Visiting preacher from Nepal helps in local campaigns

Reporting Letter for the month of April-2024

Respected beloved brother Keith Kasarjian our school director , coordinator Mr.Mark Reynolds and all the prayer partners greetings to you in the name of Jesus Christ. We are very much thankful to you for your continual prayer and encouragement for the smooth function of BVBI-Tirupati-India. I would like to submit reporting letter for the month of April-2024.

Class room work:-  In the month of April we have completed the books of Geneses , Exodus, Joshua, Judges and Ruth. We conducted tests for each course.

Zoom classes:- We conduct zoom meeting on every Thursday. We invite church leaders and active members of local churches along with students for the zoom meeting. In the month of April we conducted 4 classes. We feel as it is a great privilege to use the technology for spiritual growth.

Home Bible studies:- Home Bible study is the very best tool for us to meet families and share with them the gospel of Christ. We involve our students in the home bible studies and they learn how to be connected with families and win souls for Christ.

Door to Door  ministry:- We have  conducted door to door ministry from April 24 to 30th . We invited Mr. Gajendra from Nepal .  Along with him we have visited a few villages like Thimmanagaripallem village, Kammavaripallem village,  Chittedu village, Microtower colony village ,Vidyanagar village, Poolathota-village and a few families in Tirupati. We visited most of the Christian families and strengthened them . One of the doctor’s family is interested to study the New Testament church. They invited us for an evening bible study. We appreciate Mr. Gajendra for his patience and love for the souls. He was able to share encouraging short sermons wherever we went.

Campaigning :- In the month of April  25th we have conducted campaigning at the village of Poolathota-village.  Mr.Gajendra preached in the village .  Vidyanagar Church of Christ provided afternoon lunch for all us while we were in village. The local congregation and my brother-in-law’s family were well encouraged by the camp. New families were able to hear the word of God. There are 70 people who were able to attend for the meeting.  One new family invited us for the personal bible study in the village.

Baptisms:- In the month of April 2 souls were baptized and added to the body of Christ. We request you to pray for these new souls so that they may grow in the image  of His son Jesus Christ.

Visiting the sick people:- In the month of April we visited several sick people in the hospital as well at homes. One of our member Brother.N.Ravi Kumar has undergone though heart open surgery . We have visited and provided him Rs.5000 by the local church contribution for his medical help. We also helped Mrs.Marthamma Rs.3500/ for the medical help.

Bore well Project:- we have come across a school at Eswaravaka village. We have moved with great compassion to see the children who are suffering without clean drinking water.  By the partnership of Healing Hands International we were able to provide them a bore well . All the staff and children felt very happy about our loving  service.

Betrothal:- in our local church there was betrothal event on April 24th evening. We were able to attend and share the word of God. Several Hindu religious people were able to hear the word of God.

Wedding:- We have attended for the wedding event of our church member, I was given opportunity to preach the word of God concerning the marriage

Funeral :- My brother-in-law, and active member of the church, passed away on April 14th. We attended to the funeral service on April 15th  and comforted the family members, local church , relatives and village people.

Plans for May 2024:-

World Bible school promotion campaign:-  In the month May sun heat will be increasing in India. All schools and colleges will be closed for the summer vacations. It is our plan to  get connected with World Bible School and conduct promotion campaign. It will be helpful for the several non Christians to received free bible correspondence course.

V.B.S  (children program ):- In the month of May we would like to conduct VBS for the children to educate them for spiritual growth.

Youth camp:- In the month of May we plan to conduct one youth camp.

Gospel meetings:- Summer is suitable season for organizing the gospel meetings. Lord willing we will be conducting few gospel meetings and street meetings

We thank you very much for your continual prayers and encouragement. We thank God for the BVBI which is the  best platform to educate young people and conduct few other activities which are connected with Bible school. We love you and appreciate your love.

Thanking you.

Your brother in Christ.

Vijay  , extension’s centre  in charge of BVBI-Tirupati-India.

Graduation in India

Dear Brethren in Christ, 

I am very happy to bring warm greetings and update on the Preachers Training School work in Visakhapatnam. It's always wonderful to hear that you and your family are doing well by the grace of God. Congratulations to the 10th graders at Skinner's garden on completing their exams, and I join you in eagerly awaiting their results. It's always a joy to celebrate the achievements of students and to see their hard work come to fruition.

Dear Brethren, It's truly inspiring to hear about the dedication and success of your evangelism efforts in India, despite the challenges faced. Sending out another 11 graduates into real-world ministry is a testament to the passion and commitment instilled in them through their education and practical training. The jealousy to preach the word that these graduates develop speaks volumes about the transformative power of biblical education and hands-on experience in evangelism. Providing them with both theoretical knowledge and practical skills equips them to effectively spread the Good News in diverse settings and contexts.

The support and partnership of the Lake Houston church of Christ, as well as the Elders and brethren at Strickland, have been invaluable in the success of your ministry over the past 14 years. Their continued support, including providing bicycles and megaphones for the graduates, demonstrates a deep commitment to advancing the Kingdom of God and empowering these young men for ministry. The partnership with the Farmersville church of Christ, and the support of individuals like Jerry and Paula Bates, further strengthens the ministry and expands its reach. Together, these collaborative efforts are making a significant impact, evidenced by the growth and strength of the church in India.

As we continue to celebrate the achievements of our graduates and the growth of the church, may you be encouraged and blessed by the fruits of their  labor. Your dedication to spreading the Gospel and nurturing young leaders is making a lasting difference in the lives of many, and your ministry serves as a beacon of hope and inspiration.

It's truly inspiring to hear Brother Keith Kasarjian and his valuable contributions to the preachers gathered. His willingness to teach about essential leadership in the Church and share insights on successful evangelistic approaches from the first century demonstrates his commitment to nurturing and equipping leaders for Lord's ministry.

Visiting congregations in Visakhapatnam and worshiping with them further strengthens the bonds within the broader Christian community and provides opportunities for mutual learning and encouragement. It's evident that Brother Keith's regular visits to India have had a significant impact on your ministry and the lives of those he interacts with.

I join you in expressing gratitude to Brother Keith for his dedication and support, as well as to the Elders of Bear Valley for their mission-mindedness and commitment to spreading the Gospel. May God continue to bless and guide all those involved in ministry, both locally and internationally, and may their efforts bear much fruit for the Kingdom. 

Attached pictures showing the wonderful event of the Graduation Ceremony of the Class of 2024, blessed to be able to bless these graduates with a Bicycle, Mega Phone, Study Bible English/Telugu, other Christian Literature along with Voice of Truth International, great day of celebration. May God continue to bless you all richly for the sake of His Kingdom. 

With prayers and blessings,

in Christ,

John Dean Muppidi

Visakha Valley Bible College

Director visits Tirupati, India

Reporting Letter for the month of March-2024

Date :04-04-2024

Respected beloved brother Keith Kasarjian our director and our coordinator Mr.Mark Reynolds and all the prayer partners, greetings to you in the matchless name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We pray that this reporting letter may help us to serve in finding you well. We thank you very much for your continual prayers and encouragement for the smooth function of Bible School . On behalf of BVBI-extension centre in Tirupati-India I would like to share a brief report for the month of March-2024.

Class Room work: We follow the syllabus prescribed by BVBI, on time to time we conduct examinations, daily tests ,  memory verses , note book evaluation, assignments work , weekend examinations etc... Our teachers are excellent in concentrating each student to mold them to be good Bible students. It is our main goal to cultivate each student to develop the Christian character and train them up to teach the word of God to fellow Indians ( 2 Timothy 2:2). We train them how to proclaim to outside people (outside of Christ)  and how to teach inside members( In christ).

Short courses :- There are few guest teachers who are not able to teach from Monday to Friday. But we use them for the short courses. We are happy to share about few short courses which we have covered by the guest teachers in the month of March.

Mr.Keith Kasarjian:  We are very happy to invite our International director to teach at BVBI-Tirpati-India. In the month of March 3 week Mr. Keith Kasarjian  was  able to visit the school, he taught wonderful subjects 1. The Importance preaching 2. The kind of preaching that God calls for,  3.The foundation of Preaching , 4.Ingridients for the great sermon (Inspiration, organization, Illustration and application). Our students, staff, guest preachers were able to learn good subject by our director. We are thankful to our director for all his hardship and efforts to travel and teach these wonderful lessons.

Malaysia Teacher :- We are very much delighted to share with you that one of the instructors  Mr.Richard Lee has visited from Malaysia  in the month of March. He taught very good subject about the Qualities of servant of the God ( Coworker, Fellow soldier, Messenger, brother, minister Philippians 2:25-30) and other subject on Baptism.  After course he has distributed carry bags to all the staff and students. We appreciate his love and kindness.

Australian Teacher : We had other teacher Mr. Mandalidis Peter from Sydney , Australia.  He taught  wonderful subject called Hermeneutics. He is 75 years old but God has strengthened him to travel and teach. We are thankful to this teacher.

Bible Seminar: -  We have identified  the need of leadership in  local churches in India. Therefore We have conducted bible seminar on leadership in the month of  March 19th,2024. We have invited local preachers and active members of local churches for the meeting.

Our director Mr.Keith Kasarjian has presented two  lectures in the seminar on The role of preacher in obtaining elders and The role of elders. The Malaysian teacher Mr .Richard Lee has preached on the role of evangelist and Preacher in the local churches  and Australian teacher Mr. Mandalidis Peter has taught about the importance of eldership in the local church. After the seminar several participants have raised different questions concerning the eldership, bro.Keith kasarjian has answered by quoting right scriptures and motivated all the preachers to appoint elders in the local churches.

Karnool district Visit: In the month of March first week  our students and myself have travelled about 1000 K.M(to&fro)  to Karnool district , we were invited by local church at Gudur. We preached  about the subject “New testament church”. The local church was encouraged by our humble visit and teaching. Our students have learned several good things by this trip.

Wedding event: In the month of March 8th we have attended wedding event at Jangalapalli-Village,  BVBI students have learned how to organize the marriage.

Home Bible studies :  In the evening we actively involve  in conducting the home bible studies. We receive good response out of this program.

Zoom Meeting: We conduct zoom meeting on every Thursday at 7am, at present we are studying the book of Acts, this class helps to several people to learn the truth.

Gospel meeting : on March 16th evening we have conducted gospel meeting at Aruru-village.  we appreciate Mr. Richard lee for his wonderful gospel sermon.

Baptism: In  the month of March two souls were baptized, we request you to pray for these newly baptized souls so that they may grow in the image of His son Jesus Christ.

We once again thank you for your prayers and encouragement. We treat BVBI is a great blessing of God, it is really a wonderful platform to train  young people for the great cause of gospel of Christ. We are ever grateful to our director Mr.Keith Kasarjian and coordinator Mr.Mark Reynolds for their sacrifice , commitment and restless efforts to guide us and care for the Bible school at  Tirpati-India. We sincerely appreciate their help. We need your continual prayers and encouragement.

Thanking you.

Yours brother in Christ.

Vijay, behalf of staff and students from BVBI-extension centre-Tirupati-India.

Tirupati, India students learn the personal side of evangelism

Reporting Letter for the month of February-2024

Respected Keith kasarjian our director, Mr. Markreynolds our coordinator and all the prayers partners of BVBI- Tirupati-India -extension Centre greetings to you in the name of Jesus Christ. We pray that this letter may serve us to find you well. We sincerely thankful to you for your prayers and encouragement for the smooth and successful function of BVBI ‘s extension centre at Tirupati. I would like to share brief report for the month of February-2024.

Classroom work:-   Our classes are running seriously and educating young people in India for eternal life. Teachers are very much dedicated to complete the syllabus prescribed by the BVBI. Appreciative students are dedicated to study the word of God and share with others (2 Timothy 2:2).

Students involvement in the  distribution of Bible correspondence course :- We are happy to share with you that world Bible School bible correspondence course is very much useful to distribute and help new souls to win for Christ . We have started this bible correspondence course distribution work where students and faculty are actively involved.

Bible Seminar:- We have conducted 2 days bible seminar in the month of February first week 2nd and 3rd. We have selected the book of Romans . The Theme of the seminar was “Gospel of  God”. We have presented these following topics 1. Paul , the apostle of God, 2. The righteousness of God , 3. The Gospel of God , 4. The love of God, 5. Faith, works and grace of God.6. The Mind of God , 7. The spirit of God, 8. The gift of God, 9. The Peace of God and 10. Born of God . Our beloved brother Mr. Damon Vincent presented 4 topics, and we had six Indian speakers for the seminar. Bear Valley students and staff have cooperated with the local church for the grand success of the meeting.  We are very much delighted to share with you that we had more 120 people for the seminar who were benefited for their spiritual growth.  We share with you that Mr. Damon Vincent has prepared excellent study material and translated into Telugu  and distributed to all the participants .

Conversions :- In the month of February 3 souls were baptized and added to the body of Christ. We request you to pray for the newly baptized souls so that they may grow in the image of His son Jesus Christ.

Two memorial services :- In the month of February we were able to visit two places for the comfort of the families.  First one was a  teenage girl was died with cancer  in last one year back. The family members had get together meeting on February 1st  as memorial of the girl. We travelled about 100 miles to attend for the meeting and comforted  the family members, local church and village people.  We appreciate Mr.Damon Vincent for encouraging them by preaching from Psalms 23.  The other one was our church member Mr. Sudheer died with heart stroke,  they had memorial meeting . We visited their family members and offered prayers for the family members.

Engagement t Event:-   On February 1 st evening we organized an engagement that helped students learn to give better service for the local church members.

Restored one local church:- One of the local preachers has been sick, this effects the church ministry to be dull, we visited this local church on February 6th and restored the work by encouraging the preacher’s family members and church members.

Women seminar :-  One of the local churches at Venkatagiri town has conducted women bible seminar on February 10th. Saturday. We attended for the seminar and presented a topic “the role of the women in the local church”.

Zoom meeting:- Tirupati Church of Christ & Bear Valley Bible Institute are conducting zoom meeting on every Thursday at 7am , we have 76 members in our zoom connection. There are other new members who are interested to join. We request you to pray for this zoom meeting.  Right now we are studying the book of Acts.

US visitors:- We are happy to share with you that in the month of February four brothers and two  sisters visited our  town from Graymere Church of Christ and Foothills Church of Christ . We all met at our Tirupati Church of Christ’s church building. All our students and staff were able to attend for the meeting. We have received good encouragement by their fellowship and preaching.

Benevolence:- In the month of February we drilled 2 bore wells and  conducted one A.G. Work shop by partnership of Healing Hands International. This benevolence work helps people to get clean drinking water and healthy organic vegetables  . Ever grateful to HHI for their great efforts and love for neediest people.

We trhink BVBI is the best platform to educate young people. We are ever grateful for your continual prayers and encouragement. We need your continual prayers and encouragement.  We love you and appreciate your love.

Thanking you.

Yours brother in Christ.

Vijay&staff from BVBI-extension centre –Tirupati-India

Tirupati, India school reaches out to community

Reporting Letter for the month of January-2024

30-01-2024

Respected director Mr. Kieth Kasarjian, our coordinator Mr. Mark Reynolds and all the prayer partners. Greetings to you all in the matchless name of our lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We pray that this reporting letter may serve us to find you with good health. We would like to share a brief report for the month of January-2024.

Class room work:  God has blessed our class room work in the month of January-2024. Our teachers have done their level best in following the syllabus prescribed  by the BVBI. All the students have done hard work to complete the syllabus.

Our coordinator’s visit: We are happy to share with you about our coordinator Mr. Mark Reynolds visit.  God has heard our prayers and brought him safely. He was able to reach our city and taught in the our BVBI-extension centre from January 14th to January 19th( Monday to Friday). He did a wonderful job in teaching the wonderful course “The Church Planting “.

First day (Monday):- Review of syllabus, expectations for the course, introduction, the paternal approach , indigenous approach, saturation church planting.

Second day (Tuesday):- philosophy  of church planting, effective church planting philosophy , Developing goals  and strategies, vision .

Third day ( Wednesday) :- Planting new churches, guidelines for effective planting, the type of man God uses

Forth day( Thursday):- what is your method, equipping the saints, notebook graded.

Fifth day(Friday):- Memory work exam, final examination , outline due.

Regarding the attendance beside our BVBI students we have permitted local leaders, women bible teachers, children class teachers, youth class teachers to the class to the daily class with the permission of our coordinator. We had more than 70 people for the daily class. We all have learned new ideas  and  new thoughts  out of this course. We are thankful to BVBI for providing this wonderful platform to study bible lessons . We feel as it is God given opportunity to have BVBI extension centre in our city.

Baptisms: - In the month of January 3 souls were baptized and added to the body of Christ. We request you to pray for the new souls so that they may grow in the image of His son Jesus Christ.

A.G:- Work shop:- In the month of January second week we have conducted Vegetable Garden workshop at Prakasm colony and given training to the local people . They have learned how to construct raised beds , drip irrigation, compost making , planting the seed links, constructing protecting fencing around the garden , marketing etc..  

Attending for the funeral :- in the month of January 22nd  our local church member Mr. Sudheer passed away. We have involved our students for the funeral and they learned how to mourn with family members and share comfort. After the funeral we provided a meal to the family members.

Birthday events:- In the month of January  on 15th evening I have preached at one birthday event. Then on  17th afternoon one of the family in our local church has invited us for  birthday thanksgiving meeting. We were able to attend and  share our joy. Our coordinator Mr.Mark Reynolds presented a good lesson from Luke 2:52. “And Jesus increased in wisdom, and stature , and in favor with God and men”. The family members , church members and relatives were encouraged by the lesson, about 200 people have heard the word of God.

On Line Zoom Meeting:- Tirupati BVBI-extension centre has launched out “on line xoom class” . On every Thursday at 7:00 am we start our class . We invite experienced  Bible teachers to teach.  In January we had these classes on January 4th, 11th, 18th and 25th. We are happy to inform you that more than 50  people have enrolled for the zoom classes, most of them are graduates and post graduates.

Home Bible studies:- Tirupati BVBI-extension centre has involved very much in gospel sharing. We try to  find person of peace in several places and focusing to plant new local churches. We request you to pray for this program.

We thank you for your continual prayers and encouragement. We appreciate your love and concern.

Thanking you.

Yours brother in Christ.

Vijay& staff  from Tirupati BVBI-extension centre.

New congregations in India

Reporting Letter for the month of December-2024

Respected director Mr.Keith Kasarjian, our coordinator Mr.Mark Reynolds and all the prayer partners. Greetings to you in the name of Jesus Christ. We pray that this reporting letter finds you well. We convey our new year greetings to you behalf of BVBI extensional Centre in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh State, India. We thank you for prayers and encouragement.  We would like to share brief report for the month of December-2023.

Classroom work: Classes are smoothly functioning, students are very much interested in following the BVBI syllabus. Teachers are serious in conducting daily classes, memory work, assignments, weekly tests, monthly examinations.

Short course Teacher: We are happy to share with you that Mr. S. Vijay Prakas visited us with his family in the month of December-2023. He was with us in 4th week . This time he taught the subject about “ How we got the Bible and evidences to believe that the Bible is the word of God.

Campaigning: We travelled to Poolathota-village and conducted campaigning. The village congregation was strengthened . we were encouraged by the love of village people who honored our staff.  

Benevolence:

Cyclone relief:- In the month of December-2023 second week due to cyclone effect really people suffered lot . There was no power in the rural areas . It is sad to share about the situation of the people. In fact trees were uprooted, transportation was blocked, there was flooding  in the villages, daily laborers lost their daily wages., Due to cyclone effect some people needed rice , some people rice and groceries, some people medicals, some people wanted help for doctor fees, some people house rental, some people were in need of immediate cooked food, fruits, bread etc. We covered 3 districts former Nellore , Tirupati and Chittor.  We are happy to share with you that we  have brought a smile on the faces of 655 people and restored them during this disaster period distributing rice, groceries, medical etc. .We  are thankful to our local church members and Bible school students who worked voluntarily for the in the distribution work. We have done this relief work by partnership of Healing Hands International.

A.G.Garden workshops:

India is second highest populated country in the world,  over population is a major problem in India, as the country’s population is growing at an unsustainable rate . The population is expected to exceed 1.5 billion by 2030 and 2 billion by 2050. In order to maintain a balance between food and population , the annual agricultural growth should be developed.  Bear Valley Bible Institute, Tirupati, Andhra Pradersh-India has taken the initiative step in involving to eradicate poverty by producing organic vegetables. In the month of December we organized AG-Gareden workshops in two villages. We are thankful to HHI for sponsoring these two workshops. We have trained more than 70 people in AG-Gardens plantation.

Attending for the special events: In the month of December we attended a few birthday events, wedding events and funerals. We train our students how to mourn with those who mourn and rejoice with those who rejoice (Rom 12:15).

BVBI-Tirupati extension Centre 2023-Brief Report

.1. Baptisms  32 souls ,  2.  Home Bible studies 156, 3.   Gospel meetings 13 .

4.      Christian Growth Bible Seminars 01,   5. Youth classes 45 (weekly one) 6.Children classes 45 (weekly) 7.   Women Bible Seminar 2 , 8. Blind meetings:-4,

9.    Audio Bibles distribution 200,  10.  Local Preachers meetings 06, 11.  establishment of New congregations 13 ( at different places, house churches at other villages), 12.  Visited other local churches :- 05, 13.  Birthday Meetings Preached 10, 14.  Funeral Services I preached 5, 15.  Wedding ceremonies 06

Thanking you

Yours brother and sister in Christ.

Vijay & Swarupa,  from Bear Valley Bible Institute exstension Centre –Tirupati-India.

Church Planting in Tirupati, India

Reporting Letter for the month of November-2023

December 4th,2023

Respected director Mr.Keith kasarijian, our coordinator Mr. Mark Reynolds and all the prayer partners of BVBI-Tirupati-India. We send greetings to you in the name of Jesus Christ. We pray that this letter may serve us in finding you all good health. We thank you for your continual prayers and encouragement. We would like to submit brief report for the month of November-2023.

BVBI-Tirupati: The BVBI -extension centre at Tirupati functions smoothly and successfully. We continually teach and train the young people in India. In the month of November we had guest teacher Mr. S.Vijay Prakash.  He was able to teach the book of James . We appreciate the students as well as part-time students who are able to attend the classes. We sincerely appreciate all the guest teachers who help in educating young people in our Bible school.

Staff meeting: We conducted a staff meeting on 11th Saturday at our Bible school office room. We discussed a few things concerning the development of the Bible school and also reaching university students in our city.

Local Preachers Meeting: Our BVBI-Tirupati is organizing village preachers meeting every month. Village preachers were not given opportunity to attend the Bible schools for training, but they have zeal for doing God’s ministry. So each month we conduct preachers’ meeting and teaching. In the month of November 18th Saturday we conducted a preachers’ meeting at the village of Aruru. We studied the book of James.

Visiting Kasumuru-Village: After the preachers’ meeting at Aruru village we travelled to the Kasumuru village congregation and encouraged them on 18th Saturday.

Karnool visit :  Some of our first batch students were from Karnool distrct in A.P state. They connected me with one of the local churches in Karnool district. We are happy to share with you that Mr. Rajarathnam is working hard at Vandagal village. He invited me to teach on Nov-30th  day class and evening gospel meeting. In their local church they are having 250 members. We had a wonderful class and evening meeting.

Baby churches: We have started 10 home churches in our city. Our staff members and students visit and work for these home churches. We request you pray for the growth of these churches.

Home Bible studies: In our city and around the city our staff and students are working effectively in conducting the home bible studies. A few people are near to the kingdom of God. We request your prayers for those attending the home bible studies.

Moral Values class for the KGBV-school: I have visited KGBV-school on November 27th. The school principal is my wife Swarupa. The school staff has requested me to teach moral values to the intermediate students. I taught them moral values to build better community. They are happy to receive the teaching.

Benevolence:  In the month of November we distributed clothes to 31 widowed sisters at Vandagal-village, Karnool district. As I regularly preach at Vidyanagar church of Christ and Tirupati church of Christ they have sponsored this clothes distribution benevolence program.  

Death: In the month of November our local church member Mrs. Jeevadanamma died on Nov 24th . We had a funeral service on Nov 25th . She was a widow sister, strong member in the local church. It is so sad to miss our member . But we thank God for the hope of resurrection.

Prayer Request: BVBI-Tirupati first and second batch  students have been working hard  in the spiritual battle field working against Satan’s kingdom by proclaiming the gospel of Christ. We request you to pray for their church planting work.

We humbly share with you that the BVBI-extension centre is a great blessing for the young people who wish to study the word of God. We thank our director Mr.Keith kasarjian and our coordinator Mr. Mark Reynolds for their hardship in guiding and availability for the smooth function of the centre at Tirupati-India.

Thanking you.

Yours brother in Christ.

Vijay&Staff from BVBI-extension Centre-Tirupati-India.

India schools conduct evangelistic campaigns

Dear brethren in Christ,

Greetings to you in the precious name of Lord Jesus Christ  our Savior. Our mission of training men to be evangelists have been successful with all your prayers and encouragement.

Brethren, We are blessed to be able to continue our mission of Education, Evangelism and Edification. This year has been very productive. We have been able to reach out several places with the Lord’s message. Thousands of people have heard the good news, hundreds have been added to the Church. One week Gospel Campaign program given a great opportunity to restore several souls and stand by the newly established congregations.  As part of it, we have successfully completed this one-week gospel campaign. We held this program in three villages, first two days in the village Gonada, in East Godavari District and later in West Godavari in three villages. Even though we held 40 Bible studies on an average, we had a wonderful opportunity to distribute gospel tracts in all the four villages we visited. Gospel tracts with titles such as, About Salvation, The True Church, Truth about the Bible, Biblical Truth, etc., so, great opportunity to distribute gospel tracts and introduce the local preacher and inviting them for the gospel meeting. Truly, God has blessed our efforts, these villages have gotten the good news received, hoping that more fruit will be yielded by the later efforts of the local preacher.  We are proud of our preaching students who are very enthusiastic in the mission work.  Distribution of gospel tracts, conducting personal/group studies and public gospel meetings were successfully conducted during this one week time. 

We thank you brethren for your prayers. The Lord has blessed us in a mighty way to train these men to be effective evangelists of Christ. Providing on hand experience has been our chief objective in this preacher training program. We are very confident that these preachers are going to be very active evangelists because of this practical education and training. Indeed, present religious  situation and opposition certainly requires not only an educated preacher but also one who can approach the strangers with the word of God, react positively to the opposition, being successful holding a personal/group study. We are very thankful that our Lord is leading us and guiding through this Gospel Campaign fulfilling our objective of providing practical education to the preachers. 

We are grateful for your kindness, appreciation, for your trust and confidence. We would continue our mission of training men and making them affective evangelists and send them for real world ministry.  We appreciate the elders of Lake Houston and Strickland  church of Christ and also Farmersville Church of Christ for their kind support. We do appreciate Jerry and Paula Bates for their love too. Kindly convey our gratitude with all the brethren you worship with. We pray that the economic situation in our country would get better soon, inflation has affected our economy here by affecting our daily, monthly expenses. Fuel, Electricity, cooking oil and cost of rice are just terrible, life has become expensive. Kindly pray for the economic situation, thank you. 

God bless you all. 

in Christ, 

John Dean M

Community outreach in India

Reporting Letter for the Month of October-2023

Respected director Mr.Keith Kasarjian , our coordinator Mr.Mark Reynolds and all our prayer partners , greetings to you in the matchless name of our lord and savior Jesus Christ. We pray that this reporting letter may serve us to find you well. We are highly delighted to submit this brief report for the month of October-2023.

Report:-

1.Bear Valley Bible Institute:- This is very good platform for the young people to attend and study the word of God.  By the grace of God two batches were completed and went out for the spiritual battle to win the lost  souls. We focus on 2 Timothy 2:2 “ And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses ,commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also”. We request your prayers for this third batch and their success.

2. Field work of the previous students:- We are happy to share about the wonderful work that our BVBI’s previous  students field work. Mr.M.Jesudoss is working hard and planted 2 local churches, Mr.Praveen has planted local church at Bathlapuram-village, Mr.Yovel is working at 2 places, Mr.Ramanapadal is working in tribal area, Mr.T.A.Madhukishore is working at Gajulamanya, Mr.Barnabas is working at two places, Mr.Parusaram is working at two places , Mr.Joseph is working at two places and also other students working at different places. We request your prayers for their church planting ministry.

Preachers meeting:- We have conducted October ‘s preachers meeting at Kondapuram-Village on October 21st.. The local preacher Mr.Peter has organized the meeting and provided food .

Youth camp:-  BVBI-Tirupati has observed the young people among the local congregations who are not able to share the gospel to their friends in colleges and school where they study .  Therefore, we made the decision and conducted two days training camp for the youth camp on October 16 and 17th. We have invited young people from several local churches from urban and rural areas . We had more than 100 young people for the two days training camp . We taught them good lessons and motivated them to proclaim the gospel to their friend who are away from the God . We are happy for share with you that the local preachers and parents also could able to attend for the two days camp.

Bibles distribution:- BVBI-Tirupati-India has indentified young people using mobile phone for the bible reading, we are not against the technology but we encourage young people to read bibles (hard copy). We have purchased 100 bibles and distributed freely to 100 young people who ever attended for the youth camp.

Campaigning:- In the month of October we conducted campaigns in Renigunta town and Ambedkar labour colony. This is wonderful platform for reaching the lost souls as well of students participation.

Blind meeting-Audio Bibles distribution :- We have conducted one blind meeting and distributed audio bibles . They are happy to hear the word of God and grow in their faith.

Universities Campus ministry:- We are happy to report you that there are seven universities have been located in our city, our staff members and some of the students have dedicated to visit universities , colleges, and students hostels and sharing them gospel.

Home Bible studies:- We actively involve in the home bible studies. Families are available at their homes after 6pm. We take appointments an advance and conducting home bible studies in the evening times at several families. We have divided into teams and conducting at several areas in and around the city. We request your prayers for the home bible studies.

Leadership class at Krishnasamudram-Village:- My friend Mr.Jayaraju is working as English teacher at Govt high school , he is  local preacher with this village congregation at Krishansamudram village . They have conducted leadership class in last week and invited preachers from Andhra Pradesh and Tamilnadu .  Myself and other 4 brothers from BVBI –Tirupati –India have attended for the meeting. I have taken lesson from 2 Kings 7th chapter 9th verse . The four leprosy people said that what they were doing was not right , I taught from this portion of the bible and connected the gospel . it is not right to be silent without preaching the gospel. We have encouraged all the leaders to be active in sharing the gospel.

Benevolence:-

HHI -Fruit plants garden Workshop:- In the month of October we have conducted 3days HHI -Fruit plants garden Workshop on 23 ,24 and 25. We have involved village people in this workshop. We are thankful to HHI for the encouragement and partnership for the establishment of this  garden to connect with local community for Christ.

Hearing aids supply:- We have identified one  brother who was suffering from low hearing ability. We have consulted one of the social work Organization and provided hearing Machines for this young boy Mr.Poorna Chandra Prasad. Now he is comfortable in hearing the word of God when they attend for the worship service and other bible classes . He also the machine for listening his lessons in the college.

Providing rental for the blind family:- We could able to assist one blind family for paying their rental.

Widow help:- We encourage our local church to assist widows in the local church, more than 30 widow sisters in the congregation have received small help from the church’s contribution in the month of October-2023.

Sunday after noon lunch:-  some of our members travel from far away villages and attend for the church for Sunday worship service.  In the month of October five Sundays we have provided afternoon lunch . Each Sunday more thank 80 people receive lunch . We appreciate members who dedicated to service the meals.

Leprosy colony children ministry:- We continually visiting two leprosy colonies and working for the welfare of the helpless children . We appointed volunteers who are able to assist them in teaching and feeding them.

Prayer Request:- We pray and plan for organizing the Christian Growth Bible Seminar to be conducted in the month of January-2024. We request your prayers for the safe travel of our guest teacher Mr.Damon Vincent.

We are thankful to BVBI for your dedication and assistance and encouragement for the smooth function of BVBI-Tirupati-India. We treat you as blessing for our country and our people. We need your continual prayers and encouragement. We are ever grateful to you and your partnership in educating young people for eternal life sake.

Thanking you.

Yours brother in Christ.

Vijay&Staff from BVBI-India

New congregation planted in Tirupati, India

October 7th,2023

Respected  director Mr. Keith Kasarjian and our coordinator Mr. Mark Reynolds and all the prayer partners, greetings to you in the name of Jesus Christ. We pray that this letter finds you well. We thank you so much for your prayers for our BVBI extension centre.   We would like to submit the brief report for the month of September-2023.

Class room work:-   We are happy to share with you that our classes are going on well. Students are happy to attend for the classes and follow the notes and do their memory work and write their  assignments on time.   We have given the break from September 15th to October 15th. In India all the secular schools will be closed until third week of October 2023.

October 16th & 17 th Youth camp arrangement:-  Our BVBI extension centre is giving top priority to train up young people in India.  As schools and colleges are closing in the month of October on account of Hindu festivals . We approached  30 local churches in our two districts. We request them to send  4 young people from each congregation. We expect 120 young people for the 2 day youth camp. We plan to train them how to reach lost  souls with the gospel of Christ while they are in secular colleges or jobs. We request you to pray for this 2023 youth bible camp.

BVBI-Involving and encouraging local preachers:- We identified local preachers who work in rural areas without proper training. On September 15th we have invited 20 village preachers from the coastal areas and conducted a one day bible class at Vidyanagar . We taught the outlines of the  book of Matthew and also provided a platform to discuss their field work report to learn from one another. We request you to pray for these gospel preachers’ work with rural people and their spiritual welfare.

BVBI- Campaigning  for the blind people :-  We conducted a one day Bible camp for the visually challenged people on September 14, 2023. After the camp we distributed 25 audio bibles for blind people. We humbly inform you that some of the blind people travelled 500 K.M to receive audio bibles.  So far we have baptized 42 blind people, and a few other people are studying with us. We request you to pray for the visually challenged people in India who are interested to study the word of God. One of the BVBI graduated students has been active in doing ministry among the blind people.

Blind person ‘s funeral service : In the month of September on behalf of BVBI we were able to attend the funeral service as one of the blind brother died in Nellore city. His wife is totally blind as we. They have 2 children . 

Planting new local congregation: In the month of September we started a new local church at Sathyanarayapuram . This place is located in the east side of Tirupati City. We encouraged our last batch BVBI  student Mr.Yovel and his wife Sujatha for the progress of this new local church.

Campaigns :- We have conducted 2 campaigns in Abedkar colony, Tirupati rural  in the month of September . Mr.Yesurathnam is Jeep driver who supported for the success of the campaigns in this place.

Back to the Bible classes:- We try to help denominational people to bring them to the NT doctrine.  We have conducted 4 classes for the Pentecostal denominational people in September. The leader and his wife there are seriously studying the word of God. We request you to pray for their conversion.

Visiting local universities  :-There are seven secular universities are located in our city where thousands of student are studying their secular studies. We are continually seeking interested students  who want to study the Bible with us. We have come across one of the  men who came from Nigeria for his Ph.d education . We started a personal bible study with him. I taught these following lessons with him regarding the church as he belongs to a denomination which was established by a human being . Lessons I taught : 1.Meaning of the church, 2. Coming of the church, 3. Establishment of the church, 4.Identity of the church, 5. The Name of the church, 6.Organization of the church, 7. Entering the church, 8. Worship of the church, 9. The Work of the church, 10. Unity of the church, 11. Creed of the church, 12. History of the church and 13 The church today.  We request you to pray for him so that his soul may be converted and added to the lord’s church (Acts 2:47).

Staff meeting:- We conducted our staff meeting in the month of September. We discussed several things for the development of the BVBI extension centre . We distributed responsibilities for October 16th and 17th Youth bible camp.

Thanks meeting : Our BVBI library in charge Mr.Jaswanth has received his first baby so we travelled to his wife‘s native place, Venkatagiri town, and attended the thanksgiving meeting on September 26, 2023. We request you to pray for the new baby and family. In fact his brother’s father-in-law is a preacher with the church of Christ. There were several local preachers who were able to attend for the meeting.

Home Bible studies at labor colony:- After the class our staff and active students work in conducing the home bible studies in the labor colony.  Home Bible study is the  wonderful tool for converting the lost souls in India. We are very interested in home bible study ministry which helps us to  share the gospel to unsaved and equip the saved people in .

Guest teachers:- We are happy to share with you that our guest teacher Mr.S.Vijay Prakash has booked his train tickets today to travel to our Bible School. Lord willing in November he will be teaching .

We are ever grateful to BVBI for your continual prayers and encouragement. This BVBI is the blest platform where we can cultivate young people to use their talents for preaching the gospel of Christ . We need your continual prayers and encouragement. We love and appreciate your love.

Thanking you.

Your brother in Christ.

Vijay and staff  from BVBI- Extension centre  Tirupati- India

Visakhapatnam, India students attend preacher's workshop

Dear Brethren in Christ,

Greetings to you in the precious name of Lord Jesus Christ our savior. I bring greetings from the students, staff and faculty of Visakha Valley Bible College, a Bear Valley Bible School International. By the grace of God and your prayers we are doing good, hope this message finds you all good.

First, let me thank you for your prayers, our loving God is keeping us all safe and sound, we are so much thankful for your concern.

Our school continues its mission of Training Men locally. Right now our country needs some affective men who are matured enough to care for their community and drive them in the right direction, also educate their community in good morals for a ethical life. Under the materialistic lifestyle, certainly people are going far away from doing good to other and being selfless. So, training men locally for the benefit of their own community by teaching the morals from the Bible, which is the scripture given to man kind by our creator. Indeed, our joint efforts certainly helping us to fulfill our mission of Training our Men Locally. Thank you so much.

Last month, we had a great opportunity to attend the State wide Preachers fellowship meeting. Preachers working in the state of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, the Telugu speaking states. There was an attendance of over 800 preachers, we took it as a previlage to attend along with our preaching students and faculty along with 60 other preachers that works along with us in AP and Telangana States. It was great time to fellowship and unity building. Our preaching students along with our staff have gotten opportunity to present our selves on the stage before this large number of preachers, we are grateful that we have gotten a very good reputation in Training Men for Lord’s effective ministry. During this program we took advantage of distributing some free books and other gospel literature.

We are thankful to the Team Voice of Truth International for sending their magazine regularly, our students get a copy every time we receive them from brother Philemon Rajah. We are so thankful to Jerry and Paula Bates also Betty Choate for keeping us in their mailing list. Indeed, it’s a wonderful literature to share with the fellow preachers, everyone received them in gladness, during this meeting we have distributed several copies of Voice of Truth International at our stalls. One exciting moment was, one of our faculty Brother Vamsee Bushanam given opportunity speak for 50 a lesson based on Looking unto Jesus, who is the author our faith, he did a tremendous job of presenting his lesson by encouraging all the preachers to look unto Jesus in mentoring the Next Generation Preachers. By the we had to hire a bus to travel from Bikkavolu to Vijayanagaram which is about 6 hrs drive to attend this program, where as from Visakhapatnam, brother Nageswara Rao our former student took the responsibility of driving the students to the venue on our Van, we are proud of this brother.

Brethren, we thank you so much for your prayers of encouragement, please convey our heartfelt salutations to the brethren you worship with. You are in our daily prayers. Kindly pray earnestly as the leaders are destined to make our country a religious country, they are doing so intensely. The recent attacks in the state of Manipur and several other Northerner states stands as a clear indication of changing things in very quicker way. Please pray that our country would elect a person who would rule our nation democratically. We shall be having our general elections in the year 2024. Besides all kinds of circumstance we continue to fulfill our mission, we want to take every opportunity that’s coming in our way, one of them is holding a week long Campaign Week. We have scheduled it to be held in the first week of October, we are excited about it. Kindly pray as we are getting ready for it. Our special thanks and appreciation to the brethren at Lake Houston, Strickland Church of Christ also Farmershill Church of Christ.

Thank you brethren once again, God bless you all.

Love from all of us at Vishak,

John Dean M

Tirupati, India students conduct campaign for souls

Reporting Letter for the month of August 2023

Dear brethren:

We pray that this letter may serve us to find you in good health. We sincerely express our gratitude and thanks to you for your continual prayers and encouragement for the establishment of BVBI-extension centre at Tirupati-A.P, India. . We humbly report you for the month of August-2023.

Class Room Work:-  We run the classes regularly, students are able to follow the teachers and write assignments and complete their memory verses work. Teachers observe the students’ classroom notebooks and notice how they write the notes in every subject.

Campaigning :- In the month of August 15th we conducted a campaign at the village of Gunapadu-Village. This is 100 K.M away from our BVBI. We invited about 20  local preachers for the village campaigning. The local church was able to provide afternoon lunch for the students and local preachers. We presented two lessons in the morning and after the lunch we visited a few houses in the same village. The local preacher Mr.Mark died a while back so we visited his family and encouraged his wife and 4 children and grandchildren.   Our August campaign was blessed by God to be a great encouragement for the local church, preacher ‘s family and other people who are not in Christ.

Back to the Bible class:-  In our outreach program we got in contact with 2 denominational leaders. We have started back to the Bible classes for them. By the grace of God we have taught them a few lessons, and they are showing much interest to study the NT doctrine. Lord willing shortly they will be converted.

Encouraging local churches:- In the month of August on Sunday the 20th we visited Krishnasamudram-village and encouraged the local church. The village congregation meets in a small shelter but spiritually they are  strong in doctrine.  Their local preacher works as an English teacher and works for this local church.  He is my good friend. We also visited two other local churches at Vidyanagar and Poolathota-villages.

Houseboard  colony visiting:- There is houseboard colony located  in the outside of the city. These houses were constructed for the sake of people who are living under the poverty line in India. Our students have joined with me to visit door-to-door and share the gospel.

Leadership class:- In the month of August 21 we have conducted leadership class at Jangapalli-village.   Mr.Joseph from Karnataka was able to join with our staff and taught a good lesson from Acts 8:26-40  and encouraged the local leaders to work hard to win the souls like Philip . He sponsored the lunch for all the local leaders.

Staff meeting:-  We invite our staff members and conduct the staff meeting each week. We discuss about the present students and also previous students and their progress in church planting. 

whatsApp group  for previous students:- We have created whatsApp group and connected all our previous students .  They post their reports in the group and pray for one another and encourage one another . There is a student who came to BVBI from Paderu tribal hill area, this is boarder of Odisa state. He is working hard among the tribal areas. He requested us to pray for September 7th and 8th Bible classes at tribal areas.

Home Bible study:-  We are happy to share with you that there is good response out of our home Bible studies. In the evening we visit families and conduct home Bible studies. Our students and  staff also join with these studies. Last week we conducted a home bible study at Mr. Sambaiah family . There is another person Mr. Yesurathnam, his wife died during covid -19 season. He has 4 daughters and one son. We started a home Bible study with his family. One of our church members Mrs.Parvathamma has connected us to a few people near by her house. We started a home Bible study in her area .  Lord willing 4 sisters will be baptized this coming Sunday. Please pray for them. It is our plan to start a new congregation at her area. Please pray for this work.

We thank you so much for your prayers and all your efforts to establish BVBI-in India which is the best platform to educate young men to teach gospel with others.

Prayer Request:- We are planning and praying for organizing youth Bible camp in October 3rd week. We request you to pray for this camp.

Thanking you.

Yours brother in Christ.

Vijay behalf of BVBI-extension centre-Tirupati-India.

Sharing Jesus in India

Reporting letter for the month of July-2023

Date :- August 07th, 2023

Respected director Mr.Keith Kasarjian, coordinator Mr.Mark Reynolds and all the prayer partners of BVBI-Tirupati-India greetings to you in the name of Jesus Christ. We pray that this letter may serve us to find you all good health. We thank you so much for your prayers , we humbly wants to share our brief report for the month of July -2023.

Our director ‘s  Indian visits:- We are highly delighted to share with you about our director visits , we are thankful to Mr.Keith Kasarjian for all his efforts which he invested to travel to India and encouraging us to work in better way for the success of training young men for the spiritual battle to spread the kingdom of His son Jesus Christ (Col 1:13) in the hearts of lost souls in India. We wonderful time with our beloved brother Keith kasarjian on July 10th,2023.

BVBI-class room work:- We are happy to inform you that the classes are running  smoothly for the 3rd batch students. We have selected the students by conducting entrance examination. This entrance exam is much useful for selecting the better students who are able to follow the class room teaching and also capable to write the assignment and other tests from each teacher and courses.

Village campaign:- In the month of July we have selected my native village called Jangalapalli, we have invited near by village gospel preachers to join with us. We have distributed New testaments in our native village. These preachers don’t have other transportation thank having own motor cycles to travel village to village for the gospel ministry. We are happy to do this campaigning on July 15th .

Leadership class:-  We have conducted preachers meeting on July 26th, in fact village preachers did not get an opportunity to attend for the bible schools but they are gifted in reaching the lost souls and converting them. Our BVBI extension centre  has decided to conduct monthly one a class and teach them few lessons and encourage them to work in better for the progress of their local ministry. we had first meeting on July 26th , we had more than 50 people for the class.

Asian Mission Forum work shop:- 2023 Asian Mission Forum was being conducted in Chennai, it was started on July 28th and closed by August 2nd . we are highly delighted to report you that one of my good friend has sponsored me to attend to Asian Mission Forum work shop. It was really wonderful platform to meet other brothers who are touch with BVBI and get encouragement from one another. We are happy to meet Mr.Dominic D Santos from Trinidad , Mr.Phanat Ouch from Cambodia , Mr.Bill Mc Donalds from US, Mr,Gajendra and Mr.Eric from Nepal Mr.Van Biak Lian from Myanmar and other brethren from different parts of our country. We have enjoyed good fellowship and also studied good lessons . We thank God for this wonderful program. We had wonderful opportunity to present our BVBI work by power point presentation in the Asian Mission Farum.

Guests to BVBI-extension centre -Tirupati:- we are happy to report you that 2 guest people we had to visit our BVBI.  One of them was Mr.Van Biak Lian from Myanmar and Mr.Gajendra from Nepal.

Benevolence:-

HHI -Agriculture Garden :-  Few weeks back we have worked hard and started cultivation by the partnership of HHI. The harvest has began.  Last Sunday after the service we have distributed organic fresh vegetable to poor families in the local church. Our students are able to use vegetables. We are thankful to HHI for their love and generosity for establishment of new AG garden .

Surgery for the blind person:- in the month of July Mr.John wesly become sick severely, we have raised funds for his surgery . Today he has discharged from the hospital.

Provided walking stick to blind person:- We have provided walking stick to Blind person Mr.Richard.

Prayer request:- Lord willing BVBI-Tirupati is planning and praying to organize 4days youth bible camp in the month of October . in fact all the school and colleges will be closed for 10days from October 14th to 24th. It is our ambition to invite 100 young people for the youth bible camp. We request you to keep these upcoming youth program in your prayers.

We are ever grateful to BVBI for your willingness and sacrifice to establish an extension centre in India . It is really very good platform to train India people to preach the gospel. We need your continual prayers and encouragement .

Thanking you.

Yours brother in Christ.

Vijay behalf of BVBI-extension centre –Tirupati-India

Graduation in India

To God Be the Glory’ what a blessing it is to see the successful completion of the first Batch of Students’ 2 years Preachers Training  program. It was a wonderful beginning in the year 2019 under the Directorship of Brother Muppidi Samuel Raju; since the covid-19 havoc attacked our country it disturbed the school year after a gap we have gradually picked up, however we have encountered another horrifying situation which is the death of our Director.  After the passing away of this dreadful year, we have been able to pull up our sock and complete our mission. We are very much thankful to God for His love and to the brethren for their kind support; ultimately God made us Victorious by which we are able to send out 12 Graduates to Preach.

Gospel Tools for the New Graduates:

Our Trained Preachers are ready for the Lord’s work in a great enthusiasm. The work includes establishing new congregations and some working with established congregations. We are not able to provide any financial support to the equipped soldiers of Christ, but with our capacity we are able to provide a Bicycle, Rechargeable Mega Phone, Study Bibles [Eng,Telugu] and some literature for library

Our Passion for Training Men to be Evangelists locally compels to provide the best of Practical Training. Our preaching school is knownfor best practical education which is helping us to produce the effective Evangelists in to the Lord’s Ministry.

Library is an asset for any individual, especially its an Asset to a preaching school. We are blessed to have library at Bikkavolu Bible College, we are very much honored to dedicated this Library in Memory of our beloved brother Keith Ball who was a missionary to India, lived a faithful life by dedicating his time and efforts to spread the Good News in the nation of India, especially in Southern India. We are thankful to brother Keith Ball’s family especially his wife for their charity in renovating the school facility also the Library.  Brother Keith Kasarjian blessed this occasion by cutting the ribbon for the entrance of Library as dedication

The Reaffirmation of the Truth’ indeed required for the Church in India. The gradual dimension of the Doctrinal Standard is the emerging fear for the Church . We have been motivated to come up with some very important topic based on this line of stating that ‘Thy Word is Truth’. Speakers of the Lectureship have done wonderful job of presenting 14 lessons such as, “what is Truth”  “Truth Came by Christ” John 1:17 “Rightly divide the word of Truth ” 2 Tim. 2:15,  “Buy the truth and sell it not ”  “same Gospel ” Col.1:5,6;  “The church is pillar and foundation to the Truth  1 Tim. 3:16; ”

Even though it’s the first time conducting the Lectureship since the School Preaching School established, had a good attendance of preachers and church members from Andhra Pradesh  Telangana, also several hundreds have watched them on YouTube as it was webcasted.  We really had a good start, had earned a good experience, so our goal is to set this as a Annual Lectureship Event

We are pleased to be remarked highly for subject that was discussed widely during this two days of lectureship, we are thankful God and to the speakers. The fear awakens us to raise up and speak up the Truth and look up for His guidance.

Graduation upcoming in India

Dear brethren,

I bring greetings from all us at Skinner’s Garden and Bikkavolu. First let me thank you for your prayers which encouraged us to successfully finish the training of Men to be preachers. God has blessed our efforts total 12 students have been qualified to receive the course completion Diploma, which we call this as a Bachelor’s Degree. We are very much uplifted by this accomplishment, thank you all so much for being a part of this. We have scheduled the graduation ceremony on the 7th of July. We are thinking about making a good celebration on the eve of this accomplishment.

Usually, for any graduation program so far we are providing them a Bicycles,  Rechargeable Mega Phone , Christian Literature. It is really a big time of celebration to encourage these 12 men for the successful completion of the course of education. All of them have come forward from various back grounds, we must appreciate them for their sacrifice and commitment to complete this course by being away from their families in order to prepare themselves to carry out the gospel to their communities.  These 12 men have successfully finished their schooling, in fact we have started with 15 but ended with 12 successful students. We are grateful to God who showed mercy on us through the wonderful contribution from the new supporting congregations. During the terrible Covid season we had to loose few students, however we had over come that struggle by keeping remining with the same enthusiasm and sprit.  

These men have dedicated their lives to carry out the gospel starting from their communities and people around. They have been trained both in the class room and out of the class room, probably had the best out reach training who can ever get as a Preaching student.  They had handful experience in conducting Bible Studies, Gospel Meetings, Campaigns and other church related work. We are so thankful all the faculty who strived to pursue this task of sending some effective evangelists into the Real World Ministry

The director of Bear Valley International Schools, Bro. Keith Kasarjian will be our honored guest during the Graduation ceremony, we are thankful that this brother is coming forward to bless this occasion, we are very much excited since this is the first graduation ceremony of the Bikkavolu Bible College, which is a Bear Valley International School.

Lectureship: After a long long time we are conducting the Lectureship at Bikkavolu, of course this is for the first time after we established Bikkavolu Bible College, a Bear Valley International School. I have attached a PDF document for all of you to look at, we have selected a topic which we consider as very need, kindly pray that the speakers would do the right job to help the preachers, leaders, to be preachers and members of the church would get at most benefit. 5,6th of July is the lectureship, 14 lessons have been lined up and 9 speakers would be speaking according to the given topic, it will be recorded as well as available live on YouTube. we are excited about this, pray that our Lord would bless our efforts in keep the Church on the Truth.

Kindy pray for the lectureship and also for the graduation ceremony, come see us some day. We praise God for blessing us to reach this mile stone besides Covid and also financial difficulty after the school was established in 2019 July. However, our Lord has lead me to kind people like you to convey not only the need but the great program of Training our Men to carry out the gospel to the lost millions. It is amazing to see how God has worked out everything, that has lead to this success point, we are very much uplifted by your kind concern and support.

Please convey our heartfelt gratitude to the brethren at your congregations, we remember you all in our prayers daily, God bless you all.

In Christ,

John Dean M

Tirupati, India school welcomes new students

Reporting Letter for the month of June-2023.

Respected prayer partners of BVBI-Tirupati-India, greetings to you in the most holy and matchless name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We pray that this reporting letter finds you all well. We are sincerely thankful to our director and coordinator for their commitment and sacrifice to serve for the smooth function of BVBI-Tirupati. We appreciate our teaching and non-teaching staff for their hardship and cooperation.  We would like to share a brief report for the month of June.

Entrance examination for new batch:- We have began the 3rd batch . As per our director we sent the examination question paper  we have conducted an Assessment of Bible Knowledge Test. There are 20 students who were able to qualify the test.  There are another 20 part time students who are willing to study the word of God by online system,  Our teachers are interested to help them and encourage them. These part time students are already working in the field, they are preaching in different local churches in rural areas and some are working in urban areas.

Campaigning :- We travelled 100 KM and conducted campaigning at Micro Tower colony, Kota-Mandal, Nellore, A.P . We visited door-to-door  in this village . We conducted a gospel meeting. We had 50 to 55 people for the meeting.

Baptisms:-  Two souls were baptized and added to the body of Christ in the village where we did campaigning . The local preacher Mr.Ch.Nathaniel and his family members were encouraged .

Gospel meeting:- We conducted a gospel meeting at Vidyanagar on June 6th . There were 100 people who attended the meeting.

Prayer meeting at Poolathota-village:- We were able to attend a prayer meeting at Poolathota-village on June 29th. Our students lead the songs.

Benevolence:- In north east of India one of the state Manipur due to internal problems there is no peace. The members of local churches are suffering  from basic needs. My friend who is  brother in Christ Mr.Thanglien has been working in the state of Manipur. We inform you that BVBI-Tirupati identified the need and encouraged the concerning brother in India who published in the media. God has blessed the efforts, collection was Rs.7,48,844-00( seven lakhs, forty eight thousand and forty four rupees)  contributed by the local churches and Individual members for the basic needs of the members of local churches in the state of Manipur. We are humbled to share with you that first contribution was donated by our local churches.

Vegetable Seeds distribution:- In India now a days farmers are using more chemicals for cultivating . We are happy to share with you that we have conducted awareness camping for the rural women and encouraged them to cultivate organic vegetables at their house premises itself. We distributed seeds freely to 30 families.

We are thankful to you for the establishment of BVBI in India  which is the best platform for educating young people to sow the seed of God’s word to spread His son’s kingdom (Col 1:13).

Thanking you.

Yours brother in Christ.

B.Vijaya Kumar & Staff from BVBI-Tirupati, India.

A History of the Visakhapatnam school

Dear brethren in Christ,

Greetings to you in Christ name. India has been very fertile land for cultivating Christianity. Over 50 yrs of mission efforts has helped the church to be established in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. The great effort of evangelism has given wide open opportunity to establish congregations in the state it all started in Urban areas, gradually spread to villages, and later it took a very high speed in going into the most remote areas like villages that do not have water or electric facility. Further into villages/hamlets where there are no roads, where one can only reach by walking for hours. Efforts of missionaries have given wonderful results of acquiring more souls to Christ and churches began to grow in number, spirituality, and Leadership.

As the years go by, the older dedicated men who were the reason for the first phase of evangelism and  acquired wonderful results through their dedicated efforts, now needed someone to carry forward the responsibility of Evangelism and Leadership. Since the Evangelism opportunities were wide open, missionaries have looked into some other avenues like translating and publishing  Christian literature as well as FM Radio Broadcasting. This increased the need for more, Bible educated preachers and leaders to reach the lost. This has given opportunity to start full-time preacher training schools in India.

The establishment of the church in the City of Visakhapatnam has a history of over 50 years; however there was no full-time preaching school established. Brother Muppidi Samuel Raju, who was the founder and director of Visakha Valley Bible College had noticed this opportunity of establishing a full-time school in Visakhapatnam, which is a big industrial area where people from surrounding districts and states like Odissa, Bihar and Chattheesgaudh often travel. The Elders who are overseeing the Bear Valley Bible Institute were looking for a place to establish a school in India. So, after a thorough examination and discussion done by the brethren who represent BVBID, the Elders gave permission to start the School at Vishakhapatnam with the monthly support from Lake Houston Church of Christ, Houston, TX under the oversight of the Elders of Strickland Church of Christ who have known brother Samuel Raju since the year 1999.

In the year 2008, the school began with great excitement in the City of Visakhaptanam. Everyone in the church rejoiced with this new establishment. Several men and  untrained preachers showed great interest to join in the school, and rushed to get admission into the new full-time school. God had given a great opportunity to brother Samuel along with two preachers from the Visakha area along with his son, Muppidi John Dean who is a graduate of HCU, AL. This new school got everybody’s attention in the city and around, which lead to teamwork in reaching out to some weaker congregations and remotest place where there is need of evangelism. It resulted the preachers getting together every month starting from Visakhaptnam reaching to the neighboring districts such as Vijayanagaram and Srikakulam. The program called ‘Preachers Fellowship Meeting’ furthered the opportunity of providing education to the local men who would carry out the gospel to their own communities and also working preachers being edified.

As the years went by there was need for providing space to more students along with the congregation that had been established in the school premises. The school premises were owned by Samuel Raju and his wife, who both willingly dedicated it for the mission purpose, which had been a long-time dream of brother Samuel Raju. With the help of the brethren, the school started to expand it wings of training men to preach. Gradually, the school facility has been able to have a space for the students to live, study, learn, worship, eat, cook, store and also to host guests. We are very thankful to the brethren who made this possible, especially the Elders at Strickland and brother Jerry Bates. We were encouraged through Jerry and Paula’s regular visits and listening and understanding the mission field information. They have always responded so positively which enable us to publish thousands of Gospel Tracts, Hymn Books in Telugu Language and distribute hundreds of Bibles to graduates of our school. We are very thankful to Jerry and Paula for their great encouragement to the school as well as to the students.

Our school is known for not only a full-time school but also provides practical education to the students. This is an essential program that has to be in the training program, it makes the students to be more practical in learning to preach. The great model our Lord presented through training His disciples for three and-a-half years motivates us to conduct a program called ‘Gospel Campaign’ . it’s a program gives a great opportunity to reach out to strangers with a gospel tract, opens up an opportunity for a Bible Study, and to recommend the local congregation in that area. Every time we conduct this, it provides our students a practical education, at the same time it helps the local congregation and the minister in reaching out, getting to know the people around.  Also annual programs such as Seminars and Lectureships give the students to learn and organize the programs and also to serve in their capacity. Moreover, youth program like VBS/Youth Rally/ Future Preacher Training Program gives more understanding of the avenues to work in the mission field to help establish a congregation and to edify them.

So far 6 batches of successful students have been sent into the real world ministry after their graduation. So far 100 graduates have bee sent out to the mission field. We heard there are 106 congregations that are in operation to date. So the 15 years of efforts under the leadership of Brother Samuel Raju has given these encouraging results.  We humbly praise God for all the short course teachers who have made all this possible, to God be the glory and to the leadership of Bear Valley International.

Love from all the students, faculty and staff at Visakha Valley Bible College .

In Christ,

John Dean M

Visakha Valley Bible College

Tirupati, India students busy with gospel meetings

Reporting Letter for the month of May-2023

To all  prayer partners of BVBI, greetings to you in the name of Jesus Christ. We pray that this reporting letter may serve us to find you all good health. We thank you so much for your continual prayers for the smooth function of BVBI-Extension centre at Tirupati, A.P, India. We are happy to a share brief report for the month of May-2023.

The Month of May Summer in India: Sun heat is so high during May in India. The old people tell us that they never experienced this kind of hot temperature previously like the summer season during this year 2023. But God is kind enough to protect us.

Gospel meetings at Karnoon disctir, A.P; The summer is a suitable season for evening gospel meetings. Our BVBI student Mr.Yovel and his wife Mrs.Sujanthan, along with another student Mr.Yuvaraj and his wife Mrs.Swapna are from karnool district in A.P , state. It is about 500 miles away from Tirupati. They conducted 3 days of gospel meetings on May 8, 9, and 10 at their village. We had more than 250 people gathering for the night meetings, and during the daytime, we had Bible studies. We are happy to share with you that more than 150 people were in attendance for the Bible class.

Gospel meetings at Vidyanagar, Nellore  disctir, A.P;- We conducted two days of gospel meetings at Vidyanagar on May 12th and 13th.  We had more than 200 people in attendance for the meeting.

Baptisms:- By the grace of God 17 souls were baptized in the month of May. We request you to pray for the new souls so that they grow in the image of His son Jesus Christ.

Bible studies for the village people:-  Our BVBI students have started group Bible studies at 15 places. They are teaching wonderful lessons for the spiritual growth of the people.

Campaigning :- we conducted campaigning at Poolathota village on May 18th, and encouraged the village congregation in that village.

Audio Bibles distribution campaigning for the blind people:- We have conducted bible camp for the visually challenged people and distributed audio Bibles for 50 people at Nellore

My west Godavari district  Travel:- Myself and a previous BVBI student, Mr.John Wesly, travelled by train from Tiripati to Narasapur. We conducted 3 meetings in the Narasapur area. We visited some of our BVBI students and encouraged them.

New batch for 2023:- All the Indian schools will be reopen from June 12th onwards, we would like to open our school the second week of June 2023.

Skill Training: After the completion of  2 years training our students need a livelihood to sustain and preach the gospel as many of them come from poor family backgrounds. Therefore today our faculty members and myself consulted with a nearby skill training center. They would provide part-time skill development courses  to our students during their leisure time and weekend days to establish dairy farms, sheep farms, poultry farms, piggery farms etc.. to improve their livelihood . We would like to encourage our students to have self-employment and do the evangelism in India after completion of Bible training at BVBI.

We are thankful to our director and coordinator for their love, sacrifice, and commitment to establish BVBI extension centre at Tirupati, A.P, India.  We are ever grateful to  them for their hard work and and all your encouragement. We request you to pray continually for BVBI extension centre at Tirupati, A.P, India.

Thanking you.

Yours brother and sister in Christ.

Vijay

New graduates get to work saving souls in Tirupati, India

Reporting Letter for the month of April-2023

Greetings to you in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We pray that this reporting letter finds you well. We take this opportunity to share our April-2023 Report.

Students:- By the grace of God all the students from BVBI-Tirupati, A.P , India have done a wonderful job in completing their course. We conducted our graduation ceremony on April 1st, 2023. . We share with you that all the students have moved to different places to spread the word of God ( 2 Timothy 2:2). We request you to pray for the students so that they may continue to sow the seed of God in the hearts of unsaved people.

New Batch:- We humbly inform you that in the month of June a new batch will begin their studies. BVBI has been permitted to recruit 20 students. We request your prayers for the new batch of students.

Teaching faculty:-  We appreciate our hard working teaching faculty for their hardship in using their time and energy to complete their syllabus which has been prescribed by BVBI. They have taken responsibility to guide and encourage the students as they have gone into the battlefields to win lost souls .

Conversions:- In the month of April 5 souls were baptized and added to the body of Christ. We request you to pray for these new souls so that they may grow in the image of His Son Jesus Christ.

Campaigning:- In the month of April we conducted a campaign at Aruru-Village on April 12th. It is 100 miles away from the BVBI-Tirupati.    We are happy to report that students and staff (about 30 people) visited this village and proclaimed the word of God. We had more than 250 people in attendance for the meeting.

Street meeting:- We conducted a street meeting at Kotara-Village on the evening of April 7th.  The entire village people was able to hear the gospel.

Benevolence:- Our BVBI students and staff were involved in the distribution of clothes to 30 widows who live in rural areas.

Gospel meetings :- In India there is hot summer in the month of May, but is the most comfortable month for evening gospel meetings . One of our students Mr.Yovel and his wife sister Sujatha invited BVBI staff and students  for the gospel meetings at their native place on 8th ,9th  and 10th ( at Karnool district which is 450KM away from Tirupati.) We request your prayers for the travel and meetings.  Another gospel meeting, Lord willing, BVBI staff and students may join for the success of the gospel meeting which will be held on May 12th and 13 th by our local church.

BVBI participation at Funeral service :-  Last Sunday after the service BVBI students and staff were able to participate at a funeral service at Poolthota-village and comfort the family members.

Youth meetings:- Lord willing on May 9th day time and 10th day time BVBI is planning to conduct a 2 day youth camp at Karnool district. We request your prayers.

We are ever grateful to you for the establishment of BVBI extension centre at Tirupati, A.P, India which is the  best platform to train the young people in India. We express our gratitude and thanks to you and all the prayer partners. We request your continual prayers.

Thanking you.

Yours brother in Christ.

B.Vijaya Kumar

Bikkavolu, India school reaches out to their community

Dear Brethren in Christ,

Greetings from Bikkavolu Bible College. By the grace of God everything is going good with our school. As this quarter is coming to an end our students are getting ready for the exams, which are scheduled to be in the last week of this month.

We are getting ready for a one week short course to be taught by brother Mark Reynolds at Bikkavolu. We are hoping to join students from both the schools for this class. We are looking forward for brother Mark’s visit. Right now brother Irven Skinner from Duffee church of Christ, MS is visiting with us, he spent couple of day teaching Epistle to Titus to the students of the School.

We are happy to share some of the pictures showing our students in the outreach ministry. We are happy to see some of our students are very forward in using the every opportunity to build up a local congregation. Brother Syam, who will be graduating this July has begun working with a small group studying the word and conducting worship services. Last three pictures showing our faculty attending this gospel, meeting to strengthen brother Syam’s efforts in his home town. There are two more students that are working down this direction for which we feel very happy.

We are encouraging the students who are finishing the school to do this way, so that they would be ready to work in full capacity once they finish the school at Bikkavolu Bible College. We are hoping to have the first BBC lectureship in the month of July’23 during 5,6,7 and on the 7th we shall have the graduation ceremony. We are very excited about this.

We are so thankful to God for blessing our efforts in training men who are faithful and would be able to take/share the gospel with others. Establishing congregations is our ultimate goal by sending these faithful men in to the real world ministry.

 We are thankful to the brethren that are behind this wonderful Lord’s work. We thank so much for your prayers and support. God bless you all.

 In Christ,

 John Dean M

For Bikkavolu Bible College