by Ryder Kumar, International Director (SE Asia)
“Having come to these classes, our ministry and preaching is transformed.”
Presently we have the challenge of serving about 860 graduates scattered across India and Nepal. These men and women are situated in over 20 locations. We also have about 885 participants undergoing training and equipping. The strategy to be adequately connected with these precious saints in remote villages is simplified by the International Director having regular and direct contact with the regional directors who connect directly with the graduates. These three regional directors have local convenors who organize the study classes.
Our SE Asia Regional Directors
Jose has been made the director for North India and South Asia with specific responsibilities for taking care of faculty for India and Nepal and providing Teacher Training Workshops. In addition, he is also the treasurer for the India national board. His special abilities make him an effective teacher, and he travels widely into difficult parts of the world.
Vinay has been the director of administration and government-related issues since STN India’s inception. Utilizing his gifts of teaching and administration, he has been well acquainted with all the tasks and responsibilities. He also conducts orientation for the new classes in the country.
Prashanth, along with his wife, has attended prayer meetings week after week with Flory and me. Having developed a great interest in the ministry of STN, he was further trained and mentored to undertake the position of Director for South and Central (Odisha) India. In addition, he assumed responsibility for media communications. He is used in regular teaching and occasionally translates.Please pray for these men.
These men have families; and yet each month of the year, they move out of their homes for the ministry of teaching. Daily, they are responsible for counseling and praying with others over the phone.
Please pray for their safety, for their faithfulness in the ministry, for effectiveness in teaching, and for their family lives to be fresh and a fragrant honor to the Lord.
The Lord in His excellence orchestrated for Shepherding the Nations to enter the sub-continent at exactly the right time. Two decades ago, when the ministry began the country reached 1.4 billion in population. This year, it will be the world’s most populous country. God knew that false teachers and false prophets would be on the rise as well. While theology is being strangulated, and the message of prosperity preachers has mocked biblical theology, STN stepped in with an uncompromising stand on the truth of the Word.
As a result of the labors, lives are changed, pastors’ preaching is transformed, people have started coming out of false teaching, church plants have begun, and thousands are reached with the truth of the Gospel.
Ryder Kumar is serving as our International Director. As one of the founding members of Shepherding the Nations, it was Ryder's vision to see pastors trained and equipped for ministry that became the foundation of Shepherding the Nations.
Shepherding the Nations has identified qualified and called men who are already working in unreached areas of India and Nepal. We are providing the training to better equip them and the financial resources to support them in their ministries.
Our directors have been equipped to teach our ten-volume training curriculum. These key men are training indigenous pastors and church planters while also providing accountability, resources materials, and support. 
During our training program, we provide our ten volume set of curriculum from the Biblical Training Centre for Pastors (BTCP) in their local language. We also provide essentials resources such as Bible Concordance and Study Bible. We have been able to provide these books to all of our pastors through the generous donations of our donors. These books can be purchased for about $10 each or an entire set for $100.