13.9 EDUCATIONAL
HELP FOR POOR CHILDREN:
We extend our helps to the poor School
Children financially—by paying term-fees once in a year. When they admire us why and we teach them the
Gospel first and they gradually come to the fold.
13.10. MEDICAL CARE FOR THE VILLAGE CHIDREN:
We, the Evangelists and
Missionaries of VMM go to our Field Villages and find them that are sick and
affected with Chronicle Diseases and guide
them to the relief through Clinical Treatment as well we take Pastors to the
particular homes for praying for the sick that they may be healed divinely.
13.11. CHILD – CARES - CHILD:
This is a scheme and plan
that the children can support the children themselves ie., the able children
can support the unable children in many aspects ie., by helping the unable children
to come up from poor standard to a better one and from ill health to healthy
one and from non-educational to an educational one etc. We approach the rich and moderate children’s home and explain
the house holds how we can love our neighbours by our actions and deeds in so
much how they can extend their helps to the needy and poor children who are in
the down stage in many aspects. They feel awareness and almost all of them start
getting into the action. Thus through
this system it becomes possible
that a child can care a child to a successive level.
13.12.
HELPING
THE ORPHAN & POOR CHILDREN:
Our
Evangelists and Missionaries go on a survey in our targeted villages and
Field-villages and gather up the very poor and orphan and semi-orphans and
bring to our Children’s Home. But as our
Home is full we keep them at a ready level to be admitted into the next Home
Admission. These out-number our
targets. Yet they that are in the ready
list could be helped with our out ward extension helps until we get the
sufficient provisions. And afterward the standard of these children and their
Home living experiences (new) are brighter in every aspect.
13.13. HELPING THE CHILDREN OF STREET & SLUM
DWELLERS:
We go to the Slum areas and
the streets of huts where the children are ugly and unclean; and many of them are
under child labour bondage; we gather them and teach them the Hygiene and
health. We distribute biscuits and
eatables and teach them education with Gospel.
And a good impact is received from these societies.
13.14. HELPING THE PHYSCIALLY AND VISUALLY CHALLENGED CHILDREEN:
More than about 40% of our
Field-Villages; we are able to find few handicapped both of physically and of
visually. They need others support for
their daily activities. This seems so pitiable.
We meet them and inquire of them how they could become victim to their
abilities and we guide and help them accordingly and appropriately
13.15. HELPING
THE CHILDREN OF GYPSY PEOPLE:
Although these people groups appear
rarely to our places, we find them in the town Bus-stands and Railway Stations;
we arrange “GO-GIVE CAMPS” and “INVITE-GIVE CAMPS” to these poor
vagabonds and we distribute them sustenance, clothes and soaps etc. Then we
teach the Gospel to these gypsy people.
We gather all the children of these Gypsies and teach them Songs and
Bible Stories. They are very anxious to know the Truth.
13.16.
YOUTH
MINISTRY:
Village Missionary Movement
has completed 10 years in ministry. The
children we first met have become youths. For them we conduct weekly prayer
cells and Bible study. We also conduct evangelistic camp and three days
discipleship camps for boys and girls separately.
In some villages through
these youths we start tuition centres.
Through these tuition centres, we uplift children’s educational standard
and also we preach gospel to these children.
Further we carry on the following
programmes for the youth.
13.18. THREE
DAYS CAMP:
The new young people of our
fields who have accepted the Lord Jesus Christ in their lives, in the ONE DAY CAMP or in any
other occasion are brought to the 3 DAYS CAMP. The three days camp is
difercified for both GENTS AND LADIES on
different dates. Here the youngsters are
taught what they need pertaining to the Spiritual Growth basing the doctrines
of BAPTIZM of WATER and of THE SPIRIT centering the greatest subject—that is
the LOVE of God and of Neighbour. The counselling also is given to particular
young people about their TEEN AGE PROBLEMS and other things that would confront
them as the obstacles for the growth of their spiritual life.
13.19. LEADERSHIP
CAMP:
These Camps are held in all of our
fieds and in all our targetted States-- (Tamil
Naadu; Andhra & Orissa) for the young people either male or female (but in
different places and different dates) who have committed their lives for the
Lord Jesus as well to do the ministry to Him.
These are taught on various subjects of the BIBLE. And these after got
trainned; are utilised to be leaders of
our Prayer Cells in the villages and they can also
be called for to be used in our VMM HeadQuarters as Full-time Misiiionaries.
13.20. EDUCATIONAL
SUPPORT:
Illiteracy as for as India is
concerned; is primarily due to ignorance and poverty. Ignorance can be eradicated with mental
support; but poverty can be removed with the suffering of one(s) who is having
such interest. So, for supporting such
matter; we have to suffer and support.
Of course we do this as far as we can.
For this we take a careful
search and survey and as per priority, we select according to our financial
strength few students who might have the dropped-outs or to become drop-outs
either in the Higher School Standard or in the College Standard. So we fetch them and send them to our branch
residences and cause them to resume their studies. For which we have to cope-up the hiring of
the residences for our branches as well we have to pay the fees etc., to the
institutions where they continue their studies.
In this support some 12
students are being supported by our VMM currently in this academic year.
13.21. PRAYER
CELLS FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS:
This is a wonderful
work. Youngsters become the root cause
either for destruction or construction.
For the stage is the most active one in the life span of man. The
adversary is very curious in devastating the lives of the young people (Jn.10:10). These people easily fall in the pits of evil
and fill the hell.
Our minisstry concentrates
much on this matter and we form cells for praying only irrespective of
doctrines or any other seducing. The
Prayer cells get to gether at least once in a week probably in the evenings both
in the Colleges and Higher
Schools. For which our leaders would be invited now
and then. These cells want to expand themselves both for Counselling and
evangelising.
13.22. MEDICAL
CAMP FOR YOUTH:
We approach the Medical
Personnels and experts and get appointments and enter in the publication among
the public that too in rural side well.
Then we hold the MEDICAL CAMPS in the published places and scheduled
dates and time. We introduce the
patients that might have been affected by killing diseases such as T.B.,
CANCER, AIDS & LEPROSY ETC. And
while we teach such victims they become aware and decide not to touch any
intoxicated thing.
13.23.
YOUTH
- CARES - YOUTH:
As per this scheme, we
search out for the youth collegiate who can have surplus of finance or the
amount of finance with which they can support other poor fellow mates—who may
be at a dropping out stage. So we take
out a list of the names of persons of such poor standard financially and share
the lists among them for their selection and cause the poor standard of the
youth supported even by the same youth of the better standard.
13.24.
WOMEN
MINISTRY:
VILLAGE
WOMEN’S CAMP:
When missionaries go to the village they minister among the children and the
youths, they could not normally meet the women of the villages as they are shy
and also it is culturally unacceptable. To reach these rural
women we conduct village women’s camp in every field each year. In the morning
session, we share the gospel with them. In the afternoon session, we explain to
them why we came to their village and what we teach their children. We also
highlight to them the impact of the messages we taught to their children. We
also explain to them if their children do not have the word of God, they may
become negative element in the society and become nuisance to the families and
to the society. The women who attend this camp become very receptive to our
missionaries in their consecutive visits. Further, we carry on the following
programmes for the benefit of the women.
13.25. FILM MINISTRY:
Film Ministry is one of the best ways
to reach the rural mass with the gospel. We screen Jesus’ films and other
gospel movies to spread the good news. In the recent years, there are no
villages without television or other forms of entertainments. Hence, this is
high time to reach the villages to communicate gospel through this media. We
used Bible based films in rural churches and youth gatherings for initiating a
revival. Missionary Biography films have
stirred many towards serving the lord.
13.26. HOSPITAL MINISTRY:
In all Government Hospital
about 90% of the patients are from surrounding villages. Our missionaries visit these hospitals once a
week. They distribute tracts and share
the gospel with the patients. We give
all possible help for those who have none to care for them. Through the patients who had been touched by
this ministry, we start children ministry in their respective villages.
13.27
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT:
We
carry on the following activities for benefit of the village people.
-
Medical
Camps
-
Eye
Camps
-
Veterinary
Camps
-
Slum
Development Scheme
-
Awareness
Training Camps
-
Tribal
People’s Welfare
3.28 HOMES:
We
conduct the following homes from VMM.
-
Old
Age Home
-
Home
for the Mentally Challenged
-
Home
for the deserted
13.29
VAN MINISTRY:
13.30
SUPPORTING LOCAL CHURCHES AND OTHER MINISTRIES:
We try to build good
relationship with existing local churches. We help them in growing by sharing
spiritual messages and missionary burden. We help in re opening closed
churches. We also co-ordinate with other regional ministries in order to
accelerate the growth of God’s kingdom.
13.31 RAGLAND
MISSIONRY BIBLE
COLLEGE :
To train up the youths to
become good missionaries with soul burden and sound in doctrine, we have
started this Bible
College. Many of the
youths who used to attend our youth camps committed their lives to the Ministry either full
time or part time. This Bible
College serves as a
resource centre to train, strengthen them in their calling and conviction. Here we teach them sound
doctrine so that they escape and flee of false doctrines. We also train them in
field evangelism.
13.32. REACHING 1000 UNREACHED VILLAGES
EVERY 5 YEARS:
Our missionaries visit
specific number of villages to minister during every week. Apart from this, we have a special vision and
burden to reach out 1000 unreached villages every year. So every Saturday the
missionaries gather local youths and part time workers to reach as many
unreached villages as possible. The team would preach the gospel in such
villages and minister to the children separately. By this scheme we hope to
accomplish this vision to reach out 1000 unreached villages every five years.
13.33. MINISTRY WITHIN INDIA
:
At present we minister in the
following districts of three states such as
Tamil Nadu, Andrapradesh and Orissa.
Tamil
Nadu -
Virudhunagar, Ramnad, Tirunelveli Tuticorin, Madurai,
and kaniyakumari.
Andrapdesh -
Seven villages around vijayanagar and six villages
around Makkua.
Orrisa - Ten
villages in Gajapathi district.
We are planning to reach
west Bengal and Andaman and Nicobar Islands during the
coming years.
13.34. MINISTRY OUTSIDE INDIA:
We are planning and praying
to start our ministry there. As we are aware, the people of this island are
going through much pain, due to the continued ethnic conflict. The once fertile
and blessed nation has become a battle ground. Hence, God has given us a burden
for Srilanka.
13.35. MAGAZINE:
We publish monthly a magazine
at present in Tamil. It is a daily devotion named “Gramma Aruvadai”. For each
day there will be a single page devotional article, appended by three prayer
points at the bottom of each page, such as an international prayer point, a
national prayer point and third being the local ministry prayer point.
This magazine is mainly
published for the youth and the new believers in the villages wherein we minister.
This helps them for their spiritual growth and knowledge of God so as to prevent
them from floods of false doctrine.
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