Pastor Bipun Bag was a very ambitious man.
He was studying very hard to do something great in life and to earn a lot of money. But after his 10th grade, he became very sick with constant headache and insomnia. He was not able to recover even after visiting so many hospitals. At a very young age, he became very tired of living this difficult life. Very soon he
started having bad friends and got into the habit of drugs and alcohol. His life went so down that his family gav eup all hopes on him. In 2003, he heard that Jesus only can heal him and transform his life. He gave his life to Jesus and decided to serve him. But later when his sickness got worse, he asked tha Lord if the
Lord does not heal him, he will kill himself. This was a bad prayer he prayed but the Lord healed him and his health was restored completely.
Pastor Bipun and his wife pushpanjali have one daughter. They serve as evangelists in Deogaon village in Balangir. This village is very hostile towards Christians and Christianity. Pastor Bipun is evangelizing and discipling people in the village and hoping that he will start a church very soon.

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