This story is not surprising. FWIW, several months ago, a member of ‘Empower Ministries’ spoke at our church. This ministry works with local churches, to assist them in spreading the Gospel. He spoke of a number of countries where the Word is growing like a wildfire. Among the countries is Cambodia.
Apparently, thousands of Buddhist priests are coming to the Lord. They are finding that the ‘peace’ they find in the Bible at all times, they only found fleetingly, only while a trance, meditating.
I believe that the Lord drops hints to people who are following non-Christian religious systems. He sure did it with the magi or wise men. Sometimes those hints lead right to Him.
I believe (since I don’t get a lot of feedback I am not 100% sure, but the persons are certainly not complaining at my evangelistic encouragement messages) that I have witnessed a Hindu and his household come to Christ simply by focusing upon Him as the deity he and his family worships, in the wake of some very robust witnessing that was easy because the Lord was pouring blessings out upon it. It sure wasn’t a dry “believe this or go to hell.” I consider that mongo cool. Yes, there is the question of what “church” will be like in the wake of this, but if it catches on to others this family knows in India, that will be a kind of church. This is the very evangelical model — that the gospel itself will put people into the church by making them believers, no matter what they may actually think about other local or denominational churches.