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A vision for multiplication, which started in the US, expanded to Nepal via North India. Read on to hear of the life transformation of N., his village and many more in the mountains of Nepal. The Seeds of Multiplication From 2008-2014, Shepherding the Nations (STN) consistently hosted Bible training institutes in North India. During this time, the STN leadership from the US and India traveled thousands of miles to instruct faithful…
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Field Updates – M. B.
Praise for a Gospel outreach program where the response was good. Approximately 600 tracts were distributed. As a result of “cottage meetings” conducted recently, 10 people came to saving faith! Please pray for Bro. D. suffering from epilepsy. He encountered opposition from Hindu fanatics when he was doing open air preaching. Pray, too, for the spiritual growth of the new believers. There are many more open air meetings planned for…
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Field Updates – N. P.
In addition to other ministry, every Saturday evening, special Bible study classes are conducted for school children in one village. Praise God for the church under construction (right). Praise God for Gospel preaching and distribution of tracts where people were gathered to buy cattle. Praise God for one woman healed from chronic ailments. Please pray for a man who accepted the Lord as Savior. Also, many have been affected by…
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Meet These Pastors In India – Part 2
J. and J. S, in the North J. and J.S. (and 2 other men) come to our seminars from the state of Uttar Pradesh. The particular village where they live and minister is remote. Several years ago J. planted a church which has been growing ever since; its members are all from a Hindu background. J. and J.S. are not only quick learners but their eyes and ears are attentive…
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Meet These Pastors In India Part I
It is our joy to share the following profiles on three particular pastors in India as well as various updates from the field on the following page. These represent but a few of the many, many pastors whose lives are being impacted for eternity. Only the Lord truly knows the number of individuals, families and villages these men are influencing! We rejoice and praise God for what He is doing…
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2012 Fall Conferences
We are looking forward with eager anticipation to the upcoming training conferences. Lord willing, here is the schedule: Oct. 22-26: David Nelson and Ryder Kumar will teach Book #1 in Vijayawada/Southern India to 30 new participants Oct. 29-Nov. 2: Randy Leinen, Ryder Kumar and Jeff Forbes will teach Book #7, Church Ministry, Administration and Education, in Hyderabad (regular ongoing training for these pastors) Oct. 30-Nov. 1: David Nelson and Ryder…
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World’s For Sale! Update, May 2012
Thank you to all of our generous participants for your abundant donations. More “treasures” than ever were collected in two trailers throughout our Spring collection days. Our sale profits were over $5000 this year! Praise God for all of you who donated, helped, shopped and prayed.
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2012 STN Spring Conferences
by Ryder Kumar It is my honor to present this brief report to show my gratitude to the Lord Who allowed these Conferences to take place and to express appreciation for the support of your prayers. Without these, our short term mission trips to India for the 9th consecutive year would have been futile. My heart is filled with thankfulness to God for His great faithfulness and appreciation toward each…
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Future Plans for Suresh Mathews
And thus I aspired to preach the gospel, not where Christ was already named, so that I would not build on another man’s foundation; but as it is written, “They who had no news of Him shall see, and they who have not heard shall understand.” Romans 15:20–21 What a blessing it is for us to partner together through STN to get the gospel to unreached people in India and…
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Hyderabad Conference Report
From Shanthi – We were eagerly waiting for this conference to start, as this was a Doctrines oriented teaching, and we were expectant to learn new things from our resource leaders Bro.Ryder and Bro.David Nelson. Dr.Vijay and Bro.Timothy were the translators and as usual they did a good job. The conference started on 31st Oct. 2011, with the opening session commencing at 2.00 p.m. By the way, we want to…
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Increased appetite for learning and discipline…
From Ryder Oct 26 The Lord brought the team safely to Lucknow though there was a confusion of missing the flight from Delhi to Lucknow due to the schedule change by the airlines (we were unaware of it). There are about 40 participants and this time I observed that there is more diligence, an increased appetite for learning and discipline. One of the most diligent participants had to leave the…
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The Team Arrives – Delhi
From Ryder Kumar – Oct. 22 – 2011 Twenty four hours ago, Ryder arrived Delhi safely. This time it was bit unusual to leave LA for India. The stress, heaviness in the heart due to issues in the ministry was intensified by the cancellation of American airlines flight to Chicago. It was yet another opportunity to experience God’s faithfulness and He being in ‘control’ as the airlines rescheduled a flight…
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Ministry Report from Hyderabad
Hyderabad : The Seminar held from Feb 28th thru March 4th was attended by 48 participants. One can observe how well dressed they are, looking healthy and more diligent to grasp what is being taught. Ravi and Timothy have taught couple of sessions and Dr. Vijay and Timothy helped in the translation. On the last day, everybody received book # 5 to prepare for the Fall seminar of 2011. There…