Since last year the Lord has begun to manifest the “fruits coming up and growing” of the ministry “seeds” sown, especially in the Hindi-speaking region of North India. Many seeking Christian groups have taken the stand for the Lord’s testimony in their localities based on the truths they have learned from the ministry books, especially The Normal Christian Church Life and The Glorious Church, and are now in fellowship with the established local churches in the Lord’s recovery. As evident from the fellowship with the key leaders of these groups, the level of truth in them have grown much. In India, as everywhere, the ministry literature does the work of reconstitution and recovery inwardly, and outwardly it follows through for the establishment of the practical church life.

North India

In the month of February 2021 the ministry books were exhibited in the largest Christian festival held annually in Chhattisgarh. Many of the Hindi-speaking Christian leaders who have already been enjoying the ministry books visited and purchased all the newly released publications in Hindi to the point that the books brought for exhibition ran out of stock on day one. Despite the ongoing pandemic, these leaders invited the brothers and gathered the believers in the city for a physical gathering after nine months of lockdown just to meet and fellowship, in addition to arranging a Zoom meeting for those who could not be present physically.

In a town in Odisha a group of Christian leaders came to listen to the serving ones concerning the ministry books. Though they had some negative presumption before, after listening to the serving ones’ presentation of the truths for two days, they affirmed the orthodoxy of the teachings, testified of the new light they had seen concerning Christ and the church, and planned for a visit to see the church life.

In another town a group of Christians who have been reading the ministry books expressed their longing to fully take the stand for the Lord’s testimony on the local ground of oneness based on the truths they have learned from the ministry books. One of the key brothers, a well-known local tribal leader who left the denominations after he tasted the ministry, expressed his deep desire and burden for the truth to be made known to many of his relatives and fellow Christians. He and a group of believers are now in constant fellowship and are being shepherded, awaiting and preparing for the establishment of the local church in their town.

The ongoing pandemic, though disastrous, has paved the way for a good number of seekers to read the ministry books and to begin to experience the practical church life, virtually though. They started pursuing the Holy Word for Morning Revival and have pursued The Life-study of Revelation. A brother, who is an elder in a Christian group, testified that despite being an elder for a couple of decades, he never understood nor enjoyed the word of God as much as he does now after tasting the ministry through the ministry books. He and his family are under regular shepherding now.

South India

In the South of India, where the Christian population is higher, the ministry books in the vernacular languages have been introduced and distributed on a regular basis through our touring of Christian villages, towns, and cities, alongside our visiting theological seminaries and supplying the Christian bookstores with ministry books. Ministry book exhibitions have been conducted in big Christian conventions where many seeking pastors, priests, and people have come to know and taste the ministry. Some popular titles among the seekers are God’s New Testament Economy, The All-inclusive Christ, and The Economy of God by Witness Lee; and The Spiritual Man (3 vols), The Breaking of the Outer Man and the Release of the Spirit, and The Character of the Lord’s Worker by Watchman Nee. Through such tours and exhibitions a good number of seekers are now fellowshipping with the nearby local churches. In fact, the ministry literature serves a pivotal role in ushering the Lord’s scattered believers into the practical church life as envisioned in the books.

West India

The Lord has reserved hundreds of seekers in different villages, towns, and cities, who have been the beneficiaries of the ministry books. When the saints took a distribution trip in February 2021, many of these seekers were discovered in clusters spread over different districts of Maharashtra (the second-most populous state in India). Ministry book exhibitions and seminars were held in a couple of localities where these remnants of seekers were contacted and brought under a regular shepherding by the saints in the nearby local churches.

This is the joyful testimony of the serving ones who have been graced to serve in coordination, oneness, and fellowship with the Body for the distribution of this marvelous ministry. This report is an answer to the Body’s prayer, experienced by the unprofitable slaves who have witnessed the works of the Holy Spirit and who are in fellowship with the brothers overseeing the Lord’s work in India. Finally, always the promising seekers who have been discovered are referred to the co-workers for further follow-up shepherding and reaping for the Lord’s testimony.