One of our leaders, Brother A. Raja continues to serve and make significant kingdom impact in the Visakhapatnam area in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. Bro. Raja, who goes to different areas and villages to spread the gospel and meet new people, in the year 2020, he came to know about a community called Gavara. Gavara is an unreached people group and known for being Hindu extremists, living without the gospel. When Bro. Raja went to this village for the first time, there were no believers in that area and the people living there had never before heard the name of Jesus.

The people of this village are known for their strong extremism against other faiths, especially Christianity. Amidst these challenges, Bro. Raja, along with his fellow outreach ministry leaders Bro. Zechariah, Bro. Akula, and Bro. Joseph started to visit this village on a regular basis.

As our leaders visited the Gavara community, they found a family through a young believer. This family showed interest as our leaders visited them and tried to build relationships and pray for their community. Our leaders went to their house, prayed for their family for a few weeks and continually visited them. As they had visited they shared gospel to some of the families. Among them, one of the heads of the family, whose name is Mr. Naidu, opened up his family’s house for prayers. Because of his family’s provision, our leaders are able to conduct gospel outreach in this village and are able to reach other families and communities connected to this family. Now, these families have been baptized and have church gatherings to attend. Through their testimony God changed their life from idol worshipers to followers of the one true God. Many people are now being attracted to the proclamation of the gospel.