For churches & ministries
A local church in Punjab that trains people.
Indian-led, locally funded, and eleven years into the slow work of making disciples in two languages. If your church or ministry wants to know what we do and how to walk alongside it, this page is for you.
- Founded
- 2011, Zirakpur
- Led by
- Rev. Brian Anderson, senior pastor
- Gatherings
- Zirakpur and Chandigarh, three services each Sunday
- Languages
- Hindi and English
- Funded by
- The tithes and offerings of its own members
- Tradition
- Classical Pentecostal, discipleship-to-maturity
What we actually do
Every programme here sits under one of five words.
- Exalt
- Three services every Sunday, in two languages. Prayer and fasting are ordinary here, not exceptional.
- Evangelize
- Plainly, and without pressure. Nobody who walks in is a project.
- Edify
- Study groups across the Tricity, LOWC Sunday School on a Sunday, and teaching you can actually use on Monday morning.
- Equip
- Youth Bible Clubs, discipleship training, and a leadership programme for those being prepared to carry something.
- Empower
- Practical help for our neighbours, offered to anyone who needs it, whatever they believe.
Ways to work with us
None of these is about money. The things that have helped most never were.
- Pray with us
The simplest and the most valued. Tell us you are praying, and we will send you what to pray for, month by month.
- Come and teach
Someone comes for a week, teaches in the services and the study groups, and stays long enough to know our people’s names. The best partnerships have started this way.
- Sit in on the training
Send a leader to observe the discipleship and leadership programme and tell us honestly what they see. We would rather be sharpened than flattered.
- Build something together
A project that carries a budget runs through your own registered Indian partner, with us as the local church on the ground. We are funded here and we intend to keep it that way.
How we work, and what we ask of partners
The church is led by its pastors and funded by its own members, received into a single account in the church's name. There is no personal fund, we take no money for prayer, and we are glad to walk any serious partner through the accounts.
Punjab and Chandigarh, where we gather, have no law restricting religious conversion. Neighbouring Haryana does, and several states our online messages reach regulate religious speech closely. So we hold ourselves to a plain standard everywhere: we tell people what we have found in Jesus, we never attach any help or benefit to a person's faith, we never speak against another community's scriptures, and we make no promises about healing. We ask partners to work the same way when they are with us.
If you are sending a speaker, they will need the visa that permits religious work in India. We do not host preaching on a tourist visa, for their protection as much as ours.
The questions organisations usually ask us
Rev. Brian Anderson founded it in 2011 and serves as senior pastor. He was trained and sent from The Father’s House, Chandigarh, ordained by Rev. Lenin Kumar, and holds a B.Th. and M.T.S. He teaches in Hindi and English.
Classical Pentecostal doctrine with a discipleship-to-maturity emphasis, prayer and fasting as ordinary practice, practical holiness, and believers trained to lead rather than to consume. Our statement of faith runs to thirteen articles and is published in full. Read it.
The church is led by its pastors and funded by the tithes and offerings of its own members, received into an account in the church’s name. There is no personal fund, and we take no cash for prayer. We are glad to walk any serious partner through the accounts.
A leadership programme running alongside our discipleship groups, in Hindi and English, for people already walking with this church rather than for anyone who signs up. The conviction behind it is the pastor’s own: you grow in private before you lead in public. Leadership training.
Yes, and the best of it has been simple: someone comes, teaches for a week, and stays long enough to know our people’s names. If you are sending a speaker, they will need the correct visa for religious work, we do not host preaching on a tourist visa, for their sake as much as ours.
The things that help most are not money. Pray with us. Come and teach. Send someone to sit in on the leadership programme and tell us honestly what they see. If you would rather build something together that carries a budget, that runs through your own registered Indian partner, we are funded here, by the people who gather here, and we would like to keep it that way. Ways to work with us.
Let us talk.
Call or message the church office and ask for the pastor. Tell us who you are and what you have in mind, and we will find a time.
Office hours are Indian Standard Time. Messages are answered within a few days. One-page profile to forward (print or save as PDF).