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Need
for Native American Discipleship Training
HISTORY
Less than 2% of American Indians are Christians after 200 years of evangelism.
The percentage is even lower in our urban areas. In a recent survey of West Coast cities, it was found that ONLY .2% were attending any church.
There
are a number of reasons for this:
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Indian
wars - where even women and children were massacred i.e.
Wounded Knee, Sand Creek, resulting in hatred for the White
Man.
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Broken
treaties, resulting in lack of trust.
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Reservations
- the worst land given and corrupt Indian agents resulting in
despair, hopelessness and anger.
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Boarding
schools for the purpose of taking the "Indian out of the
Indian" resulting in broken families and resentment
towards the "White Man's religion" - Christianity.
THE
RESULTS
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