We preach in church revivals, campaigns, crusades, and conferences upon invitation. Some of these are large meetings ranging to tens of thousands in attendance.
India is a small continent of more than 25 states and it is a multi-linguistic country of more than 15 major languages, 120 minor languages and 2000 dialects. In most cases, each state has its own language. Our state language is Tamil though Hindi is our national language. English is the connecting language. When we go to other states, we preach in English using a translator.
At times we arrange city-wide crusades for our friends from abroad. We had two very successful campaigns in 2000 and 2002. Kindly contact us if you are interested in having large meetings in India and we will be happy to make arrangements.
Though we have constitutional freedom to practice, profess and propagate our religion, times have come that our ministry is restricted. Some of the states including ours have promulgated "anti-conversion" laws which have affected the Christian ministry in general. Under these circumstances, preaching through television is a boon to Christian preachers.
For many years, we had only national television which was not open for Christian programs except on festive days such as Christmas and Easter. Recently, many cable television stations have been established and are airing Christian programming. We have a 15 minute program on one such cable channel. Our messages go into many homes irrespective of their religious beliefs. Many of these people may not enter any of the places of Christian meetings. We receive hundreds of letters from such viewers about the blessings they have received from our program and how they have accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior. We send them follow-up materials for their spiritual growth.
Since prayer is a vital aspect of a Christian's life and witness, we organize and preach in Prayer Conferences. These conferences typically run from one to three days. Prayer will be given priority apart from short exhortations. It is encouraging to see that hundreds of people gather together and spend time in prayer and at times, in fasting.
