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Overview:
Stationed in Bagdogra, a rural village in Darjeeling
district of West Bengal in India, with great vision
and faith, 'Peniel Gospel Team'
targets the practical change of villages through presenting
Jesus Christ. We work in the close proximity of international
borders of Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh.
Basic
facts:
In 1969 God rescued Rev. Pr. Mammen Joseph from the
bondage of deep Catholic Faith and political activities
to carry on with His work in the North East India
and the neighbouring countries. In obedience to the
call he moved out his hometown in Kerala to North
Bengal. Ever since the Lord has given a burning vision,
the Team strive to reach out the poorest people with
gospel and help them to bring up the living standards
for a holistic development in Jesus Christ.
As the mission grew, to make the whole work more transparent
before the people, society and the Government, Peniel
Gospel Team was formed in 1984 and subsequently
its work was registered
as a charitable society in 1987 in accordance with
the laws of the land.
Today,
PGT is a mature mission with its many wings as various
subsidiary institutions and partnership programmes
and flourishing to its esteem to inherit
the land for the Kingdom of God.
Work
profile:
Hinduism, Islam and Buddhism are the main religions
here apart from animism. A good number of immigrants
from the neighbouring countries of Bangladesh, Bhutan,
Tibet and Nepal have made their settlements here.
The region is covered with forests, valleys and Himalayan
mountain ranges. The local people are predominantly
tribal groups of various classes with agriculture
and plucking tea-leaves as their basic occupation.
About 80% of them are below the poverty line.
Concerning
the issues,
Illiteracy, poverty, ignorance, population growth
and superstition are prevailent. Jesus laid the burden
to us to reach these people, to bring definite changes
in their life standards and touch their hearts with
the love of Jesus and accept Him as their Savior for
a total transformation.
PGT
goes ahead with Church Planting
as its focus through various mission
channels such as Mission teams, raising and training
local leaders, crusades and conventions, free schools,
childrens Homes and etc,. Applying a systematic
and dedicated work model and by the aboundant grace
of God, we could encircle a vast area during these
30 years. Presently, PGT has more than 240 Churches
and 300 house Churches. The Peniel
Missionary Training Centre bringsforth new
missionaries for the Lord’s vineyard each year.
Evangelising
these remote areas, border lands and adjacent places
of neighbouring countries were a challenging task.
However, God strengthened and enabled us for a steady
progress and now we look forward
to your involvement to multiply the results.
Join us by supporting PGT with your valuble prayers,
visits and resources.
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