ServLife currently has 75 Indian missionary workers who are working in six Indian states to start a church in their community and share the love of Christ. They all undergo a year of training in northern India before returning back to their home village. One of these workers, Zachariah, is from Chhattisgarh state, and finished his training at the Servlife Leadership Institute in 2008. Read the rest of this entry »
In a small, remote Indian village named Bijapur (in the Chattisjargh state), three men were recently abducted and beaten. Every Sunday after worship Indian Christians normally fellowship and share a meal together consisting of the simple Indian staples rice and daal (lentils). On August 22, a meal was shared and no one knew that what was about to happen would change this little church forever. Read the rest of this entry »
In Orissa alone, ServLife currently has 36 indigenous staff, working in their villages to start churches and share the love of Jesus Christ. Three years ago on August 23, 2007, over 100 people were killed, including women, disabled persons, children, adivasis and dalits. At least three incidents of gang-rape were recorded and at least 295 churches, big and small, were destroyed. Three of these churches were started by ServLife mission workers. Also, 13 schools, colleges, and the offices of five NGOs were damaged. About 30,000 people had to live in relief camps for months. Read the rest of this entry »
143 million. The estimated number of children in the world today who have lost at least one parent. About 16.2 million of these have lost both of their parents. This overwhelming number begs us to ask the question – how can we even begin to help these children? One by one.
ServLife believes in helping empower the dreams of others. A unique way this has happened is allowing Americans to donate to the project dreamed through Emmanueal Shaw from Sierra Leone and American Rachel Wilson through ServLife International. Read the rest of this entry »
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| Daya Girls Home expands kitchen and Dining hall | Nabini and Ahori |
Paul and Sanum Chaudre with their own two daughters |
The family grows |
We are excited to announce the opening of Daya Girls Home in western Nepal. The first two girls have arrived
In Partnership with AS Nepal (ServLife’s registered NGO in Nepal working with children) Daya Girls Home is being started in western Nepal. The vision for the home is out of the heart of Udaya and his wife, Bhakti who have a deep compassion for the children of Nepal. The conversation to begin this home has been going on for over five years.
Paul and Sanum Chaudre will run the home with their two own children.
The vision of the home is to grow to 10 girls. The children are all from some of the poorest districts (Jumla, Humla, Mugu, Dailekh, Accham) in the poorest section of Nepal, the hills and mountains of Nepal’s northwest. This area has annual food shortages (USAID and UN food drops are regular) and commonly experience outbreaks of preventable but rapid moving illnesses such as diarrhea. The girls are currently cared for by neighbors or distant relatives. Read the rest of this entry »
The local church expressed in all her beauty and diversity is a key agent for God’s Kingdom in the world. Central to the mission of ServLife is to empower, educate, and equip indigenous leaders to share the love of Christ in both word and deed with their own people. One of the regions of the world where ServLife does this is in India, where we have been working since 1992, when ServLife first began more than 75 churches have been planted throughout 5 states in India. (Donate To this Project). Read the rest of this entry »
A few things were crystal clear to me the very first time I met Joel Vestal. For one, I knew right away that he cared deeply about the people of the world and was burdened about the injustice, poverty and spiritual darkness that were a way of life for so many. I also knew in that first encounter that Joel was not waiting for permission from anybody to do something to help them, especially given the fact that Jesus had already entrusted to him the mission of communicating His love and kindness to them in tangible ways. Read the rest of this entry »
ServLife has created several organizations around the world to sustain and grow the work we are engaged in. One of these organizations in Nepal created just recently is ServLife Himalaya Development. It is led and governed by indigenous leaders and under the leadership of Lazarus Thulung. Read the rest of this entry »
Hindu extremists allegedly from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh damaged a church building and installed an idol of the Hindu god Hanuman inside it on May 23, 2010 in Tadipatri, Anatapur, Andhra Pradesh.
Extremists from the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (World Hindu Council) attacked India Pentecostal Church’s Holy Spirit Prayer House, which was under construction. Pastor Venugopal approached Tadipatri police, but officers refused to help him. After local Christian leaders’ intervention, police questioned the attackers. Area Christian leaders maintained that Pastor Reddy had acquired government permission to build the church building.
ServLife has trained and supports 100 indigenous church planters to share the love of Christ. Please help us support these workers. click there to support
Also, you can sign a petition that we have organized to send to political leaders in India asking for religious freedom. Click here to make your Voice heard! Read the rest of this entry »
View short film Over 300 children are cared for by ServLife in the world through our sponsorship program. Our goal is 1,000 children by the year 2013. read more. Sponsor the over 50 children that need sponsors today! click here to sign up to sponsor for a mere $30 per month. Your support will allow a child to get an education that will allow them to break the cycle of poverty, hear about the love Jesus, and prevent other injustices to happen to that child. “For the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.” Jesus –
Both of Pamela’s parents died and she was left in the care of an abusive relative. She has since been saved from that situation and that relative is now in prison. Pamela is now living in safety at Musha Wevana Children’s Home in Zimbabwe. Read the rest of this entry »
On April 29 the corpse of a local Bihar man was discovered on a northern Bihar construction site where a ServLife Ministry Campus is being built consisting of a children’s home, school, training center for national workers, and guest house. Initial investigations indicate the man was murdered before being discarded on ServLife’s property where forthcoming facilities are under construction. Read the rest of this entry »
The Church of the Good Shepherd in Lyndhurst, Ohio recently held a ServLife Dinner benefit to raise money to start a ServLife Hope Fund in Thingan, Nepal. 60 people from 7 different churches attended the dinner and nearly $5,400 was raised. The funds will go directly to helping start a Hope Fund in Thingan. Read more about the ServLife Hope Fund. Read the rest of this entry »
Here in America we have a certain dislike for door-to-door salesmen. They tend to disrupt dinner, invade the personal space of our homes, and convince us to buy things that we really never needed to begin with. In Nepal, this salesman pictured here is selling the people maybe one of the most important things they will every buy. He is selling them their gods. Read the rest of this entry »
It’s hard to imagine living in a country with no religious freedoms. It’s even harder to imagine the foundation of that country based on Hindu beliefs and systems, with leaders who oppose and persecute Christians and their beliefs. Imagine, though, an opportunity to revisit and revise those original documents that have barred the Gospel from reaching the people’s hearts for so many years. Nepal, a country that has operated on traditional Hinduism for years, is meeting to create a new constitution. All twenty-five political parties are involved, as well as a new and somewhat surprising committee founded three years ago. Read the rest of this entry »
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