Since 2018, by God’s grace
37
cell churches, February 2026
20
pastors and missionaries supported, January 2025
432
local churches in a support network formed after Acts 25, April 2025
As reported by Agape Jeevan Ministries.
Supporting pastors
Most of the pastors we support serve small churches in villages and in the poorest communities on the edges of cities, often far from other believers. Some have been threatened or beaten for their faith, and they keep preaching. We support them and their families financially and spiritually, and we keep adding pastors to the network.
Supporting a pastor and his family costs $100 a month.
Opening homes, planting churches
Following Jesus’ model in Luke 9 and 10, our pastors walk and pray through unreached villages looking for a person of peace. When a family opens its home for prayer, neighbors come, and a house church begins. Many of these gatherings grow into congregations.
Training leaders to stand together
The Acts 25 Conference teaches pastors and leaders their rights under India’s constitution, so they can respond wisely to false accusations and hostile crowds. Persecution thrives on isolated churches; when churches band together, they are far harder to target.
More of the work
Churches that last
As congregations grow, some need a building of their own. A new building for one growing church cost about $3,700. Registering a church officially, about $180, gives believers more legal protection.
The next generation
In one city, a growing youth ministry brings young people together to learn, grow and encourage one another. Older believers mentor them in the foundations of the faith and help them share the gospel with confidence, as media and peer pressure pull many away.
Education for pastors’ children
Many village pastors cannot afford to send their children to school. Through 2025, a gift of $50 a month helped one pastor’s child receive an education.
A lasting home for the work
We are raising funds for land to build a ministry center for training, a Bible college, and care for orphans, widows and single mothers.
Prayer
Every month we share prayer requests from the field: for new believers, for pastors under pressure, for families affected by floods, and for the church across India. Prayer is where most of our friends begin.
Costs are as reported by Agape Jeevan Ministries and change over time.
Stories of faithfulness
True stories from the pastors we support. To protect the people in them, we leave out names and places. How we tell stories
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Baptized after two faithful years
Despite her family’s opposition, a young woman who never missed a service was baptized this month.
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Open doors through prayer walks
A woman opened her home for prayer, and now her neighbors gather there to hear the gospel.
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Growth through the Christmas season
Pressure rose, but none of the churches we support faced a direct attack, and attendance grew.
More stories, in brief
Shorter accounts from our newsletters, with the year each was reported.
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