{"id":6245,"date":"2022-04-12T15:10:05","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T15:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hk.langham.org\/lives-transformed-in-india\/"},"modified":"2022-04-12T15:10:05","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T15:10:05","slug":"lives-transformed-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hk.langham.org\/en_us\/news-and-updates\/lives-transformed-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Lives transformed in India"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

More than 80% of pastors around the world have little or no biblical training. That\u2019s why the Langham Preaching<\/strong><\/a> programme walks with the global Church, training pastors to preach and teach the Bible.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One pastor who attended a Langham Preaching seminar in India four years ago says his preaching completely changed. And as a result, people\u2019s lives are being transformed<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meet Pastor Michael Thomasraj:\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am married with two daughters, and live in Bangalore, India. I\u2019ve been a Pentecostal pastor there for 17 years. My church, which is predominantly Tamil-speaking, is attended by around 500 people. I started the church straight after studying at SAIACS (the South Asia Institute of Advanced Christian Studies).

\u201cI came across Langham in 2018 after having something of a mental breakdown. At the time, I was unable to preach anything meaningful. I was also teaching at SAIACS and was given the opportunity to meet Paul Windsor (Langham Preaching Director) for counselling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pastors in Makadadev Village study scripture during a Preaching Training taught by FBC faculty.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPaul asked me to come to Hyderabad where training was happening. During the Level 1 seminar, Paul preached from Nehemiah. This was a small breakthrough for me. I was given a Philippians passage and eight steps to write a sermon.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘The passion I had lost came back’<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhile I was preparing this, I felt lifted up and had an experience I\u2019d never had before. I got back the urge to preach God\u2019s Word and the passion I had lost came back. During the next few days, the whole training was so different and helpful. I returned to Bangalore and immediately began working with Tamil people in improving their preaching and saw huge results.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pastor Michael urged his fellow Pentecostal pastors to get on board with Langham Preaching training. To his surprise, 100 people came to a \u2018Langham Vision Meet\u2019 he arranged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey all wanted to come back for a Level 1 preaching seminar. Everywhere the training happened, over a hundred people attended – all in the Tamil language. I thought just a handful of people would come. I felt the Lord was doing more than we imagined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A camp in Bangalore, the city in which Pastor Michael Thomasraj is based.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Entire method of preaching shifted<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m so grateful to God for that. Please pray for these young pastors. We usually don\u2019t preach biblical sermons in the Pentecostal church. There was a lot of pushback. Other churches and denominations, people who have come to Langham training, have shifted their entire method of preaching. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMany of my pastor friends are preaching from a passage and people\u2019s lives are being transformed. It\u2019s making a huge difference. People have liked it so much they don\u2019t want to go back to using topical sermons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“They\u2019ve caught on to learning and applying God\u2019s word. I see it every week. It\u2019s been a great experience. This has been a great turnaround even in our churches, by what God has been doing through Langham.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your support<\/a> of Langham is transforming lives in India \u2013 thank you!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

More than 80% of pastors around the world have little or no biblical training. That\u2019s why the Langham Preaching programme walks with the global Church, training pastors to preach and teach the Bible.\u00a0 One pastor who attended a Langham Preaching seminar in India four years ago says his preaching completely changed. 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