Baptist Ministries India
Post Box 1224
Peroorkada, Trivandrum 695 005,
Kerala, India
President and Missionary
Dr. Abraham T. Thomas
Offerings and correspondence
Grace Baptist Mission
Po Box 5323
Modesto, CA 95352 USA
209-522-0278
Email: svngrace@prodigy.net
FAX 209-527-3805
Elder Dave Gustafson,
Coordinator for the Seminary by the Local Church in India
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After my secular and Theological education in India, the Lord placed a burden in my heart for the perishing souls. By the grace of God, I traveled in Indian villages where the Lord saved many souls through my mission works. 
In 1976, I married a committed Christian Lady named Annie. Along the way we realized that we cannot by ourselves do much in the area of evangelizing India, because our vision was for a wider ministry.  Then the Lord opened a door for us to go to America, where I worked for General Motors and Annie as a Registered Nurse. While remaining in America the Lord 
  		reminded us of our call and commitment through a car accident in 1983 which could have been fatal. 

Henceforth, we waited upon the Lord and decided to return to India. Landmark Baptist College awarded me with a Doctorate, which gave me a further boost in the ministry. 

We returned to India in 1985 and I began to serve the Lord in various capacities as; Missionary Overseer, Director of Baptist Theological Seminary, Editor and Publisher of a Christian Monthly, bible Teacher and Preacher. I serve the community as the President of our Residence Association and also as member of the Community Development Advisory Board. 
 

Dr. Abraham T. Thomas

 

 

 

 
Our Projects
Theological Seminary: 
It was founded in 1987. Over the years the Lord has privileged us to train over 350 men from different parts of India and nearby countries. The Seminary offers a three year Bachelor of Theology course in English. 

 

The Seminary is presently located at Trivandrum in the state of Kerala. A beautiful building is made available by a greek Orthodox couple for the Seminary's temporary use. The Seminary is blessed to have eight scholarly and godly men as professors. 

Audio Cassette Ministry: 
Eight Thousand audio cassettes of devotional songs and gospel messages are being distributed. 

Prison Ministry: 
We are permitted to visit prisons where we conduct group bible studies and worship. 
 
 

 Church Organizing: 
Seventy Nine Baptist Churches already organized many with their own land and buildings. Others looking and praying for their own land. More are waiting to be organized. 

 

Outreach Ministries: 
India is the second most populated country in the world with one billion people. There are nineteen major religions with four hundred gods, two hundred and twenty five languages. Eighty three percent of India's population is Hindus and six hundred million people have never heard the gospel. We own a an old van that seats 16 which is used for various out-reach ministries.  It is getting old and will have to be replaced soon. 
 

Literature Ministry: 
Nine Christian books were published with ten thousand copies and over thirty three thousand copies of "Spiritual Guide", the monthly publication are being mailed every month. 
 

 
 
 
 
Our Goals
 
  • Plant 10 new churches every year.
  • Send out 20 Missionaries every year
  • 100 new students in the Seminary every year.

 
  Their Own New Building is Needed (example: type of construction) 
Our Needs
 
  • New mini bus for out- reach ministries.
  • Means of transportation for missionaries.
  • Funds to support the faculty and missionaries
  • Urgent need to complete the buildings for the Seminary.
  • Many mission points need own land, buildings, and Seminary for the local churches.


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