Ministry of the Word to Bhilai

I have been hearing about the city of Bhilai for many years. Since last year I have had the burden to visit this city at least for two reasons. First, the estranged wife of a brother resides in this city and I wanted to meet the brother along with his wife as he has been in fellowship with me for over a year now. Out of concern for his Christian life and testimony, when I came to know about his marital matter I felt burdened to fellowship with them as the Lord would lead. The second reason was for the introduction and distribution of the ministry literature among the many Christians in the city.

As we visited this city, the Lord prepared a seeking brother as our “guardian angel” to take care of us during our four days stay in the city. We did not make any practical plan for food, lodging, and transportation. But we just made the plan out of burden from the Lord and according to His leading. True to His word and faithful to His promises, the Lord used a brother to be our guide. In his house, we were given hospitality, in his care we went to different places within the city for the ministry, and with him and his family, we also enjoyed a wonderful time of fellowship. He was a seeker and helper too.

He was a brother who received all 7 ministry books distributed free by Rhema via Facebook promotion and has been thoroughly enjoying the ministry. He testified that his Christian life has changed since he read The Economy of God. He was so eager to receive us and give us hospitality when we first contacted him saying his house is always open for the servants of God. He even came to pick us up from the railway station, gave us hospitality for four days, during the entire period of our stay in Bhilai, and drove us around to meet different Christian leaders and groups. Having done all these, he thanked us for giving him the opportunity to participate in the Lord’s work as he has the heart to serve the Lord as a retired person.

Declaring Our Statement of Faith

The President of the Christian association in the city was first introduced to us to “check us out” and verify our statement of faith as a precaution from heretical teachings and cultic ministries being introduced to the Christian populace. After our “defense and confirmation of the truth,” the President himself was very impressed by the riches and depth of the ministry and he volunteered to make arrangements and invite all the Christian leaders in the city via social media to meet us and receive the ministry literature.

Meeting the Counselor

The Lord led us to introduce the ministry literature to the Student Counselor of the top school in Bhilai. He was so impressed by the truth and the ministry literature so much so that he purchased all the selected title books by Watchman Nee and Witness Lee, the whole set of Life-study of the Bible, and the Holy Bible Recovery Version. Besides, he also received the free Rhema literature to be used among the 5000 plus students, children of many high-class gentile parents, whom he has been counseling. He was first contacted as he placed an order for Free Rhema books on Facebook during the Covid-19 lockdown.

Ministering to Seeking Christain Groups

Two nights, we were invited to minister the word of God to two different groups of seekers in the city. In both the meeting, we ministered on something very basic, calling upon the Lord's name, eating His word, and spending time e with the Lord in prayer. This basic ministry of the word was a great nourishment and encouragement to the believers.

Home Meeting with Tow Family

We also enjoyed two afternoons for home meetings. First with the family of our host and then with his sister's family. In the latter meeting, the Lord gave me a specific burden on baptism as one young brother has not yet been baptized not being clear with the truth concerning baptism. So I used seven important Bible verses on baptism with a good number of examples of baptisms in the book of Acts.

Though the first reason for coming to the city did not materialize, still the reason was used by the Lord for our coming to the city to introduce the ministry of the word. One day, I believe the Lord will raise up a group of His remnant to take the stand for His testimony. The seed of the ministry has been sown, now waiting for the harvest at the proper time. 

Lord, raise up the church in Bhilai soon!