RAJAHMUNDRY AREA CHAURCHES OF CHRIST

INDIA

The Churches of Christ greet you.  Romans. 16:16

Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

We would like to ask you to send the Youth Ministers Team to our area in India from your congregation as a part of your ministry. We believe that it will be more helpful for the ministry work going on in India through our young preachers.

I would like to introduce my self that, I am P. V. Ratnam, Preacher, Church of Christ, Ratnampeta. I am grownup from Korukonda Church of Christ including 18 other Preachers who are ministering in the Lord’s Churches around Rajahmundry and Korukonda areas.

Brother K.Cornelius, Preacher, who worked for the Churches of Christ, in Korukonda area for the last 46 years, has guided us to the New Testament Christianity. I had the good opportunity as his son-in-law to learn the truth from him as I came from denominational doctrine. We got training from IBS. Recently (5^th April) Brother Cornelius has passed away (died), by leaving the responsibilities of the ministry of our Lord.

We are 19 Young Preachers serving in 34 congregations in this area Churches of Christ in India. It is grate privilege to us. We are being established a dedicated work in His ministry. We are conducting the following ministry woks.

1. Evangelism
2. Gospel Meetings and Bible classes
3. Preachers fellowship Meetings for every month
4. Sunday Schools at all the congregations.
5. Out Reach Programmes
6. Planting new congregations and giving Baptisms for New Born in Christ
7. Krupa Bible Patashala (Grace Bible School), a semi contact and semi Correspondence programme.
8. Grace Pre-Schools in slum and Rural areas
9. Audio tape Ministry
10. Charity Works for the Poor and needy in the Society
11. Clothes distribution for the widows and destitutes
12. Day care centers for street children and destitute women
13. Free Health Camps and Free Eye Camps
14. Rehabilitation works at the time of disasters
15. Food Ministry
16. Vocational Trainings for the educated un employed
17. Voluntary works through a Registered Women Voluntary Organization named “Mother Theresa Charitable Society"

Even though there are some hurdles, we are blessed to continue in the above ministry works. We would like to share the good news of His ministry with you and would like to hear the same from you. We are interested in sharing the experiences and cooperation in the Ministry of expansion of His Kingdom.

We are attached a detailed note of "The Churches of Christ in Rajahmundry area". We can send the ministry pictures too, if you are willing and interested to see. We would like to hear from your side.

We are very much happy, if you participate in this ministry by sending your team of youth ministers and any of your emissaries.

Thanking you brother.

May God bless you.

Yours in His Service,

P.V.Ratnam

For Team of Preachers

URL: http://360.yahoo.com/ratnampv

E. Krupa Bible Patashala:

In the year 1998, some US brothers like Randolph Gonce and others are started a semi correspondence and semi contact programme namely “Institute of Biblical Studies”. Bro. P. V. Ratnam encouraged and trained 10 students from Korukonda Congregation. These students got their Diplomas on 18-1-2000. These 10 trained students and another 10 members from Korukonda Congregation, under the co-ordination and guidance of Bro. P.V. Ratnam, taken task to preach the Gospel where there are no congregations in this area. The Ministry is growing well by planting new congregations and this team of young preachers conducted several spiritual as well as charity works for strengthening of the congregations. In the year 2003, Bro. P. V. Ratnam selected another 10 young people (2nd Batch) including 4 women for training in IBS. They were trained and got Diplomas in February 2004. In the meanwhile, Bro. P.V.Ratnam, started another correspondence course at Rajahmundry with the same curriculum of IBS upon the suggestion of above IBS elders to run school purely on self-supporting basis.

F. MINISTRY WORKS:

A good work is established and it is highlighted in this area. The following are the woks taken up by us.

1. Planting New Congregations where there are no congregations in this area, and where there are congregations spreading the false doctrine.

2. Running Sunday Schools in all the congregations.

3. Conducting Preachers Fellowship Meetings on every 2nd Friday of the month.

4. Conducting Out Reach Programmes with Rallies with Slogans, Banners, Play Cards and distribution of pamphlets in Rural and Urban slums.

5. Running of Christian Bookstall with Bibles, Pamphlets, and hymnbooks by displaying Banners with Bible quotations etc, in Hindu festivals, where a huge number of people gathered. We are Distributed Holy Bibles, several New Testaments, Pamphlets, and Tracts etc.

6. Conducting One-Day Gospel Meetings at 10 different places, preferably in new places in and around Rajahmundry every year.

7. “Krupa Bible Patashala “, a semi correspondence and semi contact programme where 50 students are being graduated every year. But it is not running now.

8. Spreading of Gospel through “Audiotape Ministry”. Bro P.V. Ratnam and his wife Sujnana Kumari are hymn writers and song composers. They wrote nearly 100 songs basing on the scriptures. Two audiocassettes were recorded and released with 12 songs named "Sajeeva Satyalu" (Living Truth), "Na Intilo Yesu" (Jesus in my Home), in Telugu language our mother tongue which is spoken by 7 crore population.

9. Saving many Souls by Baptizing after Preaching the Gospel of Christ.

10. Encouraging Youth : The Bible says in Psalm 119:9 that by living according to the word of the Lord, that the youth keep their life pure. Rajahmundry Churches of Christ are with youth and encourages the Youth, leading them to live according to the word of God to be examples to as many as they come across in life.

11. We had a Team of good youth singers and they sing songs, which were written according to the truth, very well in all our meetings.

G. Charity Works:

1. Conducting Free Health /Medical Camps by checkup, tests and medicines all are free of cost.
2. Conducting Free Eye Camps, providing Intra Ocular Lens (IOL) for free of cost.
3. Conducting Vocational Trainings in Sewing, Lace making, Adda Leaf Manufacturing for Unemployed women of the congregations.
4. Running Grace Pre School Education Centers in Rajiv Nagar, Korukonda, Rayudupakalu and Purushothampatnam. In these schools children learn education, sharp their talents etc. We are providing free education, food (Day Care), Uniform, Shoe etc. But these pre schools are also not running due to lack of budget and finance. 

5. Rehabilitation works : Both natural and man-made calamities make people lose both their family members and also property. They become shelter less and orphans. It is God’s grace that we could attend such incidents and helps them something. During the fire accidents and floods.  We could provide them rehabilitation, visiting the victims and their left over family members and comforting the orphans etc.

6. Distributing new Clothes i.e. Blankets, Sarees, and Blouse pieces to the poor and needy women in the Congregations.

7. Day Care for Widows at Rayudupakala and Korukonda congregations. These centers were also closed due to lack of budget and finance.

8. A Christian Library was started in February 2006 at Ratnampeta congregation. This work should be started in all the congregations in future.

http://360.yahoo.com/ratnampv

I. PRAYER REQUESTS :

We would like to put the following requests before you to help regarding the ministry going on here in Rajahmundry areas.

1. Pray for this ministry regularly as it is a most important way in which you can help this ministry.

2. Pray for the protection of our brethren who are working for Him in difficult and remote Hill Tribe areas.

3. Strengthen us by sending Biblical printed material such as Bibles, Books, Magazines, Audiotapes monthlies etc.,

4. We request Youth Ministers and Missionaries in you congregations to visit our place in India to see the work going on here and to strengthen us by sharing the word of Truth.

5. Pray for the 19 Native preachers who are working in 34 congregations for their livelihood, as they are very poor to feed their families.

6. Pray for the construction of permanent church buildings for the above congregations for conducting worship and meetings. Because 70% of congregations are not having own buildings, 20% congregations are having "thatched sheds" covered with palm leaves and 10% congregations have permanent buildings.

7. Pray for the Charity works to be continued by the Rajahmundry area Churches of Christ.

8. Please tell others about this Lord's ministry.