Ministry of the Word Literature Journey to North India

Report: The Ministry of the Word Literature Journey 

Rampur, Juori, Kinnaur, and Panchkula

13-18 November 2019

But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in the Christ and manifests the savor of the knowledge of Him through us in every place. 2 Corinthians 2:14

The door was opened for the distribution of the ministry of the word to these parts of North India through a sister who came into the church life a few years ago. The Lord used her to initiate His move and key Christian leaders were contacted. 

Rampur, HP

A well-known Christian leader welcomed us to his house and invited a couple of other pastors to give us an audience. We introduced the ministry books to all of them. They were all so impressed with the riches of the ministry, and to their surprise, the contents of the ministry books were the timely words they needed desperately for themselves and for the believers under their shepherding.

By the way, this brother also happened to be the key Christian leader in town who had been persecuted by religious fanatics. Yet many believers thronged his congregation and he is leading the biggest Christian group in town. Now with his new found truths, the ministry books, he will be ministering what he learned and will distribute the same among the believers with him and his coworkers. He even invited us to visit his congregation on the following Lord’s day and minister the word, but we could not make it this time.

Juori, HP

The home of the sister who invited us for this distribution trip was our base. Every evening while we were there, seeking neighbors would gather together for fellowship and prayer. We ministered some basic truths on The Mystery of human Life, Calling Upon the Lord’s Name, Assurance, Security, and Joy of Salvation, etc., to them. Four seeking men requested for a clarification on baptism; we preached the gospel to them and help them received the Lord and expounded to them the truth concerning baptism. 

A sincere and seeking brother who is the pioneer of the gospel move in Juori and has been shepherding a few hundreds of local believers was very impressed by the truths we presented to him. He wanted to study the ministry books and bought the entire set in Hindi. He appreciated our beliefs and practices concerning the church life. With his vague understanding, he even named his congregation and the ministry he carries out as “the Body of Christ.” He even reckoned the ministry books we brought to him as “divine seeds” and expected that within a span of ten years something solid among Christians who will read the books should be manifested. We fully amen his burden and echoed the same burden back to him.

A brother who has been shepherding a congregation invited us to introduce the ministry books on the Lord’s day, which we gladly did. He was so impressed and felt blessed so much so that he proposed to conduct a few days seminar in Juori for which he invited us to be the “speakers”.  

Bhabanagar-Kinnauri HP

The Lord in His sovereignty had planned a gathering of Bible translators to Kinnauri, the local dialect, along with a group of Christian leaders. It was on that day, at that place, and at that time that we visited and were warmly welcomed. For about an hour, we introduced the ministry books and ministered the word. All of them received the ministry books. Among them, the key Bible translator was so interested in the Recovery Version Bible and requested for a copy. These were the key people in the entire Kinnaur region who are serving the Lord.

Panchkula Haryana

A Christian leader who has been conducting trainings and seminars for various other Christian workers was so impressed by the truths presented in the ministry books. Though he read some books by brother Watchman Nee before and heard about the local churches, it was his first time to come in face-to-face contact and fellowship with us. One thing that impressed him deeply was our emphasis on the all-inclusive Christ as the reality of all the positive things in the Bible. Our vision of Christ and the church attracted him too. He promised to introduce and promote the ministry books in his seminars, and among the believers and coworkers he hasn been serving with.

May the Lord richly bless the sowing of the divine seeds through the ministry of the word and raise up His testimonies in all these localities. 

Prayer Burdens

Pray for the Lord's continual shepherding of all these ones who received the ministry books and for the recovery of His testimony in all these localities. 

The state of Himachal is the land of Gods and Goddesses, thus is known as “Devbhoomi”. It is due to the presence of so many temples Himachal has earned the name of “DEVBHOOMI HIMACHAL”. Pray that through the sowing of the divine seeds through the ministry of the word, this land would indeed be the “the land of the true and living God!”