During a service of thanksgiving at Moulton Parish Church, Northampton, evangelist Vijay Menon – who died recently (see online obituary 1 May) – was described as having a “smile that so often reflected the deep assurance he had in the gospel”.
“To say that Vijay Menon lived a unique and extraordinary life would be the master of understatement,” began Lawrence English – a member of Moulton Church – during his tribute. “Throughout his whole life, he was driven by love for God and integrity, and an irrepressible sense of humour.”
Menon was born in 1930, into a “very devout” Hindu family, in the southern Indian state of Kerala. In 1961, he took a job in London. One day, “by accident”, Menon found himself in a Christian church service at St Helen’s Bishopsgate – but by the time he realised where he was, “the press of the crowd made escape impossible and so he had to sit through the service until the bitter end” (as described on vijaymedia.com). During a sermon by Dick Lucas, Menon heard that Jesus died for Hindus; he was intrigued by this, investigated the Christian faith further, and subsequently became a Christian. For a more detailed description of Menon’s powerful testimony, see the en online article here.
