Greetings from our country! We thank our God for His protection and grace. Thank you for your continued prayers and support! The devil has been trying to stop the advancing of God’s kingdom, but he has not been able to do so. Christ is the builder of the kingdom of God (the church). It is His promise that the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. Our state government is planning to pass anti-conversion laws to prevent people becoming Christians and to throw pastors in jail. We need your continued prayers that we will proclaim the Gospel boldly.
Praise the Lord! We were able to complete the fourth semester of Calvary Bible Institute. We had our reunion and graduation ceremony on April 5th. Most of our former graduates from our state attended it. Some of them have gotten married and came with their spouses and children. We had wonderful time listening to their stories of how the Lord has been working through them. We thank the Lord that most of our graduates are doing church planting in spite of heavy persecution in our state.
Prayer Requests:
Please continue to pray that the Lord will give us wisdom and boldness to preach the Gospel and also to equip many more laborers for the work of the Gospel.
Please pray for protection and God’s provision for our graduates who are doing church planting ministries.
Please pray for the students who graduated last month to be used by the Lord to advance His kingdom.
Please pray that our state will become a Christian state in our country.
Thank you for partnering with us in spreading the Gospel, through your prayers and financial support.
God bless you and your family!
Co-workers in Christ,
Pastor 15* Family
*Names and Faces have been changed or omitted for security reasons.
May this New Year be filled with joy, peace and God’s abundant blessings! This new year is going to be a year of hope and harvest.
The last month of 2024 did not go well with us (humanly speaking). Five people whom we knew went to be with the Lord. My wife’s uncle was one of them. He died early in the morning on December 24th.
We could not do as much outreach during the Christmas season as we did in previous years. We needed permission from the government officials of the town to be allowed do any Christian activity. We had planned to do prison ministry and school evangelism, but we were not given permission. Nevertheless, we were able to invite non-Christian children to our church on December 21st and do a program for them. The Gospel message was shared with them through songs, skits, and a short message.
We had a Christmas rally on December 15. Thousands of Christians from all of the churches of the town gathered together and marched through the streets of the town singing carols and Gospel songs and preaching Gospel messages. Since it was organised by all of the churches through an association, permission for the rally was granted.
Each evening, from December 16-19, we, along with members from our church, went to different locations in the town to sing carols and visit Christian families. In front of Christians’ houses we sang carols and Gospel songs. We shared short Gospel messages that their neighbors could hear. We didn’t need permission from the government to do this.
The Lord has opened up a Hindu family for us to share the Gospel with. The man in the family was previously in an accident. He had a problem in his backbone, but had recovered after being treated. A few months ago he was sitting on a chair and fell down. No one knows how he fell down. He hurt his neck and was paralyzed. He got surgery, but it did not help. We have been visiting his family for the last two months. We read God’s Word, give a short exhortation and pray for him. Please pray for God’s miraculous healing for him. His wife has been attending our Sunday services.
Praise the Lord that we could do something for His glory during this Christmas season. We know that we are weak, but He is strong.
Thank you so much for your continued prayers and support throughout 2024.
Co-workers in Christ,
Pastor 15* Family
*Names and Faces have been changed or omitted for security reasons.
Christmas greetings to you from our family and a blessed, happy “New Year”!
2024 has been a year of persecution for the churches in our state. Many house churches have been closed by the government with the pressure of Hindu radicals.
In spite of all this, churches are growing. One new family was added to our Sunday fellowship. We baptized four people. Five couples were blessed with babies this year. One couple was blessed with a child after being married for four years.
We pray that this Christmas season will give us the opportunity to share the Gospel. Please keep us in your prayers.
God bless,
Pastor 15* Family
*Names and Faces have been changed or omitted for security reasons.
October has started, but it is still very hot. It is hot and humid which makes it more difficult. Not only the climate in this region is hot, but the spiritual battle is also furious. Attacks on Christians are increasing day-by-day. Last month four churches were attacked and the pastors were arrested by the police.
Three believers died in three different villages. The villagers did not let the Christians bury them in their villages. The villagers and government officials tried to force the family members of the deceased to become Hindu. The family members stood for their faith. In one of the villages, the Hindu villagers took the body and burnt it with all of the Hindu rituals. In the other two villages the Christians took the bodies away and buried them. One was buried in a forest and the other in nearby town.
It is not only difficult to preach the gospel, but also to put one’s faith in Christ. We thank God for giving us and all the ministers of the Gospel boldness to do the work of the Gospel. We appreciate your prayers and financial support. Please pray that the Lord will continue to strengthen us and give us words in our mouth to boldly to proclaim the mystery of the Gospel (Eph. 6:19). Pray for the new believers, who go through all kinds of sufferings, to be faithful to the Lord.
We thank all those who sponsored my family and me to attend the Calvary Chapel Conference in Thailand. It was a time of refreshing and also encouragement. We had a wonderful time getting to know other missionaries and learning what the Lord has been doing through them. We were encouraged by the commitment of the young adults from the United States, who have surrendered their lives to be missionaries. I also started ministry at the same age, but I did not have to leave my country. These people have chosen to leave their comfort and go and serve the Lord in a country where they do not have all of the facilities that they have in the United States.
Co-workers in Christ,
Pastor 15* Family
*Names and Faces have been changed or omitted for security reasons.
“For the LORD revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the Word of the LORD.”
-1 Samuel 3:21
I have been reading 1 Samuel. I am blessed by the verse mentioned above. It is my aim to know God, as Paul says of himself, “That I may know Him… being made conformable unto his death” (Philippians 3:10). The best way the Lord reveals himself is through His Word. As I am going through His Word, it is my prayer that the Lord would reveal himself more and more to me. I pray the same for you too.
We, as a family, are doing well by His grace. Even though my wife has to regularly take medication, the Lord is helping her to continue to stand with me in the ministry. She is used by the Lord to teach online Bible studies for women and Sunday school in our church. Thank you for your prayers for her health.
In spite of persecution in our area, we are able to continue to meet for Sunday services by God’s grace. Many house fellowships in our town and neighboring villages have been closed down by the police and Hindu fanatics. I have finished teaching Genesis. Now we are going through the book of Exodus.
My mother went to be with the Lord on June 28th. She was a godly woman. She devoted herself to the reading of the Word and prayer. It is because of her prayers that I am saved and used by the Lord in ministry. Praise the Lord for such a godly mother. Thank you for your prayer support at this time of sorrow.
Thank you for your partnership in the ministry of the Gospel.
Co-workers in Christ,
Pastor 15* Family
*Names and Faces have been changed or omitted for security reasons.
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“Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.”
1 Corinthians 15:58.
After serving the Lord in the northern mountains for many years, we moved back to our home town in 2017. The Lord gave us the opportunity to revisit the northern mountains last month. We met with the believers and had fellowship with them that before we led to the Lord. It was such a blessed time to see them all and to see them walking in the Lord! We thank SGWM for sponsoring our trip to the North.
These three young men, Pastor 10*, Pastor 12*, and Pastor 13* (our first fruits in the North) are serving the Lord. They are being used by the Lord to save the lost. We were filled with joy to see how they are being used by the Lord to share the Gospel with young men and women. We worshiped the Lord with these believers and encouraged them from the Word to continue to grow in the knowledge and grace of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Some of the young men and women, whom we shared the Gospel with and led to the Lord, have moved to cities for jobs. Those who are working in a nearby city came to know that we were here and came to see us. They were children when we were sowing the seeds, but now they have grown up and are working in the city. More importantly, they are following the Lord.
These young women shared their past experiences with my wife. They said things like, “Auntie, you used shampoo our hair and comb our hair. You played with us and used to tell us Bible stories.” They are the girls from low caste families. In their society they are looked down on, but they felt love and acceptance by us. In the mountains, children do not regularly take baths. Because of that, they smell and have lice in their hair. The love and acceptance they received from us made the Gospel effective in their lives.
M* is another girl (now a woman) who together with her three sisters gave her life to the Lord while we were ministering in the mountains. Two of her sisters, who accepted the Lord, have now married unbelievers. One of them (right) was in the village when we visited this time. My wife talked to her and encouraged her from the life of Naomi who had left the house of bread and finally returned to the house of bread.
M* stood firm in her faith and is married to a man who is also a believer (above). She and her husband serve the Lord in a village that is about 40 kilometres from her parent’s village. She came with her family to see us in her parents’ village. What a joy to see them serving the Lord!
We also visited a family where a young woman is believer in Jesus. She wants to marry a believer in the Lord. All the family members were there when we visited. We spent a few hours with the family and shared the Gospel with them.
After visiting the villages we went to the city where Pastor 12* serves the Lord. We spent a day and a night with him. While we were there, one young woman came with her two children to see us. We did not remember her. She told to us that when we would go to villages to share the Gospel she was 12 or 13 years old. At that time, she was looking after the goats for her family. She used to come to our camp site with her goats and listen to the Bible stories that my wife would tell all the children who came. She now lives in the city. She is working and she has two kids. She is following the Lord with her heart. Praise God! None of our labor is in vain in the Lord.
Thank you for your continued prayers and financial support. Please continue to uphold us in your prayers. We need more financial supporters as our monthly income has gone down.
God bless,
Co-workers in Christ,
Pastor 15* Family
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‘’ I (Jesus) will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.’’
Matthew 16:18.
We have been experiencing the activities of forces of darkness to stop the growth of the church, but it is the promise of our Lord that they shall not prevail. Every Sunday, churches are attacked by the Hindu fanatics who are assisted by the local police and government officials. A few churches in our town have been closed down.
In such a situation, we planned a graduation service for our CBI graduating students on April 7th. We booked a venue owned by a mainline church, but they canceled the booking on Saturday the 6th at 9 pm. After having our booked avenue for our graduation program cancel, we immediately informed all the people who were invited about the cancellation of our program. On Sunday, April 7, we instead had a graduation ceremony with our local church members and students’ families at the same place were meet for Sunday worship after our church service.
The same day, Sunday, April 7th, the Hindu fanatical groups had planned to attack three more house churches. On the 6th, one police officer gave this information to the President of a district Christian group. Knowing this, one house church canceled their Sunday service. The Hindu fanatics went there to attack, but they found no one. They then went to the next church that was their target. There the worship service was going on. The fanatics started disrupting and shouting, but they could not enter the church because the police and other government officials had already come. But when the believers were sent home by the police, they were beaten up as they came out of the church. Vehicles, CCTV camera etc. were also damaged.
The news came to me through one of the local pastors that anytime the Hindu fanatics could reach to our church as well. Their third target was a church according to the police in our area. We finished our graduation program quickly, distributed snacks and dispersed. Instead of having lunch we had a graduation dinner secretly in one of our church member’s house.
The next day, two of our co-workers and I went to the head officer of the district along with district Christian leaders (from a united Christian group) to give a petition about the above matter. We also submitted the trust registration copy. By God’s grace, the collector permitted us and eighteen other house churches to continue our church services. He assured us that whoever is creating the problem will have action taken against them.
People are scared because of the persecution and church attendance in many churches has decreased. But praise the Lord! He added one more soul to our fellowship. This sister had been attending our fellowship. She has now decided to fully follow the Lord by being baptized (above). She is from a Hindu family. We praise God for He is on the throne. He is drawing people to himself and the devil can’t stop him.
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Thank you for your prayers and financial support! We pray for you and your family.
God bless,
Co-workers in Christ,
Pastor 15* Family
*Names and Faces have been changed or omitted for security reasons.
Greetings to you in the mighty name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We thank the Lord for you all and for your partnership in the ministry of the Gospel.
Here is a brief ministry report of the year 2023.
Despite growing persecution in our state, the Lord kept us safe and gave us opportunities to spread the Gospel. House fellowships and new churches are being attacked everywhere in our state, but the Lord helped us to start a house fellowship in a village 20 kilometers from our town. Two extended families (15 people) are now members in this house fellowship.
Praise the Lord! He added two new families from Hindu backgrounds to our church fellowship in the city. The church is divine institution. Jesus himself is the founder. It is His promise that the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
One Catholic man, a retired banker, has also been attending our Sunday Service regularly. He attends Catholic church first in the morning. Then, at 10:00 A.M, he comes to our fellowship. Please pray that he would leave his Catholic faith.
A Catholic girl also started attending our Sunday Services and accepted Jesus as her personal Savior. Despite a lot of opposition from her family and relatives, she stopped attending the Catholic church and became a member of our fellowship. She got baptized in November 2023.
We have eight students in our Bible Institute. They are all from Hindu backgrounds. They are being prepared for the work of the Gospel. Please pray that they would be used by the Lord for the extension of his Kingdom on earth.
The government in our country and in our state is from the same party. This government is anti-Christian. It is the government’s agenda to make our country a Hindu nation by the end of 2024. The media is under the government’s control. The media is promoting Hindu sentiments. The political leaders are openly saying in the media that the Christians and Muslims of our country were originally Hindus and therefore, they must become Hindus or leave the country. Please pray that the Christians would be filled with the power of the Holy Spirit and be bold witness of the Lord.
When a Hindu becomes a Christian, he is persecuted and excommunicated from the village and his tribe. Many Hindu families believe in Jesus, but they do not openly acknowledge their faith because of the fear that their children will not be married and their dead will not be buried. Now and then this problem is faced by new believers. They are not allowed to bury their dead. Sometimes, if they do bury the dead, the body is excavated even after many days. But praise God we were able to baptize a Hindu convert! He even got married to a girl who had also converted from Hinduism.
Thank you for your prayers and support for the ministry of the Gospel.
Co-workers in Christ,
Pastor 15* Family
*Names and Faces have been changed or omitted for security reasons.
Merry Christmas to you all! May the peace and grace of our Lord Jesus be upon you and may His joy fill your heart. God bless you all. Have a blessed wonderful season of Christmas. It’s our prayer that the Lord would make you channels of His salvation to many lost souls during this season.
Many events took place last month. We know that it is a busy time for everyone, therefore we will share briefly about some of them. I was invited to share the Word in a three-day meeting in a big city church for their church anniversary. I preached for those three days on “The Purpose of the Church.” The people were challenged. Many made commitments to live their lives to bring glory to the Lord.
I was also invited to share the Word in a school in the morning school assembly on “Thanksgiving Day.” Most of the teachers are non-Christians. The Gospel was preached to the teachers and students. Pray that the teachers and students would put their faith in Jesus.
One of our church members who is from a Hindu background had a birthday celebration and house dedication ceremony. Their Hindu relatives and Hindu friends from the village were invited, so we had the opportunity to preach the Gospel. In our area, we are not allowed to openly preach the Gospel. Occasions like this give us opportunities to preach the Gospel.
We had State elections in our state and in four other states as well. Previously we had a government in our state that favored democracy. Now the government that is anti-Christian has come in power. The same government is in power in the central government as well. This government wants to make our country a Hindu nation. They are making public statements on TV like this, “Muslims and Christians have to come back to Hinduism because they were originally Hindus. If they don’t become Hindus, they won’t be allowed to live in our country.”
We praise the Lord because He reigns in the kingdom of man. The church is established by the Lord and the gates of hell will not prevail against it. Please keep us in your prayers that we will be His bold witnesses. Pray also that during this Christmas season, He will give us many opportunities to preach the Gospel to the lost souls around us.
Thank you for being a valuable partner in the ministry of the Gospel through your prayers and financial support.
Co-workers in Christ,
Pastor 15* Family
*Names and Faces have been changed or omitted for security reasons.
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ! Thank you so much for partnering with us in the work of the Gospel through your prayers and financial support.
We believe that you are aware of the persecution Christians are facing in our country. In one of the northeast states of our country, more than three hundred churches have been destroyed and burnt. More than one hundred people have been killed, and thousands of Christians have fled to neighboring states. Thousands others are living in forests to save their lives. The government in that state and the central government are anti-christian. For the last five months the violence has continued, but the government is doing nothing to stop it. Everywhere in our country Christians are organizing peaceful rallies in protest of the violence toward the Christians. We also had a peaceful rally organised in our town by all of the churches in support of our brothers and sisters in that state. Please pray for our brothers and sisters.
Sometimes we don’t understand why things happen the way they do. But we know that the Lord is in control and that all things work together for good to them that love God. H*, a 26 year old young man who stood with our son at the time of his persecution and arrest by the police, was serving the Lord faithfully when he went to be with the Lord last month due to cancer in his liver. This was heart breaking. He was not able to get better medical treatment due to financial problems. Please pray for his parents and family members.
We are going to finish the third semester of our Bible school this month. The students are doing well in their studies. The church ministry is also blessed by the Lord. God is adding new believes to the church. I will be finishing teaching the book of Genesis.
Last month we had a church picnic. This was the first time that we as a church went somewhere for a picnic. We had blessed time together.
We appreciate your prayers and financial support.
We appreciate your prayers and financial support.
Co-workers in Christ,
Pastor 15* Family
*Names and Faces have been changed or omitted for security reasons.
