Pastor Denny Moses, who is responsible for communications from the Advent Christian Conference of India’s outreach team led by Pastor Paul Sundar Raj (pictured at right) in the State of Bihar, has forwarded a wonderful report of their activities in 2018, and their plans and hopes for 2019. The students mentioned by Brother Denny Moses are those attending the St. Xavier’s High School, which is the outreach’s major bridge into the community.
Bihar is the thirteenth-largest Indian state, with an area of 94,163 km2 (36,357 sq. miles) and is the third-largest state by population. The 2011 census gave the population as 104,099,452, with 82.7% of the population practising Hinduism, with 16.9% following Islam, which leaves only 0.04% for Christianity! The same census indicated that at 11.3%, Bihar has the second lowest urbanisation rate in India, and the population density surpassed 1,000 per square kilometers, making Bihar India’s most densely-populated state. There is much to be done for Jesus Christ in Bihar!
Thank you for being part of the listed achievements by your prayers which the Lord has graciously answered – please continue to pray regularly for Pastor Paul and his team members and their families. Please pray especially for physical safety for all the Christians who are involved in the school ministry and the spiritual ministry
The Bihar Pastors and leaders with the President of the ACCI, Rev S D David (centre front)
Pastor Denny Moses’ report reads…
“ADVENT CHRISTIAN CONFERENCE OF INDIA, BIHAR
ANNUAL REPORT – 2018
Dear and near in Christ Jesus, in His Holy and Precious Name, from long distance, we the Missionaries and Teachers greet you in the precious name of Jesus Christ.
- By the grace of our Almighty God, in this year 84 persons are baptized.
- 20 prayer cells are started in this year and 5 more prayers cells are conducted newly
- 300,000 tracts and 85,000 New Testaments are distributed.
- A church Land for Mansi Church field has been bought and construction work is to begin shortly
- The Bala Bazar Church Land and School Compound wall work has been dedicated
- 3 persons are sent to Bible training to GEMS Bible school.
- 10 new Bible Men are joined to help the Ministry.
- Provided bicycles for 4 Bible men
- 14 new Church Board committee members are raised for church ministry, to do the ministry better
- Around 2,000 children have attended VBS and heard the gospel.
- 15 children are dedicated for the kingdom of God.
- Chandrasekar has married Sis. Malmal and placed for ministry in Beldor field
- Around 60 villages heard the Gospel through Film ministry.
- 5 Prayer cells were opened, but now they have become as 5 churches (Kuch Mouth, Pithan, Vellan, Lagar, Akkha)
- Annual conventions and prayer camps, Family conference, Youth meetings and special gospel meetings are also conducted.
- 250 new believers have joined in Churches.
- 76 members have completed one-year Tailoring course. They have received their certificates.
- A new tailoring center is opened in Amni and Karvamor.
- In this year we have planned to meet 20 main officers in our Khagaria District to share the good news through Christmas.
- In Khagaria district’s central jail we have shared the Gospel to 550 prisoners
- In the year 2018 Board exam – X {Year10 – the major government examination} results, all the class students passed and 18 students have achieved full marks (10 CGPA) by the grace of our Everlasting Father.
- In this year 125 villages shared gospel in carol services.
Our New Task for the Year – 2019
- To make 500 believers and to baptize 150 members
- We need 50 Audio Bible for Uneducated Persons
- To buy land at least in 6 fields and to complete the land registration (Kuch Mouth, Gogeri, Lagar, Karvamor, Beldor, Amni, karanpur and Sanna)
- To dedicate 3 churches (Rajakpur, Mansi & Alloui)
- To send 2 persons to get Bible Training in GEMS (Rupesh & Dhurchan)
- To show the gospel film (Jesus Christ) in Khagaria central jail for 700 victims & to share the gospel to 50
- We need Projector, Audio system and vehicle specially for the gospel and film ministry
- For this 2 new pastors and 4 New Bible Men
- To dedicate 3 pastors as area leaders. (Pas. Sushil, Pas. Gabriel and Pas Denny Moses)
- To start the New Tailoring center in 2
- To start 25 prayer cells, to conduct Special youth camp, family meetings, Area Convention and Annual Fasting Prayer camps
- To conduct Part time Bible Study for Bible Men.
- To distribute 100,000 New Testaments and 350,000 Tracts
- To fulfill the plan of buying 3 bikes for 3 pastors
- To share the gospel in colleges, hospital, offices and schools.
- To get loud speakers (speakers), 250 full Bibles, PA system and some ministry related equipment.
- To get sufficient dedicated, pious south India teachers throughout the year
- To build and complete the new school buildings to get recognition
- To begin 5 church services in different places.
- To conduct VBS for 3,000
- To share the experience of salvation among politicians, (priests) Hindu Naxalites and terrorists.
- To share the gospel in 160 villages through the carol service during Christmas.
- To get one more school bus to pick up the children from faraway places.
- Our school’s new building construction work is likely to get start in this year, soon after the completion, we are to apply for recognition.
- There are 79 students, they have attended their X {Year10 – the major government examination} board exam and are waiting for the results. Need your prayer for God’s grace
- This year we have planned to purchase land in 5 or 6 areas to extend our branch church field works.”