Rochunga Pudaite: Direct Lines to the World
When Rochunga Pudaite came from India to Wheaton College in suburban Chicago he knew only eight people in the United States. One—a missionary who had known him as a tribal boy in northeast India—asked in a letter, “who in the world squandered the Lord’s money to bring a little native boy like you to Wheaton?”
The “little native boy” recently mailed his millionth copy of the New Testament to Asia. As president of the Wheaton-based Bibles for the World organization, Pudaite, 46, has fewer than million Bibles and Testaments to go before reaching his goal of sending Scripture to every telephone subscriber in the world.
Living Bible version New Testaments have gone to all persons having telephones in India, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Singapore, and Malaysia. Pudaite’s native India received the most, ,; he estimates they will be read by more than million leaders and their families. “Only the educated and professional elite can afford telephones in countries like India—the ones missionaries and national Christians have found hardest to reach,” he explains.
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Rochunga Pudaite, 'God's tribesman' who brought Bible to millions of people, 87
Christian evangelist Rochunga Pudaite, also lovingly called "God's tribesman," passed away in a hospital in Colorado Springs, Colorado on Saturday. He was
Pudaite had a life well-lived, having founded the organisation Bibles For the World, which brought the Bible to millions of people in the world, according to The Denver Post. Together with his wife Lalrimawi, they built around 92 Christian schools, a college, two junior colleges, as well as a hospital and research centre, all located in India.
They also founded the Evangelical Free Church of India, a denomination that now boasts of churches in northeast India.
"Dr. Ro was an inspiration to millions, and his life story and ministry work demonstrate how much one Christian can do when directed by the Lord," said Jeff McLinden, vice president of Bibles For The World. "Because of his efforts, millions of people around the world have been introduced to the message of the Bible, and they understand what it means to be true followers of Christ. Dr. Pudaite will be greatly missed."
Pudaite was born in the tribal village of Senvon in northeastern India
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Rochunga Pudaite was an Indian minister of Hmar descent who translated the Bible into the Hmar language and founded Bibles for the World.
Education
To prepare himself for that task, Rochunga studied at Saint Paul&#;s Cathedral Mission College in Kolkata and the University of Allahabad.
Career
At the close of the 19th century, the British branded the Hmar people of northeast India as &#;the worst headhunters&#;. In , that tribal group beheaded over tea plantation workers and some British soldiers. Then, on 4 February , a missionary from Wales named Watkin Roberts, armed with a copy of the New Testament, arrived in the area where the tribal group lived.
He spent just five days with the Hmars, teaching them about God, focusing on the Gospel of John.
Through that lone missionary visit, Chawnga, the father of Rochunga Pudaite, was introduced to the teachings of Jesus. To study Biblical Greek and Hebrew, he went Glasgow Bible Training Institute, now International Christian College (Scotland) and then Wheaton College (Illinois).
In Rochunga completed the translation of the New Testament fro
Rochunga Pudaite Edit Profile
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Rochunga Pudaite, Indian minister, publisher. translated Bible into Hmar tribal language of India. Member Evangelical Press Association, International Platform Association Lodges: Rotary.
Background
Pudaite, Rochunga was born on December 4, in Senvon, India. Son of Chawnga Pudaite.
Education
Student, St. Paul&#;s College, Student, Wheaton College, Illinois, Bachelor, Allahabad University, India,
Master of Arts, Northern Illinois University, Juris Doctor, Malone College, Canton, Ohio,
Career
Executive director, Indo-Burma Pioneer Mission, ; president, Partnership Mission Inc., Wheaton, ; moderator, Evangelical Free Church of India, since ; president, Bibles for the World, Inc., Wheaton, since Speaker in field.
Achievements
Rochunga Pudaite has been listed as a noteworthy minister, publisher by Marquis Who&#;s Who.
Works
Membership
Member Evangelical Press Association, International Platform Association Lodges: Rotary.
Connections
Married Lalrimawi Pakhuongte, January 1, Children: Paul, John, Mary.
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