INDIA
MVN – based in Nagercoil,
Tamil Nadu
DEMOGRAPHICS
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Population- 1.24 Billion (will exceed China by 2025)
200 million more people than the entire continent of Africa
Largest Democracy in the world (Prime Minister Nahendra Modi)
1,652 languages
50% of population under 25 years old
80% Hindu - 15% Muslim - 5% miscellaneous
Most unengaged-unreached people groups of any country
Many missionaries from the U.S. & England took the Gospel to India
200 years ago (William Carey, Tobias Ringeltaube and many others,
Amy Carmichael – early 1900’s)
• TAMIL NADU – population of 73 million (approx. size of Louisiana
with 4.6 million people) literacy rate of 75% & 32 Districts
330,000,000 HINDU GODS
• TONY EVANS: PRESIDENT (RETIRED BUSINESSMAN)
• WENDELL GANNAWAY: SECRETARY/TREASURER
(CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT)
• DWIGHT DICKSON: RETIRED INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE
BROKER & BANKER
• ED LARSON:
FUNERAL HOME OWNER/OPERATOR
• DAVID MACKENS: PASTOR
• K. VIJAYAN:
FOUNDER/DIRECTOR OF MVN INDIA
NATIONAL MISSIONARIES
BELIEVERS AND FOLLOWERS OF JESUS CHRIST
BORN AND RAISED IN INDIA
INDEPENDENT MINISTRY
We proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ to the people of India.
MVN’S - VISION & MISSION
• VISION – HAVE A BODY OF BELIEVERS (CHURCH)
IN EVERY VILLAGE OF INDIA.
• MISSION – COME ALONGSIDE THOSE WHO ARE
FAITHFULLY PROCLAIMING THE GOSPEL OF JESUS
CHRIST AND PROVIDE VARIOUS TYPES OF
SUPPORT THAT WILL ENABLE THEM TO BE MOST
EFFECTIVE IN THE TASK OF BUILDING UP A BODY
OF BELIEVERS (CHURCH) IN INDIA.
!! PLANT CHURCHES !!
PROVIDE HUMANITARIAN AID AS A MEANS OF
BRINGING THE GOSPEL TO THE POOR AND UNSAVED
PEOPLE OF INDIA.
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Feeding Programs for the poor
Drill water wells
Child care centers
TV Program
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Establish churches
Conduct Vacation Bible School
Provide medical clinics
Training Center
PROVIDE SUPPORT AND TRAINING FOR NATIONAL
MISSIONARIES WHO SUFFER HARDSHIPS AND
PERSECUTION TO BRING THE LOVE OF JESUS TO
THE PEOPLE OF INDIA.
TRAINING CENTER
POOR WIDOW ASKS FOR PRAYER
SEWING MACHINES HELP POOR
FAMILIES EARN AN INCOME.
THOMPSON CHAIN-LINK BIBLES
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VILLAGE SCENE
SIVA KUMAR & FAMILY BY THEIR HOME
SIVA KUMAR BY HIS HOME
PHILIP
PHILIP (FORMER WICH DOCTOR), WIFE & DAUGHTER
PETER’S HOME DESTROYED BY A 40 MEMBER
ANTI-CHRISTIAN HINDU GANG
PETER’S HOME BEING RECONSTRUCTED
PETER’S CHURCH 1 ½ YRS LATER
PASTOR’S MEETING
GOD’S MIGHTY WORKS TODAY
• Avery Willis, former VP of IMB, states that possibly 1/3 of all
Christians who have ever lived have been converted since 1990.
• Nepal – 2,000 Christians in 1990
Today – 500,000
• Cambodia – 600 Christians in 1990 Today – 60,000
• Mozambique – None known in 1988 Today – 300 churches in 1 area
• Asia – 15 million a few years ago
Today – 100+ million
• Korea – 2% of Pop. a few decades ago Today – 40% of Pop.
• Africa – approx. same percentages
• Christianity advancing in most areas of the world except: North
America, Japan, Australia and Western Europe.
• Significant time of praying together is the common denominator for
areas where Christianity is experiencing growth.
BRICK WORKER & HOME
PRAYERS
• for God to strengthen our
suffering missionaries to
endure the hardships they face
with patience and joyfulness.
• for God to equip our missionaries to meet the challenges of
a hostile environment
• for God to anoint our missionaries with His power to present
the truth of His word
• for God’s people to respond
generously to the needs of this
ministry
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
• to cover the costs of
bringing the gospel to the
people of India
• to provide basic physical
needs of our missionaries
• to provide transportation
for missionaries to travel to
remote villages
• to provide food for the
hungry
• to provide clean drinking
water
100% OF ALL FUNDS GIVEN IN THE U.S. GOES
TO THE MISSION FIELD IN INDIA.
 ANNUAL REPORT OF INCOME SUBMITTED TO U.S. TREASURY DEPT.
 A U.S. DONOR COVERS ALL ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, SO THAT 100%
OF MVN CONTRIBUTIONS CAN GO TO THE MINISTRY IN INDIA.
 ALL U.S. POSITIONS ARE VOLUNTEER - NO ONE RECEIVES A SALARY.
BROTHER VEE DOES NOT RECEIVE A SALARY FROM MVN.
IF YOU WILL PAY THE PRICE (FINANCIALLY) TO
PROVIDE THE NECESSARY MINISTRY TOOLS
THEN
OUR MISSIONARIES WILL GLADLY PAY THE PRICE
(BEATINGS, PERSECUTION & IMPRISIONMENT) TO
USE THE MINISTRY TOOLS.
$50/MONTH WILL PROVIDE THE BASIC NEEDS
OF A MISSIONARY FAMILY.
YOU WILL RECEIVE A PHOTO, TESTIMONY AND
UPDATES OF THE MISSIONARY AND HIS
FAMILY WHEN YOU BECOME A SPONSOR.
!!!WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!
“. . . I tell you the truth, whatever you did
for one of the least of these brothers of
mine, you did for me.” (Matt 25:40)
OUR PURPOSE IS TO BE A STRONG VOICE IN THIS COUNTRY FOR
THE SUFFERING SAINTS IN INDIA AND TO SOLICIT UNASHAMEDLY
YOUR PRAYERS AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THIS MINISTRY.