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Good
News For India
Luther New, Jr. Theological College
A view of the college and the surrounding mountains
in northern India. This year 48 students graduated.
There are presently 145 students enrolled.
Born in Kerala, India and heading towards law school, George Chavanikamannil accepted Christ as his Savior while a college student in India. He received a burden from the Lord for his fellow people of India and began to preach the gospel as a college student. George eventually came to the United States where he earned an Master of Divinity from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. He also worked as the manager for the telecommunications department of World Vision, a international Christian relief and development humanitarian agency. He resigned his position at World Vision to start a bible college in northern India – the part of India with the fewest believers.
Sharing his vision to build a training center for native Indians to go out as church planters, God provided the means to build the Luther W. New, Jr. Theological College in Uttar Pradesh, India. It opened its doors in 1989 and has continued to train young students to go out and proclaim the gospel of Christ to the people of India. Its vision is to train native Indians to share the gospel with their own people with whom they share language a culture. With God’s help, Good News for India is committed to sharing the life giving Word of God to the unreached people groups of India.
How to contact and send support to Good News for India:
By Mail:
Good News for India
P.O. Box 7576
La Verne, CA, USA 91750
By E-mail:
gnfi@goodnewsforindia.org
By Phone:
(909) 593-7753
By Fax:
(909) 593-1155
Web Page Location:
www.goodnewsforindia.org
George Chavanikamannil and family:
His sons Finny & Renny, and wife Leela
Craig
Throop & Family
Bibles International
Papua New Guinea
Craig and Linda Throop have spent much of their lives together working on translating the Bible into the language of the Kaulong people in Papua New Guinea. Now with that long-term goal nearing completion they have made a commitment to continue their work in PNG through the establishment of a Bible translation center in Kandrian. In the following excerpt from a recent e-mail, Craig lays out his vision for the project and some of the difficulties he and his family have encountered:
“We have made it our ministry goal to complete the Great Commission in southwest New Britain, the area of Papua New Guinea in which the Kaulong people live. As we near the time when the translation of the Scriptures will be completed among the Kaulong people, we are setting our sights on the dozen or so other people groups of southwest New Britain. We have seen the Lord work mightily among the Kaulong and believe that He wants to do so among these other people groups as well.
Currently, we are attempting to lay the foundation for expanded ministry by building a small translation center in Kandrian, the government administrative center for the southwest New Britain area . . . judging from all the problems and opposition, Satan definitely does not want this to happen. There were supply problems (the barge from town failed to deliver our cement and gravel two times; the gravel finally came on the third trip, but there was no cement); the government minister for lands gave us a 'stop work' order which he withdrew only two days before our building team from the States arrived; some people in our village began to demand compensation for the land on which our old house has been sitting for the past nineteen years. These were just a few of the problems.
There were many times when I felt like giving up, thinking that maybe this wasn't God's will after all. But just at the last minute the door would open again allowing us to go on. My prayer to the Lord has been, 'Lord, if you don't want us to continue, then close the door and lock it.' He hasn't done that yet, so we press on.”
We encourage you to prayerfully support Craig and his family and their vital work in Papua New Guinea. Here is how to reach them and where to direct your financial support:
How to contact and send support to Craig & Linda Throop & family:
Bibles International
Baptist Mid-Missions
P.O. Box 308011
Cleveland, OH 44130-8011
Support for Craig and Linda Throop, Project #706459 001
Phone - in the USA: (440) 826-3930
Fax - in the USA: (440) 826-4457
E-Mail:
craigthroop@gmail.com
Web Site:
www.biblesint.org
Craig and Linda Throop and their family.
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