From Strength to Strength
October 2017
From Strength to Strength
( Annual Ministerial Report April 2016 to March 2017 )
Greetings to you in the wonderful Name of our Lord Jesus Christ who died for us and has reconciled us to God through His precious blood .
blessing to hundreds of people . In Andhra , Blesso was held in Vijayawada . 287 people were blessed in this camp . All the expenses of this camp were raised locally . Praise God ! The Central Coordination Team ( CCT ), has targeted that within the next two years , a ' BYM District Coordinator ' should be raised in all the districts of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha . We have programmes lined-up to reach this target in the days to come .
In the Youth Consultation that we had this year , it was planned to emphasize the rural youth ministry . Hence , Rural Halo was held for the first time in Dhanpur , Odisha . 210 youngsters participated and 190 accepted Christ as their personal Savior . We also had the ' Vision Camp ' for Mumbai partners . 358 participants received vision about Mission and we got open doors in 32 churches to conduct Mission Sundays in Maharashtra . It is for the first time , we were able to conduct Christmas programmes in 432 places and 42,895 people heard the gospel through this effort . God is great and He is mighty in His deeds .
I praise God for His grace and mercies for leading us through yet another year . It is my privilege to report what God has done through Blessing Youth Mission from April 2016 to March 2017 . This includes the second half of the ' Year of Holy Spirit Revival ' and the first half of the ' Year of Reconciliation .' I want to praise God that He has given us a wonderful theme of Reconciliation this year . We could meditate on this subject all through the year . ' Aroma ' which was held exclusively for college girls became a turning point for 1085 who attended it . The Annual Camp , Blesso 2016 saw 1034 participants in Trichy . Praise God for all that He has done !
Prayer was the backbone of revival in the early church . It is through prayer we see God move and work . This year we decided that all the missionaries of BYM gather regionally on 7th to 9th December for a time of heartsearching and planning for the year 2017 . All the missionaries came together in 9 different locations and prayerfully fixed the annual targets .
The major programmes in the North India was a great
We could see the move of the Holy Spirit in many of our congregations in the North . There were reports of miracles and growth in congregations . Glory be to God ! The ' Bishop Caldwell Training Centre ' was dedicated for the Glory of God at Dhanpur , Odisha . We could revive the Day Care Centre at Cherka through the help of our partners . This project was previously funded by Compassion International . ' Bless North in South ' programme in Chennai witnessed its first-fruits with 11 people deciding for Christ .
There were also a host of new initiatives during this period . We introduced ' Each one SAVe one ' ( ESAV ), under Bless Bharat in the Family Fasting Prayer held at Sitteri in the month of February .
During this period , ' BYM Information Technology Team ' ( BYM IT Team ) was formed to explore avenues of involvement for the software engineers in the areas of Mission . As a first step , they took the job of revamping the existing BYM Website and they have done a wonderful job . They have added various features like the videos section , articles section and book download features .
The Chennai team has come forward to develop the Sitteri Camp Centre with a project called Sitheri 2020 . They
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