Pastor Prasanta Kumar was born in a Christian family. Even though his parents were church going believers, Pastor Prasanta never understood the importance of having a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. But one day he met pastor Daniel Kumar who shared the importance of believing in Jesus and how necessary Jesus is in our lives. After this, Pastor Prasanta accepted Jesus as his saviorr, went back to his village and started telling others about the importance of having Jesus. He started making disciples for Jesus Christ. Pastor Prasanta now is having 3 house churches in Luhasingha, Bhatli, and Hirli in Balangir District with 50 believers in each house church. Pastor Prasanta Kumar is married to Pramila Kumar and they have two daughters Ruhama (25) and Manisha (22)
Prayer Points: For boldness to share the gospel Building of new leaders and disciple makers Monthly support for Pastor Prasanta and his family For his daughter’s education
ABOUT WESTERN ODISHA With a population of 19 million people, predominantly Hindus, Western Odisha (Koshal) has been in the news for a few years now, because of the huge persecution against Christians in the state. Despite the persecution, the Lord is drawing thousands of people to Himself. The Christian population is growing which consists mostly of the tribal people. Western Odisha is experiencing revival as more and more people are coming to Christ. This is one of the most fertile field and stands out as one of the most missionary sending place in India. ABOUT BALANGIR Balangir is home to 2 million people. The main relgion is Hindu with 98.13% and 0.9% are Christians. Out of 272 people groups, the total number of unreached people group is 252. Please continue to pray for our disciple makers in Balangir district. |