Dear beloved fellow members of the Body of Christ. Greetings to all of you in Jesus' name. This is the Plea to the whole world of New Testament Christians. Who believe that there is only one BODY i.e., the church of Christ. Which was built by Lord Jesus and purchased with HIS own blood. If you believe this doctrine, go through the following information.
There are 12 Mandals {counties} in our area in a distance of 30 mile range keeping Nandigama the midpoint. There are 245 villages + 12 villages of remote Tribes in these 12 mandals. But the most frustrating thing is that there are only 40 churches of Christ in all those 245 villages + 12 villages of remote Tribes.
And in the state of Andhra Pradesh there are thousands of villages { over 30,000 }but very few of these villages know what the church of Christ is. With this one can understand the need of Missionaries to spread the Word of Truth. Below given information can reveal the situation of the church of Christ here in this part of India.
| Name of mandal |
No. Of Villages |
No. Of C.O.C's |
| Nandigama |
28 |
8 |
| Chandarlapadu |
23 |
4 |
| Kanchikacherla |
16 |
4 |
| Veerulapadu |
26 |
2 |
| Penuganchiprolu |
13 |
4 |
| Vatsavai |
26 |
2 |
| Jaggaiahpet |
25 |
1 |
| Ibrahimpatnam |
18 |
2 |
| Vissannapet |
10 |
3 |
| Reddigudem |
11 |
2 |
| Madhira |
27 |
3 |
| Yerrupalem |
24 |
2 |
| Villages of remote tribes |
12 |
3 |
{These villages of remote tribes are not at one place but scattered here and there.}
{Info is collected from the Revenue and Agriculture departments of Andhra Prdesh state}
Harvest is truly plentiful, but laborers are greatly needed. Many brethern especially young men are showing greatest zeal to preach the Word of Truth. But here in our area there are no facilities to train them to preach the Gospel to the Lost. As this is greatly expensive project, We just cant do that due to our wrecked financial state. And also there are some hundreds of homeless and orphan children on our streets, who need care for the whole life. And many poor and sick widows and many other dying destitutes on our streets are seen.
At an average of 300 people are dying per day in all these 12 mandals and 245 villlages + 12 villages of remote tribes.Of all these just less than 1 person is dying in Christ i.e., being a member of the body of Christ. About 30-50 are dying not knowing who Jesus is. And rest are dying without being added to the Lords church, the One True church.
