GLOBAL PRAYER NETWORK: Akha, Kophe of Laos

Sabtu, 20 Desember 2014

Akha, Kophe of Laos

Often, when Akha from different locations meet they begin to recite their respective genealogies to each other. These long recitations are committed to memory and passed from generation to generation. Akha women have a spectacular appearance, with their heavily ornamented peaked headdress made from materials as diverse as beaten silver, gibbon fur, beads, seeds, and feathered tassels. The Akha's religious philosophy, called Akhazang ('Akha-way'), permeates every aspect of their lives. Akhazang is more than a religion; it is a social, moral, and spiritual code that guides day-to-day living from ceremonies to house-building, rice-planting, and relationships with one another and with outsiders. Akhazang is "all embracing. Any who become Christians, or for any reason discontinue the observance of the Akha Way, are expected to leave the village."

Ministry Obstacles
In this tribe, to follow Jesus means to be cut off from family and friends.

Outreach Ideas
Perhaps Christians in tribes near to the Kophe Akha will be led by God's Spirit to plant a church among the Kophe. Please pray to this end.

Pray for the followers of Christ
There is probably no one among the Kophe Akha tribe who knows Jesus Christ as Savior, or who even understands that such a relationship is possible. Pray the Lord will awaken their understanding and give many a desire to search for a Savior from sin.

Pray for the entire people group
Living in a communist country that prohibits evangelism and persecutes Christians, the Kophe Akha have never had a chance to hear that Jesus Christ is The Way. Please pray the Lord will somehow provide a way for the Akha tribes to hear.

Scripture Focus
"For behold, darkness will cover the earth, And deep darkness the peoples; But the Lord will rise upon you, And His glory will appear upon you. And nations will come to your light, And kings to the brightness of your rising." Isaiah 60:2-3