--- title: "Sanjay's Story" date: 2019-10-31T18:02:00+00:00 author: Jacob Hilton canonical_url: "https://www.eauk.org/great-commission/stories/sanjays-story" section: Stories --- Great Commission is the Evangelical Alliance's evangelism and mission hub for stories that inspire and resources that equip us all to share Jesus. - [Great Commission](/great-commission) - [Stories](/great-commission/stories/all) - Sanjay's Story # Sanjay's Story #### As a biochemical engineer, Sanjay thought Christians had bizarre and unfounded beliefs, until he met some and investigated further... 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