Month: March 2021

Living a true Christian life in the villages, for a new convert is not easy. As Jesus said “If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.” (Matthew 16:24) Following Jesus, being obedient to His Word is paying a great price. Here are some living testimonies.

“You Can’t Nurse Your Baby!”

Sister Geeta (name changed) who came to the Lord three years ago, is now a house church leader with three house churches in different villages. Read more…

24-Hour Lockup

In a remote village where the Gospel was first preached 2 years ago, our outreach team was persecuted and beaten up and told not to preach the gospel. Read more…

Homeless for Christ

Ravi and Suman are twins, 18 years old. Six months ago, they were secretly baptized. Read more…

Falsely Accused

Brother Ullas and his family were falsely accused of kidnapping. Read more…

Rumors of COVID

Fifteen believers and a house church leader were arrested by police…Read more…

Help Us Share the Gospel

Will you help us continue sharing the Gospel in the darkest places of India? Psalm 119:105 says ‘Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path.’ You can share in the blessings! To find out how to contact us, and to read more inspiring and exciting testimonies of what God is doing among the unreached people groups of India, click the links on the right, and keep reading!

With your help, the Gospel will be proclaimed, and you will be blessed, along with thousands of others!

Proclaiming the Gospel…

                      …until He comes,

Fifteen believers and a house church leader were arrested by police while praying together in their village last week. They had permission for 50 people to gather. They only had 15 people present when a Hindu radical told the police that some people at the meeting were COVID positive and were spreading COVID knowingly. They will be tested and then released.

Every one of them is fine, but they have been quarantined in a school building. Pray that they can go home soon.

Brother Ullas and his family were falsely accused of kidnapping. The truth of the matter is that some young girls, who are the friends of Ullas’ daughters, have been attending their prayer meeting, every Friday evening from 4 pm to 6 pm. Some Hindu radicals, with the agreement of the girls’ parents, locked up the girls and accused Brother Ullas and his family of kidnapping them. The police arrested Ullas and his wife and questioned them for 6 hours concerning the young girls. But the following morning, the missing girls escaped from their captors, came to the police station, and asked for protection from the Hindu radicals and their parents. After spending 48 hours in jail, Ullas and his wife were finally released.

“But even if you should suffer for the sake of righteousness you are blessed and do not fear their intimidation and do not be in dread” (1Peter 3:14)

Ravi and Suman are twins, 18 years old. Six months ago, they were secretly baptized. Last month, their family came to know about it, and they pressured them to deny their faith in Jesus. When they refused, the family members physically beat them up and locked them up in their house without food for several days. Finally, fearing legal action if something happened to them, their family disowned them and expelled them from their home. This happened on February 11th, simply for continuing in their Christian faith.

For the past few weeks, they have been living in a government hostel. Even though they are homeless, they are confident that God Almighty will comfort & settle them. Our Christian brothers are standing with them to help them.

“Though my father and mother forsake me, the Lord will receive me.” (Psalm 27:10)

In a remote village where the Gospel was first preached 2 years ago, our outreach team was persecuted and beaten up and told not to preach the gospel. Praise be to God, the seeds planted two years ago yielded fruit in July 2020, during the lockdown period, as 4 families turned to Christ. Again, last month, three more families received Jesus. In January our brother Mohan started a prayer group in the village. Last week while they were having the service, a group of Hindu radicals arrived and started arguing and threatening them, demanding they forsake Christ.

Finally, they beat up the families, including women and children, and locked them in the room where they were having the meeting, for over 24 hours. But the new believers continued their worship and prayer, as the Hindu radicals watched the house. After 24 hours the villagers and some relatives brought food and water for the believers. The Hindu radicals allowed them to eat and drink and finally freed them.

By seeing the faith and courage of the believers, and their prayer and worship, God had moved in the hearts of the radicals.

“Because he loves me,” says the LORD, “I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.” (Psalm 91:14)

Sister Geeta (name changed) who came to the Lord three years ago, is now a house church leader with three house churches in different villages. She was taken from her home by the police at 5am. They accused her of practicing witchcraft and took her to the police station. The police mistreated her, threatened her, and demanded that she deny her newfound faith in the Lord, and forsake Jesus Christ.

When she refused, they brought the false allegations against her and kept her in custody illegally until the evening.  The whole time, they refused to allow her to breastfeed her six-month-old baby girl. She was told if she denied Jesus and agreed to stop sharing her faith with others, she would be allowed to nurse her baby and they would send her back home. She replied, “You can kill me, or kill my baby, but I can’t forsake Christ.”

Finally, after seeing her faith and determination to follow Jesus, the police took her back home in their own car. Praise God for her unwavering faith and courage.

Dear Partner,

Here in America, we might have the impression that the world has stopped. Life has been at a standstill. Society is slowly opening up, masks are starting to come off, people are beginning to move more freely. In India, the Kingdom of God has continued advancing, even during a time of difficulty and persecution.

By God’s grace, this year 56 of our native tribal brothers are going out for the summer outreach. They are from Bible colleges and our own training centers. They will be divided into 7 teams of 7 each; 5 teams will be going out to the unreached villages of one state and two teams in another. Please pray for their protection and divine provision for the outreach. We need 30,000 Gospel packets, 20,000 New Testaments, and 2000 Bibles.

We are also starting 16 training centers in different states, where between 450 and 500 men and women will be trained as house church leaders. Apart from that, we are starting 6 small training centers in the mountain villages with less than 10 trainees in each. These will be two-day training sessions (with an overnight stay) every two weeks, for the convenience of the trainees, who will be coming from remote villages to attend the training.

We could not do any of this without the generous financial support of you, our partners! We also rely on and ask for your continued prayer support. In addition to the needs mentioned above, some of our missionaries have also undergone hardship and persecution. This month’s newsletter contains several stories of victory amid persecution.

You may be unable to share the Gospel with your neighbors because of lockdown. But you can share in the work that our dear Brothers and Sisters in India are doing, and you will also share in the reward. As you read these stories, please keep our teams in prayer.

Blessings in the Wonderful Name of Jesus,

                       Thomas