India | Bihar Report May 2012

Brother Denny Moses reports on behalf of the outreach team in Khagaria, Bihar.
“Prayer Points from Bihar Ministry:-

  1. Pray for Pas. Gabriel – he has been suffering from TB from last 45 days.
  2. Pas. Dilkush’s wife is conceived but the baby has turned wrong in stomach. Doctor says anything can happen to baby and mother, the delivery date is in the month of May 1st week. God may do marvelous things in Mrs. Jothi Dilkush life. Please remember her in your prayers.
  3. Pas. Santhosh ‘s wife Supriya fall in sick past 20 days because of weakness. Let God give His heavenly strength to her.
  4. Bro. Susil Joshua’s wife is carrying baby from last month. Pray that God should be with her till the time of Delivery.
  5. Master Santh’s wife Sharaon Priya is carrying baby from last three month. Pray that God should be with her till the time of Delivery.
  6. In the place of Gogri Bro. Susil Joshua doing Ministry from past 4 year. In his church member name called Ramesh is a believer from 3 year and he has a disability too. Now Brother Ramesh has ready to go for ministry so we are planning to send him to a Bible College (GEMS) for one year course. Please pray for him that God may use him in his ministry life.
    Pictured below is Bro. Susil Joshua with his church believer Ramesh (who has a disability and desires to attend Bible College) [Read more...]

INDIA | Bihar outreach

Pastor Denny Moses reports as follows on behalf of Pastor Paul Sunder Raj’s team.

“Greetings to you in the name of Jesus Christ.

From May 1, 2012 onwards a team from our Advent Christian church in Agaram, Chennai is going to do various special ministry in Bihar – distributing tracts, gospel meeting, prayer walk in villages and in the evening showing the Life of Jesus film.  Along with that they are going buy land in Makesh Kutt for a Church.

Please pray for this program. Pray that Satan should not bring any kind of hindrance and the Holy Spirit will work among the ministry field in a marvellous way.

Let there be a great revival in the place of Bihar, Khagaria. [Read more...]

India | Baptisms

The LORD continues to bless the ministries of the churches of the Advent Christian Conference of India (ACCI) and the Fellowship of Blessed Hope Churches (FBHC) in India. Mission Manager Immanuel has attended or received reports of the following baptismal services taking place in the last few weeks. In both cases the Mission has provided new Bibles for each of those baptised.

On Sunday 15 April, at the ACCI church at Old Pallavaram, 19 persons were baptised. [Read more...]

INDIA | Bihar ministry

Pastor Denny Moses reports on behalf of Rev Paul Sunder Raj’s team in Bihar….

“Greetings to you in the unchanging name of Jesus Christ.

God was so good to us in the past month of March – even we didn’t have enough time to finish the task but with strength and help of our almighty God enabled us to finish, so the name of the Lord be glorified. In the month of March we had film ministry in the place of Baliya. God helped us to show His life story in four different places and also many people shed tear while watching the movie. Altogether 500 people had seen the movie of Jesus.

On 29, 30 & 31 we had our annual convention in Khagaria when around 350 people gathered from our branch churches. Believers are very happy to listen to the word of God in that meeting. The main speaker was Rev.George Muller from Bihar along with him from our Conference Rev. Magimaidoss (Area pastor of Chembakkam church) with his team came and encouraged all through the Word of God, dance and skits. The people were rejoicing in spirit and praising Jesus for His mighty works. On the third day of the meeting 14 people had been baptised – they were happy to start the new life with Jesus and also they became our membership (as the Right hand Fellowship was also given) [Read more...]

INDIA: Emmanuel’s School and Children’s Home

In November 2011, Yesuway Jeevan Mission entered into an agreement to partner in ministry with EMMANUEL’S SCHOOL AND CHILDREN’S HOME, in the town of CHANDEL in the STATE of MANIPUR, in north-eastern India.

{Note : A map is below, click the map for a larger view in a new window }

Chandel is about an hour and half’s drive from the capital city of the State – Imphal.

This agreement followed correspondence with a member of an AC church in the United States who along with others has been financially supporting the school’s activities for some years, and a visit to the school by an YJM staff member.

The school has been in operation since 1990 and has approximately 450 students, in classes ranging from Lower Kindergarten to Standard 10, taught by 18 teachers. About half of the students’ homes are 60 to 80 kms from the school and they live in a hostel at the school, whilst the others travel daily to school. [Read more...]

India | Rev M G Bakthasingh

The Advent Christian Conference of India’s church at Perumbakkam started in 1930 with just a few families. To cope with growth in membership a new church building was built in 1982 and was further extended in 1998.

Under the recent leadership of Rev M G Bakthasingh, who is also Treasurer of the Advent Christian Conference of India, church membership has grown to 200 families – about 800 believers. [Read more...]

India | Rev G S Ruban

Rev G S Ruban is the Area Pastor for the Tamabaram Area and is Pastor of the Advent Christian Conference of India’s church at Kasthuribai Nagar.

The ministry was started there in 1950, and a new church building was commenced in 1980 and finished and dedicated in 1985 with only a few families in membership.  When he was first posted to the church there were only 8 families worshiping there. [Read more...]

INDIA | Rev P M Vijayaseelan Reports

Rev P M Vijayaseelan, pastor of the Advent Christian Conference of India church at Nanmangalam, Kovilambakkam, Chennai and Assistant Treasurer of the ACCI, recently reported as follows…

“We are so happy to inform you about the baptism service held in our church on 5 February. A male and 8 female souls were saved, amongst whom three of them were Hindus. It is such a joy that “the Almighty” has blessed our church with new souls. We are pleased to inform you that the construction of our new church is in its final phase. Please do pray for its dedication which is scheduled for 15 April 2012. Amen” [Read more...]

INDIA | Adda Road Outreach

Pastor Paul Gandham has ministered in a small village in the State of Andhra Pradesh, about 420 kilometres north of Chennai, for about 15 years. Until the Advent Christian Conference of India took the ministry under its wing in 2008, he had ministered as an independent pastor. Shortly after the ACCI made his ministry one of their out-of-Tamil Nadu-State outreach ministries, Yesuway Jeevan Mission also commenced supporting Pastor Gandham’s ministry financially as one of our ministry partners.

The ministry is now known as the Advent Christian Church, Adda Road Village, Usumraripalli, Kanigiri, Andhra Pradesh, but we refer to it as Adda Road – for obvious reasons! [Read more...]

INDIA – Bihar ministry

We have recently received short testimonies and pictures from some of the pastors in Paul Sunder Raj’s team. Please use these as prayer reminders – these brothers and their wives and families sacrifice much as they serve the LORD in Bihar, and God is blessing their ministries.

Click the below to view:

Brother Arjun Kumar Das (Gabriel)

Brother Biben Kumar

Brother Punnia Dev Kumar

Brother Sushil Kumar (Joshua)

Pastor Dilkush

Pastor Niranjin Kumar

Pastor Samuvel Templer

Pastor Santosh Kumar