Joomla! site syndication http://www.bcmindia.org Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:06:04 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.bcmindia.org/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://www.bcmindia.org Joomla! site syndication http://www.bcmindia.org/content/view/57/ Twenty-eight South Indian third-graders stared at me with gleeful delight and dreadful expectation as I read from a copy of their crumbling English textbook. Suddenly gushing from the children was a jumbled chorus of native tongues, their dark and smoothly talc-powdered faces engulfing my peripheral vision. “Miss, sappadingala?” “Enna sappidu, Miss?” “Ennaku thanni vendum!” I sat frozen, bewildered. I can’t do this, my heart moaned for the twentieth time as we churned through the first ten minutes of the class period. I managed to hush the swirling chatter long enough to get them back into their respective places – girls on the left, boys on the right – and left them to mull over their vocabulary words while I fled the school classroom and clutched the porch railing, forcing myself to breathe deeply. All BCM Content - Testimonials Sat, 03 May 2008 18:40:21 +0100 http://www.bcmindia.org/content/view/44/63/ The foundation of Body of Christ Ministries (BCM) began in December of 1979, with the obscure arrival of Moses Paulose and his young family on the island of Rameswaram, on the Tamil coast of South India. They had no friends there, and no funds or support from home. His wife, Sarojam was eight months pregnant with their third child. They had abandoned their home in Kerela, sold their possessions, and used all their money to stage Gospel crusades, saving just enough for train tickets to Rameswaram. They did not yet know the Tamil language. What they did possess were the unshakeable call and promises of God, by sure and proven prophesy, and a dauntless determination to be faithful, even unto death. The island to which they were sent is one of Hinduism's main centers of pilgrimage and temple ritual, and it is very hostile to the Gospel. No church had ever been planted there, and another evangelist who had stopped there a few months earlier had been beheaded by the Hindu priests. All BCM Content - History Thu, 30 Aug 2007 11:00:17 +0100 http://www.bcmindia.org/content/view/52/26/ King of Kings Children's School provides a high standard of English instruction for the 140 students there, which is a unique opportunity for the poor families of such a remote region. Even some of the Hindu priests send their children there, and many of the students' families have become believers, through their children being discipled in the school. During the past few school years we have been blessed with various volunteers from the USA, who have each taken a year out to teach American English in the school in Rameswaram. Their efforts have had a huge impact on the success of the school program. All BCM Content - Ministries Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:23:29 +0100 http://www.bcmindia.org/content/view/54/ David Livingstone is one of the greatest Christian missionaries of the modern era. He sacrificed all his being to reach the interior of Africa with the Gospel of Jesus. From 1848 to 1870, Dr. Livingstone struggled virtually alone, against the stultifying tide of conventional Anglo-centric missions, and the momentum of religious convention and complacency. All BCM Content - Other content Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:03:48 +0100 http://www.bcmindia.org/content/view/39/57/ This page brings you testimonies from the field. Testimony of Andrew Melissa Howard (Castleton Church of the Nazarene, Indianapolis IN) April 2007 We truly didn't know much about this Body of Christ Ministry (BCM) when we arrived but we had experience with the Jesus Film so we were excited to be delivering new equipment to the area. Once we arrived at the ministry center, we were greeted with warm smiles and such love, it was truly overwhelming. With each passing day that we shared with Pastor Billy, his family and the staff, we were so blessed by the work that is being done by BCM in and around Rameswaram, India. Once we experienced the way in which this ministry is meeting the needs of those that hunger and thirst for love and Jesus, we knew that we had seen the hands and feet of Christ in action. We are so thankful for the time that we spent with all those that are a part of BCM and we look forward to continuing our support of this amazing ministry. All BCM Content - Testimonials Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:00:47 +0100