{"id":1449,"date":"2001-10-24T07:08:54","date_gmt":"2001-10-24T07:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ag.lk\/?p=1449"},"modified":"2024-10-26T15:49:52","modified_gmt":"2024-10-26T15:49:52","slug":"establishing-the-ministry-jaffna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ag.lk\/web\/index.php\/establishing-the-ministry-jaffna\/","title":{"rendered":"Establishing the Ministry \u2013 Jaffna"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Griers\u2019 \u2013 Will, Vinnie & Children<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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J J B de Silva<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Griers\u2019 work touched Colombo, Peradeniya and Nuwara Eliya. Little did they realize that the seeds they planted sacrificially in those<\/p>\n

early years would bring an abundant harvest in the years to come.<\/p>\n

They left in 1917, handing their work to Rev George H Doyal. Rev Grier\u2019s ministry had \u00a0touched a number of locals, among whom was J J B de Silva, a Baptist lay-preacher who received the Baptism of the Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n

In 1924, his work with the Government Audit department took him to Jaffna, where he found a good response to the gospel, and founded the Assembly of God, Jaffna in 1927. He was the first Pentecostal Sri Lankan to establish a Church in the country.<\/p>\n

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