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5Talents Magazine – Issue 1, July 2012

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The first issue of 5Talents, an Indian Christian webzine for young believers. Opens with stewardship of talents and gifts, a puppet ministry profile of Mary Sujani, and five reasons to watch Courageous. 24 pages.

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  • Page 4We thank the 5Talents team for their dedication and effort to bring up with the idea of publising this magazine, designing and the interviews. I also thank to the readers for subscribing it. This magazine is our first issue and will be published monthy hence forth. Please share about it to your family and friends, so that they will also be blessed by the word of God. Hope after reading the magazine many will come forth to use their talents and gift for the glory of God. Amen. Rev. K Stephen
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  • Samuel Stanley JoneS...I can definitely say that PRAYER is the only source to give life to our talents, which can be used for the kingdom of God. DEEPAKSHI SATMAN
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missionery story

GRAHAM STUART STAINES Martyr for Christ ing a part of the Bible in “HO” lan-

ELIZABETH CLAYTON

Dr. Graham Stuart Staines was an Australian Missionary who along with his two sons was burnt to death by a religious mob in Manoharpur village in Keonjhar District in Orissa, India on January 22nd, 1999.

Dr. Graham Stuart Staines was born in 1941 at Palmwoods, Queensland, Australia. He visited India in 1965 for the first time. He had been working in Orissa among the tribal poor and especially with leprosy patients since 1965. Later he joined Evangelical Missionary Society of Mayurbhanj(EMSM) in Mayurbhanj District in Orissa. Staines took over management of the Mission at Baripada in 1983. He also played a role in the establishment of the Mayurbhanj Leprosy Home as registered society in 1982. He met Gladys Jane in 1981 while working for leprosy patients and they married in 1983 and had worked together since then. They had 3 children, a guage of India. He was very popular among the patients whom he used to teach how to make mats out of rope and basket and hand weaving. He not even served the poor and helped the leprosy patients but also shared the gospel wherever he went. He served Lord everywhere he went and many people became the believers of Jesus Christ and were led to church by him.

On the night of 22 January 1999, Graham Staines and his two sons after attending a gospel crusade in Manoharpur, they spent the night in Manoharpur , sleeping in the vehicle because of the severe cold. A religious mob about 50 people, armed with axes and other equipments attacked them by setting a fire to the vehicle while Staines and his two sons were fast asleep. Some villagers tried to rescue Staines and his sons but were threatened by the mob. . Graham and his two sons were burnt alive. Thus, Graham Staines became the martyr for Christ.

daughter(Esther) and two sons(Philip & Timothy).

Staines spoke fluent Oriya and tribal languages called “santhali” and “ho”. He also assisted in translat-

…Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord for henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works do follow them. Revelation 14:13 July 2012