Month: March 2025

This is the story of a small village in Rajasthan. A few years ago, 14 Muslim families were forced out of their homes by the Hindu majority villagers. They accused them of killing a cow, an animal which the Hindus consider holy and honor as mother. They were beaten up very badly and forced out of the village. Later the authorities investigated, and found the allegation was false – the cow was killed by wild animals. The meat found in the Muslims’ homes was goat meat, which is allowed and sold in every market. The Muslims were innocent, but the Hindus who were in the majority did not let them return to their village. Finally the authorities relocated the 14 families to a new area. Over the last few years, several other Muslim families were relocated to this village. Today there are more than 47 families. They are very poor people, not highly educated, but they are very hard working people. Some are potters; some are iron smiths; others work in the brick factory.

During the Christmas outreach a few of our brothers and sisters went to that particular village to share the Gospel and distribute the Gospel of John. Before this, no one had heard the Gospel. They knew Jesus as Issa, one of their prophets. Our brothers received a very warm welcome from the villagers. They visited every home in that village, shared the Gospel with them, and invited them to a public meeting in a nearby village, but they said they would not come. The meeting was going to be held in a Hindu village, and the Muslims expected problems if they attended.

Finally our brothers decided to have a separate evening meeting for them in their village. It was going to be in the evening because everyone could attend it with their family. They set the date for December 27th. One of our area ministers in charge was going to attend and give the message, but that evening on the way to the village he became very sick. He could not ride his bike, and he asked some villagers to take him to the hospital. In the hospital he was admitted with a high fever and was unable to go to the meeting. Our brothers and sisters who were trainees in our training center were making final arrangements, and already the villagers started to come to the meeting. When they realized the preacher was not going to come, they didn’t know what to do. They got together and started to pray and ask the Lord. They had an LCD projector and the “Jesus” movie in different languages, so one had the idea that they should first play the movie and then afterwards share the Gospel. Others disagreed because this was supposed to be a Christmas meeting. As they talked it over, some children came and asked if they were going to show a movie, so they went ahead with that plan.

During the meeting they sang some worship songs and with the audience’s permission they showed the “Jesus” movie in the local language. Over 200 people watched the 2-hour movie for the first time. According to our brothers, no one moved during the movie and they were impacted emotionally. During the crucifixion scene, there was a great emotional outbreak of weeping and crying, many crying uncontrollably. At the end of the movie, at the resurrection scene, everyone was on their feet rejoicing, celebrating, and there was even dancing!

After the movie ended, one of the brothers stood up and shared that this man is “Issa” the prophet, in their religious book. He went on to share the pure simple Gospel with them. Jesus came into the world, lived among us, died on the cross for our sins, and if we believe in Him and repent of our sins, we will be saved. They gave an altar call, and 78 people responded to the altar call. Our brothers and sisters laid their hands on them and prayed for them.

For the past two months, every Sunday, they have had a regular prayer meeting. Last week, I (Regi) was in that village for a special meeting. In the evening, more than 350 people attended, people from other Muslim villages too. I preached the story of the Prodigal Son to them, inviting them to come back to the father’s home. More than fifty people responded to the altar call. They brought their sick, lame, demon-possessed, paralyzed, alcoholic and all their people to the meeting. We prayed for them, and in front of all the people, those who were demon-possessed cried out and were delivered in the name of Jesus. A paralyzed man was able to sit up in his bed, even before praying for him! He went home sitting on the back of his son’s motorbike. Our Lord is moving among the people of this village with signs and wonders! People who were rejected and thrown out, outcasts, God is calling them to Himself.

Today our trainees visit the believers, fellowshipping with them, and worshiping the Lord, the True Prophet who came to save them, learning from His Word to observe all that Jesus taught us. For our trainees it was a life-transforming experience. They are normal people with no special gifts or abilities, people who are weak, but our Lord used these normal young men and women to lead hundreds of people who were in spiritual darkness into the marvelous light of the Gospel. For them it is the greatest joy and privilege, and today most of them have dedicated their lives to the Lord’s service.

This year’s Christmas outreach has been very challenging – spiritually, physically, emotionally, and financially. But by God’s grace and favor, and your earnest prayers and financial support, we overcame every challenge by His strength and His favor on us to reap this harvest.

Help Us Share the Gospel

As we lead the many new house churches that were planted in the Christmas outreach, please pray for us that our Lord would continue leading and guiding us to disciple the unreached with the message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Please consider helping us in this task. Without your prayers and support we would not be able to reap the harvest.

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!

Proclaiming the Gospel…

…until He comes

When God is at work, His Light shines in the darkness. When that happens, people respond in different ways. Some respond in a positive way, others respond negatively. As the Bible says “And this is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the Light; for their deeds were evil.For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light, so that his deeds will not be exposed. But the one who practices the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds will be revealed as having been performed in God.” (John 3:19-21, NASB)

Recently our ministry teams shared the Gospel in a Muslim village, with amazing results. The people had never heard the message, and they responded with great joy and excitement. We rejoice that these people who lived in darkness for many years have now entered a life filled with light. They were saved, healed, and delivered because you, our partners, helped to spread the message of the Gospel.

This village was touched by the power of the Gospel, but other villages remain in darkness. Pray with us that the light will shine in those places, too. We know that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. But how will they call on Him if they don’t hear? And how will they hear if no one tells them? And finally, how will someone tell them if they aren’t sent? (see Romans 10:13-15)

That’s where you and I come in. We might not be able to go to the villages and share the Gospel, but we can send someone who is trained, ready, and willing to go. We can empower and enable them to travel to remote places and bring the light into the darkness. And when they do, we will share in the reward of seeing people’s lives transformed. Thank you for standing with us in prayer and financial gifts. Together we will see the testimony of Jesus grow in India! “For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.” (Habakkuk 2:14 NASB)

Blessings in the Wonderful Name of Jesus,

Thomas

We rejoice in the Lord for the harvest we had during the 20 days of Christmas Outreach and public meetings. It started on December 9 and went until December 28. When we planned the outreach in October there was some apprehension because of the government’s anti-Christian polices and the Hindu radicals openly threatening believers in northern India that they will wipe out Christianity and cleanse every village in India. There were many attacks on churches, and many house church leaders were arrested, charged, imprisoned and denied bail.

When our leaders discussed this, everyone wanted to be part of the outreach. In Bihar some tribal church leaders met me and shared their vision to reach the unreached villages around them. I shared our Christmas Outreach plans and asked them to join us. They agreed, so 49 churches in a 70-mile radius joined the outreach. They were tribal people, and we had to train them to be polite, calm, patient, and to endure hardship.

On December 9th, 1,782 men and women joined together and started the outreach in five different states. They were divided into teams with 12 or more people per team. 139 teams went out, reaching over 108,700 homes in 497 unreached villages in 13 days of outreach. They met people in homes, villages, fields and on the roadsides. They shared the Gospel, gave out “Gospel of John” booklets, prayed for individuals and families, and invited them to public meetings. By God’s grace, our brothers and sisters were received with joy in most villages, while in some places they were humiliated, beaten up, and forced out of the village with strong verbal threats.

On Sunday, December 22 after an early morning service, we conducted an outreach from noon to 5:30pm. Over 27,000 believers, including men, women, and children, went to over 100,000 homes in the villages, sharing the Gospel, praying for people, and conducting open air meetings. They reported over 780 people accepted Jesus as their personal Savior, and many healings and deliverances took place, while believers prayed for the sick.

In one village, a family of 5 believers (both parents and 3 young children) were sharing the Gospel. Their oldest son ran into a schoolmate unexpectedly, who invited them to his home. The schoolmate introduced the boy’s family to his family. They began to talk, and the believing parents told them they came to their village to share the Gospel and pray for people. While they were talking, many of the schoolmate’s relatives and neighbors entered the courtyard of the house. They were very polite and hospitable. The believer’s family, upon seeing the relatives, and with the family’s permission, shared the story of Christmas. None of the villagers had ever heard the Gospel story. They all had assumed that Christmas was just the birthday of some great man. As they finished speaking and prepared to close with prayer, more people from the neighborhoods came. At this point, the number of listeners was more than 50, so in closing they shared the pure Gospel and gave an invitation. For the man who was speaking, it was his first time publicly sharing. His wife helped him share, and at the end the family sang a few songs and prayed for the people. One young woman who could not stand straight from birth, and had been brought by her parents, was healed in front of the people. Eleven people dedicated their lives to the Lord at the end of the meeting.

But as I said before, there was some trouble also. In another place, 52 believers, including women and children and their pastor, were surrounded by Hindu radicals, who locked them in the public school for 6 hours. Later the villagers informed the police, who came and released the believers.

From December 23rd to the 28th, 172 public meetings were held in different villages. The public meetings were well attended. Sherly and I personally attended 16 of these public meetings, where hundreds of people responded to the altar call. In 6 different places the Hindu radicals came and disrupted the meetings. In two places they damaged the plastic chairs and the sound systems. According to the report from our leaders who were overseeing the Christmas outreach, our brothers and sisters reached over 232,000 families or homes in 1,072 villages in 5 states. They gave out 490,000 “Gospel of John” booklets to the people, held 172 public meetings in the villages. A total of 45,000 people attended these public meetings, and for most of them they said it was their first time in a Christian meeting. At the altar calls, a total of 6,954 people responded. In addition, many healings took place. One 17-year-old young man who, according to his doctor, was 85% blind, was healed in one of the public meetings. In another meeting, a 42-year-old paralyzed man carried in on a stretcher was healed during the meeting and afterwards walked home. Later, his father, who suffered from severe depression and had tried to commit suicide several times, was delivered in another public meetings. These are just a few of the many miracles reported during the public meetings.

In summary, this year’s Christmas outreach was very challenging – spiritually, physically, emotionally, and financially. But by God’s grace and favor, and your earnest prayers, we overcame every challenge by His strength and His favor on us to reap this harvest.

Help Us Share the Gospel

As we lead the many new house churches that were planted in the Christmas outreach, please pray for us that our Lord would give us direction and lead us and guide us to disciple the unreached with the message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Please consider helping us in this task. Without your prayers and support we would not be able to reap the harvest.

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!

Proclaiming the Gospel…

…until He comes

Along with entering a new year, we have entered a new season. There is a new hope in the air and a revival has begun. Not just in India, as we read in this month’s newsletter, but all around the world the Spirit of the Living God is moving, and those who have their spiritual senses attuned can feel something. There is a feeling of electricity in the air. People are opening their hearts once again to the message of the Gospel.

Many of us have been praying for a change in our country. We have been interceding for a return to godly morals and a renewal of righteousness. Now we are seeing things beginning to change, and it might be tempting to take a rest, to relax and enjoy seeing our prayers being answered. But this is not the time to relax. Now is the time to act. We have a window of opportunity to share the Gospel with hungry people. We have open doors to pray for those who are hurting and need an answer from God.

It’s true that many prayers have been answered, but just as many situations still exist where prayers need to be prayed, and answers need to be received. Jesus said, “the kingdom of heaven has forcefully advanced, and the strong take it by force.” (Matt. 11:12 MEV) Now is the time to be forcefully advancing in exerting influence on the world around us. You might feel insignificant, but each of us can have an impact on others when we allow God to guide us.

How do we allow God to guide us? By abiding in Him and letting His word abide in us. We are saved by grace through faith. But how do we nurture our faith? In Romans Paul says, “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” (Romans 10:17) We nurture our faith by filling ourselves with the word of God. Whether you read the written Bible or listen to someone else reading it, begin to absorb the Bible every day. You might be amazed at how your faith grows.

And as your faith grows, activate your faith through prayer and actions. When you read a Bible promise, receive it by faith. When you need a healing, receive it by faith. No matter what your need is, apply God’s word to your personal situation with full assurance that your prayer will be answered.

Blessings in the Wonderful Name of Jesus,

Thomas