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Helping The Poor Of India – April 10, 2020

What will a little money do? I've been asking that question myself but first, the meaning of the word, "little", must be established. A "little" money to me would be less than $5. To one of the richest men in the world such as Warren Buffet, a "little" money may mean less than $10,000. So, let's bring the meaning down to the level that I believe the average person would understand and ask the question like this: "What would $5 do in the world today?" I looked up the price of Starbucks coffee and found that $5 or less will ...

Helping To Feed 100 Hungry Truckers

Dear Friends of CMM, As you are very much aware, the whole world is in a terrible situation and it doesn't look like it will improve very soon.  I'm reminded of the many trials the Children of Israel suffered because they had forsaken the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.   Time after time Israel would repent and God would save them from destruction but it wasn't long before they were chasing after other gods again.   In ancient times it peaked with the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple of Solomon.  In more modern times it peaked with the murder of ...

Feeding The Hungry In India

April 2, 2020 We are so blessed to have been able to help purchase food to feed the children of Grace Children's Home and the poor people of India, in particular the Dalits, or "untouchables".  An appeal for offerings was posted on Facebook and within a day or two enough offerings came in to enable us to wire money directly to Rev. Cornelius, a Dalit pastor.  (By the way, it took exactly 24 seconds for the money to travel from our bank to their bank in India and it cost us a little over $2 to send it.   If anyone ...

Video of Grace Children’s Home – March 2020

Here is a short video of the Grace Children's Home in India.  Click HERE ...

Support-A-Child – Grace Children’s Home

Covenant Messenger Ministries is teaming up with Rev. Sikila Cornelius and his Grace Children's Home in India.  Although there are about 100 children in some of the group photos, there are approximately 38 of the children now living at the home and they are in need of sponsors to help feed and clothe them.   The other children come from various homes to take part in Bible study and to be fed in the afternoons. The Home has not had support for about two years and they are desperate for assistance to maintain the daily needs for the children living there.  ...

Baptisms of Former Idol Worshipers – February 16, 2020

In the latest report from Rev. Cornelius in India, he states that 19 former idol worshipers who accepted Jesus as their Lord and Savior were baptized on February 16, 2020.  Below is his report and photos. Greetings to you. Here are the pictures of water baptism again this morning. I went near the sea with one of our pastors and three villagers who are ready to take water baptism. Today I baptized 19 new converts. They were all very strong idol worshipers and they lived very sinful life in the world. But the word of God and Jesus Christ touched ...

Evangelizing The Lost In India

As the new year begins let's all give thanks for the blessings we have been given by our Lord.  In India and other places around the world life is not as easy as we have it in the U.S.    When we want a drink of water we turn on the faucet and pour it into a glass without thinking about it.   In India and other places water is drawn from a well, lake, river or creek.  When we build a new home or other structure most will hire a construction company to do it and we don't have to ...

A Tribute To Kumar

In January, 2020, we received word from India about a young handicapped man who received his very first Bible as a gift. His name is Kumar and he lived with his mother. In the photos you see Kumar receiving his Bible and then proudly hugging it as the photo was taken. When I saw this photo my heart went out to him. A few days later we also received word the body of Kumar had been found floating in a river. We don't know what happened except that being handicapped he probably could not swim and may have fallen in ...

Good Reports From India

We had two good messages via Facebook this morning.  One was from Sikala Cornelius and the other was from Brother Raj who ministers with his father. Rev. Cornelius traveled 150 miles to a very remote village to reach the lost.   As his motorbike has quit working he hired a motor scooter taxi which cost him $28.  He reports that he is in desperate need of transportation, preferably a new motor scooter and that would give good transportation at a very low cost of gasoline.   With a motor scooter of his own the same trip would have cost him just $7 ...

A Testimony: Healed of HIV, Hindu Accepts Jesus As Savior

From India comes two great testimonies.  One will be shared here and the other on another post.    Names are being withheld, except the Name of all Names, Jesus Christ.    Two scriptures pertaining to this testimony are: Matthew 9:35, "Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people." Hebrews 13:8, "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever." Now here is the first testimony: I am age 37 years and I work in a Life insurance Corporation as a Clerk.  ...

Orphanage Receives Christmas Gifts – Dec. 2019

Through gifts given to the orphanage, founder Rev. Sikila Cornelius was able to purchase Christmas gifts for each child.   The orphanage is home to 37 children who must be cared for with food, clothing and other necessities.   As Christmas comes around each year it is a real challenge for the orphanage to be able to provide gifts to the children.  This year was exceptional as enough offerings were received to not only feed and clothe the children but also buy gifts for each one.    See the smiling faces as each child received their gifts.    Please consider giving on ...

Rev. Dinesh and son, Raj, Help the poor at Christmas – 2019

This Christmas Rev. Dinesh and son, Raj, visited churches and gave out blankets and Bibles to the people.   It gets very cold at this time of the year and blankets are always welcomed gifts and of course, Bibles are treasured also.   Some received their first Bible this Christmas.   Below are photos of the activities that kept father and son busy serving the Lord by serving His people.   Please consider giving an offering and we will forward it to them.   ...

Celebrating Christmas In India – 2019

This December Pastor Sikila Cornelius and his wife, Theresa, visited churches of the underprivileged Dalits.  Many are elderly who suffer from the cold winter climate.  Pastor Cornelius purchased several blankets and celebrated Christmas by giving the blankets to those in need.    Some accepted Jesus and were later baptized.  As usual, Pastor Cornelius fed as many as possible with rice and curry.  For some of them, it will be the only meal for that day.  See photos below:    ...

Building A Church & Going For Water in India

We were recently sent photos from Pastor Cornelius of workers building a church in a Dalit village.   As you can see, it is a rather crude structure.  No electricity, no running water, no air conditioner, etc., etc., but the Glory of God is just as much present in this church as it is in any majestic cathedral with gold trimmings.  Probably even more so.  Other photos depict women going for water, sometimes walking great distances and carrying the load on their shoulders or head.   There is a great need for wells, especially in the extremely poor Dalit villages.   The cost ...

India Calling

In our support of men and women of God who daily work towards helping the poor and needy, who willingly share the Gospel and bring others into the Kingdom of Heaven, we are committed to helping as much as we are able, and we call for others who feel as we do, that laying up treasures in Heaven is thousands of times better than laying up material wealth on earth, to respond with prayer but financial help too. There are many needs, but specific ones were given to us, in particular, by Rev. Cornelius, founder of Grace Children’s Home in ...

Dalit Village Receives Bibles After 3 years & Orphans Are Fed

On November 17, 2019, this ministry was able to wire a special offering to Rev. Cornelius in India.   We told Rev. Cornelius to use the offering as he is led by the Holy Spirit.   For three years a remote village of Dalits have been waiting for someone to bring them Bibles so they can grow in the Lord.   Rev. Cornelius purchased Bibles and traveled to the village to deliver them to the people.  The villagers were very happy to receive them.  While there Rev. Cornelius also baptized some new converts. Then Rev. Cornelius bought rice and ingredients for curry (a ...

From Rev. Cornelius in India: Widows Receive Bread

Reports are coming in daily from Pastor Sikala Cornelius in one part of India and also from Pastor Raj and his father, Rev. Dinesh, in another part of India.   Pastor Cornelius reports that he was able to bless several widows with loaves of bread.  As he explains, in India many of the widows are rejected by their families and put out of home to survive on their own.  They have few people to help with shelter, food, and clothing.   You can imagine how blessed it was to receive free loaves of bread.   BELOW PASTOR CORNELIUS AND HIS ASSISTANT GIVE LOAVES ...

An appeal for the Dalits, the oppressed, downtrodden and crushed ones of India

Although 3000 years old, the caste system in India is still in existence today but in milder forms.  The four primary castes are Brahmin, the priests; Kshatriya, warriors and nobility; Vaisya, farmers, traders and artisans; and Shudra, tenant farmers, and servants.  Some people were born outside of (and below) the caste system.  They are called "untouchables" or Dalits—"the oppressed, downtrodden, crushed ones." Like lepers in the Old Testament, the life of a Dalit was and in parts of India still is, very difficult to say the least.  In the past a Dalit was considered unclean and was not permitted to ...

Evangelism in India – October 2019

We recently announced that Covenant Messenger Ministries has been led of the Lord to support a young man and his father in India.   As we said before, their names and exact location are being withheld from these reports for their safety.  Persecution of Christians in India is growing.   The controlling government is Hindu, which complicates matters even more.   In view of this and in order to identify ones we are talking about in the reports, I'm giving the son the name of Raj and the father, Rev. Dinesh.  Almost every day we receive a report from Raj and his father ...

India is Hungry . . . . For God

We recently announced that Covenant Messenger Ministries has been led of the Lord to support a young man and his father in India.   As we said before, their names and exact location are being withheld from these reports for their safety.  Persecution of Christians in India is growing.   The controlling government is Hindu, which complicates matters even more.   In view of this and in order to identify ones we are talking about in the reports, I'm giving the son the name of Raj and the father, Rev. Dinesh.    God is working through these two men and accomplishing a lot ...