Happy Easter season! We are praying that you experience the power of the resurrection in your life! Remember – the same Spirit that raised Christ from the dead lives and dwells in you! Thank you for standing with us in ministry. Here is an update of some of what God has been doing since the beginning of 2024.
Praise God for an incredible trip! There were 486 people at our recent conference. We had many come to the altar to dedicate their lives to Christ and to sharing the Gospel.
Pictured here are just a few of the young men and women we are currently working with as future church planters.
This is Samuel, keep him in prayer as he plants a church in Jaffna, one of the northern most cities.
God has also opened a door for a relationship with an existing church leader named Yohan. Please keep us in prayer as we work to develop a relationship and as we listen to God about a future partnership.
Our church in Martandam has broken ground for a new building, and they are attempting to self-fund the building – which is a miracle.
Many of our churches in India are experiencing a wonderful season of growth. We have seen hundreds attending services and coming to our community outreaches.
Our church in Erode (pictured left) has seen many come to the Lord in the past few months! Praise God for continued growth in India!
In November we introduced you to Abel and Joshua as the leaders of our new church plant in the city of Chennai. Please keep them in your prayers as they develop the launch team (pictured right), raise the needed funding, and pursue reaching the community there.
If you would like to help support this location or any of our growing India campuses, visit the giving page and choose the memo "Church Planting".
This is Sohan and his wife Razani. We believe God has brought us together for future church planting in the country of Bangladesh, where they are from. They have a heart to plant a church in the capital city of Dhaka – to be a flagship church to reach out to their nation and to plant other churches. Bangladesh has only been an independent country since 1971 and until recently has been closed to the Gospel. God has opened doors so we are going to step through!
Keep Sohan and Razani in your prayers. Sohan’s family is Christian, but have been heavily persecuted for their faith, and Razani’s family converted from Islam when she was a teenager, and they have had to leave their home and relocate.
On March 16, we held an Evangelism Workshop here at the main church in Manila. We had 87 participants and had a wonderful time sharing and practicing our testimonies with each other, learning about one-verse evangelism, and asking God to give us His heart for the lost.
Please pray for much ‘fruit’ as a result of this time together.
Pastor Bert Samson from our church in Reggio Calamba, Italy is retiring. His wife “got to go to heaven first” as he says. They served there faithfully for many years.
Please keep Pastor Bert in your prayers, and our church there, as they transition to a new pastoral leadership.
Our churches in the United Arab Emirates came together to celebrate their 17th anniversary. Keep them in your prayers as they are seeing growth (praise God!) but it also brings persecution as they make a difference in their community in Jesus' name. Pray for favor, protection, and strength.
A few weeks back we had the opportunity to speak with a charitable foundation about a grant for church planting. This connection was made possible by one of our current partners (thank you so much!). This is a new opportunity for us, and this will be our first time applying. So, we could use your prayers as we gather the documentation they are requesting and for the favor of God on this. We know, even if this one doesn’t work out, we will be better prepared for the next opportunity. We are also reaching out to many churches this year as we plan for future growth.
Thank you for the way you partner with us, and please help us pray for many more to join in what God is doing in this part of the world.
We want to say congratulations to our Administrator, Alicia October, and her family on the birth of their second son, Elliott. Laron, Alicia, big brother Ezra and baby Elliott are all doing fantastic. Send her a message of congratulations if you can, and keep them in your prayers.
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Michael and Elaine Shreve