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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