1. This is a Short series on ...Dr. E. Stanley Jones .... Who Landed in India in 1907 ..
( Lucknow via Bombay)

For Missionary Activities... under the Board of Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church 😌 !
2. He began his work among the members of the Less privileged class .
He propelled the Gospel of Jesus Christ, disentangled from western systems and cultures, and in due course ‘ Indianised ‘ the Christianity & the results are visible even today in Methods Of Conversion 🤔!
3. In 1919, the Board of Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church offered him the wide-ranging role of “Evangelist-at-large” to India 🤔
4. In 1925, Stanley Jones wrote a report after years of Conversion service on what he had learned in India.
It was published in a book titled "The Christ of the Indian Road" , and it influenced ‘the course of missionary thinking ‘ ... 🤔
5. According to contemporary reports, he become a ‘friend of leaders ‘ of Indian National Congress party.

He was close to Mr. Mohandas K. Gandhi, and the Nehru .

Dr. Stanley Jones used to visit Gandhi Ashram 🤔!
6. A friend and admirer of Gandhiji, Dr. Jones ... met Gandhiji many times and stayed in the Ashram at Sabarmati for ten days.

He wrote that Gandhiji "taught me more of the spirit of Christ than perhaps any other man in East or West."

( source -mkgandhi.org) .
7. In the beginning Mr. Gandhi was not happy in the manner in which .. ‘Conversion ‘ was being propagated ( without Indian twist ??) & He wrote an open letter in ‘ Young India ‘ .
Later .. they became friends as per the letters exchanged between them in 1946-47 😌
8. Dr. Jones Started ‘ Christian Ashram’-on the lines of Indian ‘ Ashram ‘concept-which was pure deception for carrying out ‘ Religious Conversions ‘by fooling the Indians.

‘Sat Tal Ashram’ at Sitapur was Established by him in 1930 & then many more were established in world 😒
9. In 1930 Jones created his Christian ashram. In that period of national consciousness, in which missionary-founded Christianity seemed foreign in style- the Christian ashram was to put the Christian movement into the center of national life and evangelize 🤔 #Deception
10. Mr. Yunas Sinha Who converted from Hinduism, and served as a missionary of the London Missionary Society was the co-founder of ‘Sat Tal Christian Ashram ‘ in 1930 and helped Dr E Stanley Jones in performing ‘Indianisation of Christian faith’🤔
11. As per Some Reports - Maximum Religious Conversion in North-East India happened in 1941-1951 🤔
This was the time - When Missionaries were close to Powerful Leaders & influencing their Policies.😌
For fooling Indians-Already Indianisation Of Christianity had taken place 🤦🏻‍♂️
12. After Death Of #MahatmaGandhi .. The Missionary Dr. Stanley Jones wrote a book - “ Gandhi -Portraitof a Friend “ .. and now ... read the way .. it’s being sold on their Website ( Jesus is Lord ) 🤔
Dr. Stanley wrote many books in his lifetime.
13.Missionary Dr. Stanley worked in many countries but primarily in India for almost 36 years .

In 1959 - He was named “Missionary Extraordinary” by the Methodist missionary publication World Outlook🤔

And

In 1963, Dr. E. Stanley Jones received the ‘Gandhi Peace Award ‘ 🤷‍♂️
14. The world's greatest missionary" -Time magazine called Stanley Jones 🤔 !
Dr. E Stanley Jones -Died on 25 th Jan .1973 in India

Those searching for Answers- Why & how - Conversation industry Flourished in India ... It is/was due to these Missionaries & our leaders 🤦🏻‍♂️ !
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