in the fulfilment of this mission through spreading the salvation message[1]. The command for spiritual missions can be established and tracked throughout the outline of the Bible both in the New and Old Testament. The highest commissioning offers guides that are easy to understand in that we being the gospel’s messengers should try to fulfil. If the message is to reach all individuals in all nations, this will necessitate a special individuals group with the will of stepping beyond their self-generated comfort confines so that they may step boldly to those regions that have not been touched by the Gospel.

One such region is occupied by Brao people in the Northeastern section of Cambodia[2]. Brao individuals are highly conventional and despite the fact that the gospel arrived in the region back in 1992 it is just 0.5 percent of the general populace have accepted Christianity[3].  Contemporary practices are slowly being adopted by the younger generation among the populace. The communities are highly attached to traditional practices with the beliefs and fear of evil spirits[4]. One of the major barrier to the adoption of Christianity is the high poverty rate and illiteracy level. This paper will therefore seek to establish whether it is possible to evangelize the unexploited people effectively with the identification of Brao who are characterized by little or zero exposure to Christianity and the Gospel. The paper will mainly focus on how the Gospel can be brought to Brao people with the provision of education and poverty reduction programs.  This will be accomplished by a thorough survey and a systematic review on the existing literature. This paper will act as a solid framework in offering effective missionary in all the regions that are unfamiliar and to those individuals who have not been reached by Jesus Christ’s Gospel.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

References

Baird, Ian G. "Shifting contexts and performances: the Brao-Kavet and their sacred mountains in             Northeast Cambodia." Perspectives 28 (2013): 1-23.

Baird, Ian G. "Spatial (re)organization and places of the Brao in southern Laos and northeastern   Cambodia." Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography 30, no. 3 (2009): 298-311.         doi:10.1111/j.1467-9493.2009.00378.x.

Joshua Project. "Brao in Cambodia." Joshua Project. 2017. Accessed June 22, 2017.             https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/10960/CB.

 

 

 

[1] Baird, Ian G. "Shifting contexts and performances: the Brao-Kavet and their sacred mountains in             Northeast Cambodia." Perspectives 28 (2013): 1-23.

[2] Baird, Ian G. "Spatial (re)organization and places of the Brao in southern Laos and northeastern             Cambodia." Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography 30, no. 3 (2009): 298-311.

[3] Joshua Project. "Brao in Cambodia.’’ https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/10960/CB.

[4]   Joshua Project. "Brao in Cambodia.’’ https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/10960/CB.