An official E-magazine of Evangelical Church of India March 2014 Editors: Rev S Duraiswamy & Rev T Aaron Martin Email:[email protected] FIRST ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION AND WATERMELON HARVESTING AT ECI HOPE CITY CHURCH SO IT IS HARVEST TIME IN INDIA !! Many watermelons were harvested on March 9, 2014 in Hope City and were sold to the congregation members of ECI as part of fund raising for Indian Missionary Movement. 1 RECENT CHURCH DEDICATIONS ECI Jambukudia church in Jharkhand has been constructed with the generous support of Bishop Sundar Singh and it was dedicated by Bishop family on March 13, 2014. ECI Ambade church in Jharkhand has been built in memory of Dr Christopher and dedicated by Bishop Raja Singh in February, 2014. ECI Samandae church in Jharkhand has been built in memory of Rev Shantha Kumar and it was dedicated by Mrs Sheeba Shantha Kumar during the month of February, 2014. 2 RECENT CHURCH DEDICATIONS …. ECI Kottaravedu church has been built in partnership with Goosung Church, South Korea and dedicated by Rev Choi Jin on March 4, 2014. ECI Pallikonda church has been built with the support of Masan Central Church of South Korea and dedicated by Bishop Sundar Singh and Dr Moses Kim on March 19, 2014. ECI Marikutti church in Jharkhand has been built and dedicated through the generous contribution of Mr J Selvam’s family from Tamabaram IMM branch during February 2014. ECI Suvey church in Jharkhand has been built and dedicated in sponsorship of ECI Pulianthope church, Chennai during the month of February 2014. 3 RECENT DEDICATIONS …. Parsonage at ECI Minjur church was dedicated by Bishop-President for the glory of God and for the usage of pastor family. Congregation members of ECI Kilpauk contributed liberally for the construction and dedication of hostel building in ECI Dangakapu Mission School, Jharkhand Seminar for External Students in MTSC Special one day seminar was organized for the external students of Madras Theological Seminary & college on March 8, 2014 on the topic “Homiletics”. 4 A FEW OF THE REPORTED BAPTISMS In ECI Ambaguda, Orissa Mission field twenty one news souls were baptized by the local church pastor Kishore Nayak in the recent past. Rev Stephen Daniel gave baptism to five new converts from a remote village by name Begur which is located near Mysore during January 2014. Dozens of young people who have accepted Christ were baptized in ECI Gujarat Mission Field during February 2014. Some of the new believers in ECI Azhinjivakkam (Chennai) church were recently baptized by Rev J Jayakumar. Three among the many harvested souls were baptised by the area chairman of Villupuram Area Rev Rajenderan and the local church pastor Jacob is also present. 5 CHURCH BUILDING CONSTRUCTION Dr J L Williams visited the new ECI church building construction in Ekanampet, Kanchipuram. This church building is supported by the family members of Jimmy Byrd on March 10, 2014. (Inside picture: Dr J L is dedicating the corner stone) ECI ERNAVOOR Dr J L Williams visited ECI - Church of the New Directions, Ernavoor, Chennai on March 9, 2014 and encouraged the congregation members through the word of God . 6 SOME OF THE RECENT ACTIVITIES Mumbai Land Registration God has opened up the way to buy a land for Mumbai Diocese which will also serve as head quarter for ECI North West ministries. This two and half acre of vacant land was registered on March 6, 2014. Prayer Guide Release ECI Prayer & Revival Department director Rev Dr Kingsley has published a “Prayer Guide” for the year 2014 in English and Tamil. This prayer guide was blessed and dedicated by Bishop-President for the benefit of prayer warriors on February 8, 2014. Prayer guide book includes prayer concerns about evangelism, church planting, missionary pioneer work, welfare of partners, national growth, rulers of the nation, etc. Tailoring School Graduation Seventh graduation ceremony was organized for the graduates at Annai Mangalam Memorial Tailoring Institute in Rajapokra, Jharkhand. All the graduates were given a tailoring machine which can fetch them needed fund for smooth functioning of their families. 7 PRAYER AND PRAISE POINTS 1. Praise God for the family members of ECI Saidapet Mrs Angel Sam & Mrs Kalyani Ammal who has donated needed funds to the IMM Chairman for building two churches in Jharkhand. 2. Praise God for the active youth members of ECI Kodungaiyur church who have come forward to support a missionary through Indian Missionary Movement. Pray that God would touch many more youth members lives to contribute for the mission of God. 3. Praise God for the contribution made by ECI Kattupakkam church towards building a church in the mission field through Indian Missionary Movement. Pray that all the churches would establish their own daughter churches through the pioneering evangelistic work. 4. Pray for the parliament election 2014 that religious frenetic, criminals may not get elected to the parliament and that there will be religious freedom for one and all to practice and propagate their faith after the new government is formed. 5. Pray for the exams of Bible School and Seminary students who are writing college and university examined courses during March and April 2014. 6. Fifty nine Chennai Diocesan pastors are having their transfers this year. Pray for the smooth transition and relocation of pastors and their families in the new church congregation. Pray that the Lord will continue to use them mightily in their new positions. ****************************************************************************************************** Evangelical Church of India has more than 3500 churches and 13 Bible Schools in different parts of India. We move forward with a goal of planting 10,000 churches and 100,000 house churches. Hundreds of people are turning to Christ every day and Churches planted. If you want to know more about the overall ministries of ECI, please write to: Bishop Dr M Ezra Sargunam, Evangelical Church of India, No 1, Second Street, Ormes Road, Kilpauk, Chennai, India 600010, [email protected] / [email protected] 8
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