Pastor Ram Prakash came to know Christ while working in Delhi. The Lord called him to return to his village to preach the gospel. He obeyed and for the past 12 years he has faithfully been serving the Lord among his own native people, the Awadhi. He has planted many churches and mentored over a dozen new native pastors and …
Youth Afire in the City!
In the Ganges River area of north India there are 100,000 villages and 200 million people. Until recently, most had never even heard the name of Jesus. In 1997 when TellAsia was founded, in village after village, when asked the question, “Do you know Jesus?” most people replied, “Nobody by that name lives in this village, go on down the …
Temple to Church!
Rajan was a Hindu priest and was very devoted to the gods and goddesses. Nevertheless there was no peace in his life and for seven years he searched for the God who could give him peace. He visited many gurus and pilgrimage places but was tormented by a sense of spiritual emptiness. He started building a temple to the monkey …
Terror in the Night
My name is Ram Vachan. I am serving the Lord in my home village. On the night of September 3, 2011 at 10 PM a group of 50 believers were worshiping together inside my house when suddenly a mob of around 150 people intruded into the house and began to beat us with sticks and iron rods. There was a …
Gangster Planting churches
My name is Lal Mohar. I am thankful to the God who brought me out from darkness into his glorious light. When I was a young man I came into contact with bad company and became a gang leader. We waited alongside the roads and then jumped out and robbed people as they passed. Sometimes we killed them. Drunkenness and …