Esudas helped plant the church of Christ in
Boggoram on November 19th, 2002 with 9 people. At that time
the work in the congregation was going well and some new
members were being added by the Lord to the church.
Esudas trained brother Daniel and he
preached for them. The congregation met regularly at
the community in Boggoram. People from the 7th day
Adventist denomination came to the village and after meeting
with the village leaders they physically threw the people
into water and counted those as baptisms. They then
built a building and called it the 7th day Adventist Church.
In
the disruption caused by their actions, the church of Christ
there stopped conducting worship. Esudas was
discouraged but recently began working with them again.
The 7th Day Adventist church failed and the building was
left. Now the members of the church of Christ have resumed their worship and
are using the abandoned building as their
worship facility.
As of now, they do not have permission
to change the name on the facility to the church of Christ,
but plans to do so are in the works. We will report on their progress as
this congregation of the church of Christ in Boggoram is
reorganized and worship resumes in this tiny village.
Esudas requests your prayers on behalf of this effort.
May it bring glory to God.
A recent convert from the 7th Day
Adventist church is pictured below. Sister
Yellamandamma was recently converted and baptized into
Christ in the the Boggoram congregation.
Bontha
Esudas Indian Mission