By Karen Galarpe
CCF pastors and volunteers recently went to India and Nepal to visit the missionaries allied with CCF, to enhance church partnership, and to conduct a medical mission.
God’s Word was planted at an evangelistic dinner in Kathmandu as CCF missions pastor Jim Whelchel shared principles of leadership and integrity. CCF senior pastor Peter Tan-Chi then shared the gospel.
CCF missionary partner Ptr. Raju Sundas organized the dinner, which 32 Members of Parliament and some other leaders, including the brother of Nepal’s Prime Minister, attended.
“It was especially meaningful for us since, less than 20 years ago, people were being jailed simply for believing in Christ,” said Ptr. Jim.
God is continuing to work in Nepal as another CCF missionary is now part of a task force to craft a new constitution guaranteeing religious freedom in Nepal.
The Bronze Staff ministry conducted a medical mission in Barahbise, Nepal near the Tibetan border. Doctors, dentists, and nurses from CCF treated those who were sick. “They made a great impression on the local people who saw the love of Christ manifested through their service to the community,” said Ptr. Jim.
In Barahbise, CCF conducted training from Global Leadership Center’s “CCF DNA” for around 250 people, mainly from Ptr. Raju Sundas’ church. Ptr. Peter and Ptr. Jim taught the men, while their wives, Deonna Tan-Chi and Louie Whelchel, trained the women.
In India, the team went to Siliguri in the northeast and to Haryana and Delhi in the north. The team taught CCF DNA to church leaders in Siliguri, and visited church plants among low caste and tribal people groups.
Ptr. Peter also spoke at the graduation ceremony of a training program for church planters in Haryana State. This project, supported by CCF International Church Planting in coordination with Campus Crusade for Christ in North India, has helped plant over 800 village churches in Haryana State. Overall, the trip highlighted the growing scope of CCF’s church planting throughout Asia.
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