God has given us a Vision to build Churches in various places of our state. Over the past twenty Five years of labour, God raised up 32 churches in different places and few are given a complete structural form. Our main church at Machilipatnam, is full on Sundays that we are praying for the extension of the church. This enormous task of Church planting is being done most effectively through the men and women God is raising up locally within India.
There are no language or cultural barriers to overcome. In fact many of these pastors & evangelists come from the same religious and cultural background as the people they are trying to reach as such, have powerful testimonies which resonate with in the hearts of the lost. Most of these pastors, while passionate for God, haven't had the opportunity to receive formal theological training. BERACHAH Ministries organizes training conferences regularly for their broader vision, providing needed leadership tools and offer encouragement for those facing obstacles and opposition. As the churches of growing they are in need of places of worship. In many villages and towns groups of believers meet in homes or simple huts for worship. One of the greatest needs is for church halls to shelter them from weather.
One in the last week of December preparing the believers with hope and new promises to enter into the New Year. We have a Watch Night Service on the 31st, December and a Thanks giving and Love -feast on the I January , which is a common meal to all six to seven thousand people that attend on that First day of the year sharing oness and blessing in the House of God.
We as a humble Christian family being in the ministry of saving souls, had a great desire for the lost souls, the Lord gave us a Hindu family, the husband suffering from severe asthma, he was taken to many doctors, witch doctors, and to many who said that they would heal him, but in vain, on knowing about the humble ministry that was started by a blind man in the year 1979, they brought him to the church, which was than a tiled roofed house. We fasted and prayed for him, miraculously the Lord healed him and faith grew in him and thus the first soul entered into the church and thus began to multiply into hundreds and now to thousands. Many possessed by unclean spirits, cancers, witchcrafts, under the bondage of alcohol and bad habits, and patients even with AIDS and more dangerous SIN are saved, touched and healed by Jesus. That single, humble church now grew to 32 branches, expanding the Kingdom of God and serving to the needs of the community.
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