November 11, 2025
GNPI Celebrates 50 Years of Ministry
Good News Productions, International (GNPI) has reached the half-century mark for using media and technology to share the gospel around the world and empower other Christians to do the same.
Articles for tag: India
November 5, 2025
Unstoppable Love: The Growing Church Amid Persecution
Persecution is not the enemy of the gospel. Apathy is. When faith costs us nothing, we risk believing it is worth nothing. But when we see our brothers and sisters worshiping behind locked doors, risking their jobs and freedom, it calls us to something deeper.
April 15, 2024
April 21 Application | ‘Unselfies’
“In the past,” a friend pointed out recently, “when people were outside enjoying nature, they photographed the scenery. . . . Now, we turn the camera the other direction and take pictures of ourselves.”
September 28, 2023
THROWBACK THURSDAY: ‘The Greatest Enemy of Christianity in India’ (1953)
"Bernel Getter, a young Wisconsin missionary who is home on furlough after five years in India’s Central Provinces because of a severe case of malaria," told Midwestern church audiences in 1953 that, "denominationalism is Christianity’s greatest enemy in India” . . .
May 16, 2023
Christians Killed, Churches and Homes Destroyed in Northeastern India
Rioters and roaming mobs in Northeastern India have killed dozens of Christians, destroyed scores of church buildings, and burned down hundreds of houses belonging to Christians. . . .
May 6, 2023
Prayers Needed After Attacks on Christians in Northeastern India
Prayers are needed for Christians in and around the city of Imphal in India, near the border with Myanmar, where more than two dozen Christian churches have reportedly been burned down in recent days. . . .
HASTEN International Continues a Long Tradition of Medical Ministry
By Laura McKillip Wood Dr. Dennis Pruett was born in West Virginia, the son of a coal miner. During World War II, he served as a naval aviator and received a Purple Heart and Distinguished Flying Cross. When he returned from the war, he became a surgeon; later he and his wife began serving as medical missionaries in Rhodesia, now called Zimbabwe. The Pruetts raised their family there and had a productive medical ministry. They were convinced they could most effectively share the gospel by partnering with Christian nationals working in the medical field, so in 1985 they began a
November 1, 2021
Great Opposition or Great Opportunities?
A Top 10 Prayer List for Countries Most Closed to the Gospel
January 15, 2020
Four Decades in, GNPI Solar Kits Still a High-Impact Tool for Ministry
By Chris Moon Tom Nutt keeps getting requests. “Right now, I have sent out two so far this year,” he told Christian Standard. “I’ve got four that need to go out in the next few weeks and an additional one that I will ship in March.” He’s talking about the solar kits Good News Productions International, based in Joplin, Mo., has been sending around the world for the past 39 years. Nutt, vice president of operations for GNPI, says the organization has sent out nearly 800 of them in its historyall in an effort to enable missionaries to show evangelistic
May 1, 2019
Johnson Retires from The Creek but Continuing with e2
By Chris Moon Gary Johnson has decided to have just one full-time job from now on . . . and he’s pretty excited about it. “I’m like a kid on Christmas Eve,” he said last week as he prepared for his last Sunday on the job as pastor of The Creek in Indianapolis. “I’m waiting for 8 a.m. on Monday morning to arrive when I only have to wear one hat.” Johnson retired Sunday from 30 years at the helm of The Creek, which he saw grow from 250 in attendance to more than 4,000 during his tenure—something he attributes
December 19, 2018
Johnson, e2 Headed to India to Lead Elder Training
By Jim Nieman Gary Johnson of e2: effective elders is excited to offer a three-day Elders’ Conference early next year in India, at Ajai Lall’s suggestion, for church leaders from six Asian countries. “This is e2’s first venture into a cross-cultural elder setting,” Johnson said. “The men will leave with both biblical and practical ways to recruit, train, and release elders to lead courageously for God’s glory.” The groundwork for this training venture was laid earlier this year when Lall, founder and director of Central India Christian Mission, suggested it during Johnson’s visit there. “There has never been a meeting like this,” Lall told
October 24, 2017
The Increasing Challenge for Evangelism in India
Persecution is increasing in India. How will our churches respond?  By John Caldwell The year was 1950 and colonial India was debating its constitution as a new, independent nation. Drafters of the constitution had written an article on freedom of religion that “each individual has the right to profess, practice and propagate his faith.” The constitutional convention engaged in much debate over that word, propagate. The Hindu majority feared that word would be used by a small Christian minority as an excuse to proselytize.  Ironically it was a Hindu delegate who stood to his feet and said the word propagate
July 19, 2016
10 Reasons to Attend the Global Gathering in New Delhi Next January
By Mark A. Taylor As I”m reflecting on the soul-refreshing experience of last week”s North American Christian Convention in Anaheim, California, I”m filled with anticipation for another similar opportunity. Similar, because it promises rich fellowship and unique worship with committed believers. Similar, because it offers the chance to learn from Christian leaders extending the gospel in ways I may not have considered. But the convention I”m anticipating is different in many special ways from the NACC just finished. This month I”m encouraging Christians from across America to go with me to the 19th Global Gathering of the World Convention January
June 10, 2016
We”ve Waited All Week
By Chuck Sackett Edgar Nichols spent his final years serving in Boise, Idaho. He used to enchant his students at Boise Bible College with stories of crossing the Himalaya Mountains from Tibet to India, or induce tears telling of his family leaving him alone in India for months as he recovered from tuberculosis Having spent years as a missionary to the people of Tibet India, Ghana, and Hawaii, Nichols commanded a hearing every time he stood to speak. One Sunday morning at First Church of Christ in Boise, he stood tentatively at the Communion table. His then feeble voice was
May 12, 2016
One Girl Sends Help to Children Around the World
By Jennifer Johnson Kendall Kemerly was only 8 years old when her dad, Jason, told her about a little girl raising money for water wells in Africa. “I realized I could do that, too,” she says. “I decided to ask for money that Christmas to buy cows for needy people in other countries.” Today Kendall is 13, and Kendi”s Cows has raised enough money to give several cows to children in India. Although cows are considered sacred there and are not slaughtered for meat, their fresh milk gives vital nutrients to children with HIV and AIDS. “These kids need the
March 21, 2016
The World Comes to India
By Gary Holloway “The experience changed my life.” “I saw more of what God is doing in the world.” “Our churches will never be the same.” These are statements from people who have attended a Global Gathering of the World Convention. The World Convention of Churches of Christ serves the Stone-Campbell churches (Christian, Churches of Christ, and Disciples of Christ) found in 199 countries and territories, with about 10 million total adherents worldwide. World Convention seeks to connect those churches everywhere, every day. One way it connects is through a Global Gathering every few years, with the next one scheduled
October 30, 2015
Running to Make a Difference in India
By Wilbur Reid At a Christ In Youth MOVE conference with their youth group, Kerri Reid and Kindy Carrier were inspired to make a difference for girls in India. They envisioned a big event that would help raise money to provide furnishings for a new orphanage being built in Kerala, India, associated with Rajan Ipe and Kerala Christian Mission. Girls who are abandoned by their families in India have little chance of being educated or even surviving for very long. The Carmel Girls Orphanage provides a loving atmosphere, with a focus on education and gaining important life skills. When Kerri
May 9, 2015
Call Centered
By Jennifer Johnson Eighteen months ago it was my extreme privilege to be invited to visit the work of Central India Christian Mission. During our 10 days there, Matt and I were struck by the incredible range of ministries CICM has started. In addition to planting more than 1,100 churches, CICM has recruited sponsors for 5,000 children, published dozens of books, started Bible colleges, created a college of nursing, built hospitals and clinics, and more. Through the work of CICM”s many initiatives, a quarter-million (!) people in India have come to know Jesus””all on a yearly budget that”s one-sixth the
May 8, 2015
Training, Empowering Workers in India
By Jennifer Johnson When Greg Matney talked with Ajai Lall about the biggest ministry needs at Central India Christian Mission, Lall, director and CEO of CICM, mentioned his desire for their newly trained church planters and pastors to be more financially independent. The idea struck a chord with Greg, who had previously worked with Business as Mission initiatives, and his wife Abhineeta (Ajai”s daughter), who had gone to law school in India. In 2011 they held an advocacy and empowerment conference for 500 local leaders, and in 2012 they began offering a variety of vocational training opportunities to help pastors
November 20, 2014
ICOM Interview with Dave Empson and Gary Holloway
Editor Mark Taylor talked with Dave Empson, executive director of International Conference on Missions, and Gary Holloway, executive director of World Convention, about their joint venture in India in 2017. See the video interview, from on the exhibit floor of the 2014 ICOM, here.
