Orissa (Odisha), India · Pastor Gabriel Senapathi

A church building rising in Orissa

Pastor Gabriel Senapathi, whom the ministry supports, leads a congregation in Orissa on India’s eastern coast. Brick by brick, a house of worship is going up.

The mission field

The work.

Orissa is a state where believers have long known hardship for the name of Jesus. Pastor Gabriel Senapathi serves a congregation there, and this ministry stands with him in prayer and support.

The pictures follow the church building from the ground up — steel laid in the foundation trench and stone footings, then brick walls, window openings, and a gable rising above the trees. The building is still under construction.

And the church is already the church: the congregation gathered for worship, a fellowship meal, and children with their hands folded in prayer.

From the field

In pictures.

Steel reinforcement laid along a foundation trench — Steel for the foundation

A foundation course with gravel piled beside it — The foundation course

Brick footings laid along the site — Footings laid

Brick walls rising around the site, a man standing inside — Walls rising

The brick walls seen from the front — The walls from the front

Brick walls with window openings and a gable at the back — Window openings and the gable

The brick gable with an arched opening — The gable end

The congregation seated for worship — The congregation gathered

Children standing with their hands folded in prayer — Children in prayer

Two boys with their hands folded in prayer — Hands folded in prayer

A fellowship meal being served — A fellowship meal

People seated together on the floor of a home — Gathered in a home

Current needs

What is needed.

As the pastor serving there told it to us. Participation is always as the Lord leads a willing heart — never from pressure.

The church building is still under construction.

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Pray with us

How to pray.

For the church building to be completed.
For Pastor Gabriel Senapathi, his family and the congregation.
For the children of the church, to grow up knowing Jesus.

After more than 45 years of preaching and ministry

The fire is still burning.

To win souls. To make disciples. To strengthen the Church. To encourage the servants of God. To reach the nations. And above everything else, to lift up the name of Jesus Christ.

Jesus Christ is Lord. Hallelujah!

Grace International Faith Ministries, Inc. His Servants, Wilson and Gigi Varghese