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The oice of Truth International

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P.R. Swamy Earnest Gill

Francis David Rajanayagam Long-term workers in Radio, TV and Literature among the 1.3 billion B. Arjunan souls of India P.K. Varghese A Set Time $QQ*LOEUHWK :KHQ $WODVW

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inside back cover82BSR.indd 62 10/20/2014 12:39:11 PM As a team of co-workers we call ourselves “World Evangelism”.... In Volume 81 of Th e Voice of Truth International, we fea- tured pictures of American partners of “World Evangelism”, doing some of the physical work in the production and distribution of literature. We realize that we would be very limited in what we could do if we did not have co-workers overseas who are “boots on the ground” to do the preaching [radio, TV, and congregational], writing [Th e Voice of Truth International in local languages, monthly magazines, tracts, Bible courses, and study books], and follow-up work [home studies, Gospel meetings, and lectureships] to bring Thang Lien Vernon Douglas new souls into the Kingdom, and to continually strengthen the church as a whole. Th is issue is a partial coverage, par- ticularly of our brethren in India with whom we have worked for decades. Th e front cover pic- Ricky Gootam

Bennie Martin Bennie Martin tures the original generation with whom we have worked, in some cases, since 1968. Th e back cover shows the younger generation that is now shouldering some of these responsibilities. Vinay David Of course, through literature and Kingsly Rajah other mass media tools, we also work with brethren in the Philip- pines, Viet Nam, China, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan, Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania, Guyana, and many other countries. John Dean