Follow-up Shepherding: Ranchi

In fellowship and coordination with the work in India, along with two brothers we traveled for the follow-up shepherding in five select cities where the ministry of the word had already been distributed and the Lord had manifested some genuine seeking ones. The first city we visited was Ranchi.

In this city we were received by a brother who has been enjoying the ministry of the word. In fact, he came into the church life few months before he was transferred to this city. Though there are not as many families to stand fully as the local church, they are meeting when all the ones who are clear concerning the church comes together. 

Our day there was mostly spent in fellowshipping and strengthening the saints. Besides, we also met three seeking brothers at different time. The first one was an ex-pastor and very interested in the truth. We shared briefly on the orthodoxy of the church and the need for recovery of the church. The second one was a Bible translator, so we shared on the correctness of the truth in translating the Bible. The matter of translation was our opening key to fellowship on the need for the recovery of the truth. He was interested to become our Hindi translator, and therefore, we gave him a trial translation portion. The third one was the house owner of our brother. He is one of the elders of a spiritual Christian group since the past some twenty five years. With him we fellowshipped on Ephesians 4:11-13 with an emphasis on the oneness. 

Ephesians 4:11-13And He Himself gave some as apostles and some as prophets and some as evangelists and some as shepherds and teachers, For the perfecting of the saints unto the work of the ministry, unto the building up of the Body of Christ, Until we all arrive at the oneness of the faith and of the full knowledge of the Son of God, at a full-grown man, at the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ. 

This brother was so interested that he genuinely shared his desperateness for the reality of the church. He even purchased a bundle of books as he loves to study the truths. In fact, among all those we met, he is the most solid one, a local brother too, and with a good testimony. May the Lord recover him for His testimony in Ranchi. 

We also met with a family who has been in the Lord's recovery for about a decade in another locality but shifted to this city for business and children education. Through our visit, two saints families were brought together through our visit. They all were very glad that the Lord graced our visit to bring them together to stand for the Lord's testimony in Ranchi. 

May the Lord fully recover His testimony in Ranchi.