Arthur Thangiah
Bombay, India
- Reay Road- 35 children gather daily-
§ 10 children passed on from RR to regular schools and then tutored afterschool
- Dharevi- day center for 45 children- songs, story telling, writing.
§ Provides the kids with mail
- Vasai Rd- 45-50 kids cared for
Dist. Clothes
Med. Need, grocery
- Sunday afternoon -70 kids near the railroad cared for
- Mahimah children’s home- focus is to take children who have been abandoned by parents or with parents with terminal disease. Right now have 6 boys – to help them integrate into communities. They go to schools.
- Prison min. – medical care, share gospel
- Medical camp- 500 children given treatment for scabies
- Lepers- every Sunday afternoon provide lunch for 30 lepers
- Med. Aid is given and then worship and teaching
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- Teacher’s training
- Adult literacy- 30 students teaching English and Hindi, to school drop outs.
- Prostitute ministries
- 30 churches. As they grow they are encouraged to own a part of the projects
We want to:
1. Make all member of the church to be active in community. Train them to be able
2. All churches own the ministries
3. Seek to integrate the work of all the churches together
4. Seek to build a model of financial self-sufficiency
- Running expenses will be covered by the school and church members to give additional tithe (1/3) for the community projects
Questions:
John: How did you transition the church from elite to the community?
- We were not satisfied and wanted to feel the fullness of the presence of the Lord- that led to people to see what they had not seen before- the needs around them- different people got different visions for ministries.
Jean-Luc: Are most of the ministries that have been developed- where are the leaders from and how are they trained?
- middle class leadership as well as working poor. The capacity is being built by motivating the people to not be satisfied where they are- for wholistic development of the person not just meet immediate needs
Pedro: Do you have people who are opposed to the ministry at the church? Are there people who are telling you to look for richer people who can fund more? These are things that I’ve heard while in my ministry.
Chonabelle: Children’s programs- are they free?
- Slum project, platform kids ministries are free
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- This is a early childhood school- after this most kids go on for further education
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