New churches are on the way as the fruit of Well of Life program sponsored by Faith Church and supported by JMM. This church-planting program works very well with the Bible school training out of Chiang Rai. While Bible students are still in the training they spend their weekends pioneering new churches. In one or two years the pioneering congregation becomes stronger and has more believers. Then they build the church through the support of Well of Life program. By the time the Bible student has finished his study he becomes the pastor for the new church. This church was pioneered and built by Indochina Bible students through Well of Life church building program. The church is called Kaunkaew Full Gospel church which is about 20 kilometers out of Chiangrai town north Thailand. This church has about 70 members. It is made up of the Acca & Lao tribal groups as well as other Thais. The people of this locality are simple agricultural workers and till the terrace lands of the hills to grow vegetables and flowers to sell at the local market. Additionally Faith church helped the church by coming up with a potable water system for the people living in and around church premises. Water flows through a spectacular Cliff-lined mountain stream, forming a blue glacial expanse of water. The water system has turned out to be a blessing not just to the church members, but also to the people of the village. The Joyce Meyer team provided taps connected to pipes running right from this mountain spring to the Church and local people.
At the time of the dedication 16 people accepted the Lord of which 11 wanted to be baptized the same day. This church community has the vision to help and support the marginalized children in the area and hope to run a feeding/education program soon.
Imagine a population of a 1000 people living in a place surrounded by temples but not a single church! For over 15 years, a small body of believers gathered in a sort of a house church under the serene shade of trees in Muthyalapalli, a small village on the border of Andhra Pradesh.
The Joyce Meyer Ministries' Well of Life project leaders identified the location and extended a hand of hope to build a proper church facility for the villagers of Muthyalapalli. Additionally, the local pastor gladly donated a piece of land for the construction of the church. After a thorough survey and meeting with the church members, Joyce Meyer Ministries began the construction.
The church was dedicated by Rev.Scott Norling, Director Joyce Meyer Ministries Asia, he further challenged the members to be a ceaseless body and build the church as a place of comfort and a place of worship.
Since its inaugural, 15 new families have been added to the kingdom through the church in Muthyalapalli. Please continue to pray for this village, pray that in the days to come it would be a lighthouse of truth, hope and love.
Senagapadu is a very remote village, with very small Christian population. The total population of this village is about 3,500. Most of the people are very devout Hindus and are active in their religious activities. As the village is very far from the cities, most of the men and women find their work in the local agricultural farms of; paddy, corn and tobacco. Pastor Kumar started the ministry in this village in a hut with 5 Sunday school children in the year 2003. A year later 8 elders were raised up to help in the new work. After six years of Kumar's hard work presently 85 people are gathering in the hut for worship every Sunday. It's been very difficult to accommodate more people in the small place.
Village people are very poor financially as they work on daily wages yet since they are very strong spiritually; Pastor Kumar's family and all the church members began praying for a bigger facility to accommodate new believers. With these prayers the church approached Joyce Meyer ministries for help to construct a bigger place for worship. The JMM team after seeing the great need and potential of ministry opportunities in the village decided to help. With the support and partnership of Faith Church, the Senagapadu church family has constructed a bigger, permanent church building. All the villagers including people from other faiths are very happy and praised God for His glorious gift for their village. On 10th December 2009 this church building was dedicated for the glory of the Lord. At the time of dedication many families attended to see the first church of the village.
The pastor of the church, elders of the village and the people are very thankful to the Faith Church and Joyce Meyer Ministries for their generous help towards the church building. Now the village has a grand, beautiful church building to worship the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Pastor Kumar now plans to have two church services and three Sunday school services every week.
With a population of 5,000 people, Kishore Nagar is a conservative village in the Nizamabad district. The local people are mostly farmers, daily wage workers, herdsmen and a small section employed as construction painters. The village is crowded with people belonging to the Hindu faith (93%) leaving a very tiny section of Christians and people from other faiths.
Mandhala Lazar and his wife Mary are the local pastors of Kishore Nagar. After completing his theological studies from Redemption Bible School, Lazar followed the call of God and came to the village in 2004. He began visiting homes, praying for people, sharing the Gospel and soon established a church.
During the initial years it was a struggle to get people together. But as of today, the numbers are soaring and the Lord is working in the hearts of the villagers. Nearly 130 of them attend the church regularly out of which 40 have followed Jesus in the waters of baptism. Additionally 50-60 children attend the Sunday school each week.
For a long time, the congregation assembled in a hut for their Sunday worship services. It soon became strenuous and stressful to gather in this fashion especially in the rainy season. The members were earnestly praying for a church building. By the grace of God, doors were opened and Lazar received help from Faith Church and Joyce Meyer Ministries. Apart from constructing a church building, the Joyce Meyer Ministries' Well of Life outreach team installed a bore well. This act of kindness has relieved the villagers from walking miles to collect a pot of clean drinking water and increased favor towards the church. The bore well is also acting as a bridge for more people to be blessed through the church in Kishore Nagar.
The pastor and the congregation are thankful to Faith Church and Joyce Meyer Ministries for the beautiful church facility and the bore well. They give God the glory for all that he has done and will do in the coming years through His temple in Kishore Nagar.
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