Ministry of the Word Journey: Gangtok, Sikkim

Gangtok, Sikkim

In Gangtok, we were accommodated in the guest house of a brother who loves and enjoys the ministry books by Watchman Nee. He is a retired IAS officer and Ex-Chief Secretary of Sikkim. As we introduced the ministry books and the Holy Bible Recovery Version, he was so impressed with the accuracy of the translation. As I was introducing the accuracy of translation using Ephesians 1:5, on "adoption versus sonship" and declared boldly that God did not adopt us but we were born of God as sons of God in life and in nature. His innate response was, "I got a goose bump!" He then placed a purchase order for the entire set of all books by brother Watchman Nee and Witness Lee. In addition, he also asked for an extra 100 copies each of Messages for Building Up the New Believers 3 Vols for all the pastors serving with him in his 55 “branch churches”. We also met the other leading pastors in Gangtok who purchased the ministry books in sets.

House Churches in Gangtok

The Lord sovereignly led us to a brother who has some light on the church as the Body of Christ and who also dissolved his congregation of one man speaking meeting of about 100 families into 15 small groups which he called "house churches". Their meeting pattern is with the view of making everyone function, simply following the Spirit's leading, without any preset pattern. We also spent an evening meeting in one of his “house churches” in Gangtok where we ministered on Calling Upon the Lord's Name and led all the believers to call on the Lord. He purchased the ministry books in sets and the NT Recovery Version.

Campus Distribution in Gangtok

We distributed Rhema bookmarks in a medical college and Nepali Mystery of Human Life in a Govt. College. A seeking sister in her final year came to fellowship with us as she saw us distributing tracts in the students' cafeteria. She was so happy to meet us and expressed her feeling and desire to serve the Lord full time. We encouraged her to pursue the truths and gifted her Life Lessons and Rhema booklets, besides giving her an "assignment" of reading the Bible and praying everyday as a preparation for her if the Lord would so lead her to come for the full-time training.