Rev. Y John, Who saved from Orthodox Hindu Family in Andhra Pradesh and he was the first person in the entire Family to receive Jesus Christ as his savior and Lord. Then he began to grow in the Lord with the Local Church. After few months he received the Call from the Lord Jesus Christ to Preach the Gospel. Then by the leading of God, he went to Biblical Training under the leadership of Dr. G.R Lorne. After that Training he started his ministry Pithapuram in East Godavari District Andhra Pradesh. As he was serving the Lord he used to pray to Lord Take me to the places where there is no ministry and where the Gospel not been preached. After 2 years the Lord gave great vision to Rev. John and his Wife had received same vision of Great Harvest Ripe Harvest fields Ready to harvest. As he was waiting for the God’s conformation, the spiritual leadership asked Rev. Y. John to go to Karnataka for the Ministry.
Ministry Starting
He came to this State with his family and with one old bicycle in 1977 and Started the Ministry with 2 people. God laid burden on his heart for the lost Souls for the State of Karnataka. He was going to village by village where there was no souls for Christ, there he began to preach the Gospel and planted the seeds. Thousands of Souls were touched by the Lord through his preaching and gave their hearts to Jesus Christ and in several Villages the house churches were established.
Many of the Souls who were saved in his Ministry are from different faiths as the Lord began to use his servant with the signs and wonders and with the healings great number of people have been drawn into the kingdom of God. Today for the glory of God he have live Testimonies of people who have been healed from chronic Disease such as Cancers, HIV, Jandis, TB, various diseases. But the other side of the ministry he went through many trails and testing’s suffered much in the ministry from the Day one. The day he arrived in Karnataka, Sriramanagar he was asked to stay in a hut, in which one young girl was about to marry had committed to suicide. According to Hindu’s Faith no one supposed to stay in that hut but he had no choice therefore he stayed in it. Whenever he goes to other villages for ministry during the nights, the person who committed suicide is to ask to leave the house. After few months he was asked to stay in the cattle shed. The Great man of God J. D. Mathews has been a great blessing, who encouraged Rev. Y. John to grow spiritually and to win the lost. At One point he was asked to leave the church because of organization Leadership Problems in which he was working. Since Pastor John chose to go with the spiritual leadership of Pastor. J D Mathews, he had to leave the Church and he had no place to stay, miraculously one person offer Poultry form to stay as he was crying out to God. He got a small place to establish a church and in that place there was a small hut without walls. His wife martha tied her sarees around the hut and lived in it. Pastor Y. John used to go to the villages on Monday morning village after village used to conduct the meetings come back to home on Saturday evening. That is how he established 40 house churches and some established churches in 6 Districts of Karnataka. For the sake of the Gospel he left everyone in Andhra Pradesh and went to through tremendous persecution more than 20 years he used to bicycle go to the villages and a certain places where there was no roads he used to carry the bicycle and walk in paddy fields and in rainy season knee deep slushy mud he used to walk and go to the people to preach the Word. He has been attacked by several times for the sake of Gospel and he was imprisoned and drawn in a river miraculously the Lord Saved his Life many times his life under threat been tested in every way but at never gave up in the ministry to fulfill the call and vision. Whichever villages he visited, the same villages Churches were planted. Later the Young Men who saved, Baptized and trained by him, were placed in those villages to do the Ministry. Then some young Brothers who saved in his ministry and built Great Ministry in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. By the Grace of God this Ministry is spreaded over all the Districts of Karnataka State as well as Andhra Pradesh. He was a man of faith, thou he was illiterate by the grace of God he preached the Word and established great Apostolic Ministry which is spreading across the Nation.
Rev. Y. John and his Wife Y. Martha has three sons and daughter, all of them married and actively involved in the Ministry, powerfully used by the Lord for his Glory. Pastor. Y. John has fought a good fight and kept his faith and finished his race as he received heavenly call on 3rd October 2012.
By the grace of God the vision of Rev. Y. John is Continued by his sons faithfully for his Glory.
Many of the Souls who were saved in his Ministry are from different faiths as the Lord began to use his servant with the signs and wonders and with the healings great number of people have been drawn into the kingdom of God. Today for the glory of God he have live Testimonies of people who have been healed from chronic Disease such as Cancers, HIV, Jandis, TB, various diseases. But the other side of the ministry he went through many trails and testing’s suffered much in the ministry from the Day one. The day he arrived in Karnataka, Sriramanagar he was asked to stay in a hut, in which one young girl was about to marry had committed to suicide. According to Hindu’s Faith no one supposed to stay in that hut but he had no choice therefore he stayed in it. Whenever he goes to other villages for ministry during the nights, the person who committed suicide is to ask to leave the house. After few months he was asked to stay in the cattle shed. The Great man of God J. D. Mathews has been a great blessing, who encouraged Rev. Y. John to grow spiritually and to win the lost. At One point he was asked to leave the church because of organization Leadership Problems in which he was working. Since Pastor John chose to go with the spiritual leadership of Pastor. J D Mathews, he had to leave the Church and he had no place to stay, miraculously one person offer Poultry form to stay as he was crying out to God. He got a small place to establish a church and in that place there was a small hut without walls. His wife martha tied her sarees around the hut and lived in it. Pastor Y. John used to go to the villages on Monday morning village after village used to conduct the meetings come back to home on Saturday evening. That is how he established 40 house churches and some established churches in 6 Districts of Karnataka. For the sake of the Gospel he left everyone in Andhra Pradesh and went to through tremendous persecution more than 20 years he used to bicycle go to the villages and a certain places where there was no roads he used to carry the bicycle and walk in paddy fields and in rainy season knee deep slushy mud he used to walk and go to the people to preach the Word. He has been attacked by several times for the sake of Gospel and he was imprisoned and drawn in a river miraculously the Lord Saved his Life many times his life under threat been tested in every way but at never gave up in the ministry to fulfill the call and vision. Whichever villages he visited, the same villages Churches were planted. Later the Young Men who saved, Baptized and trained by him, were placed in those villages to do the Ministry. Then some young Brothers who saved in his ministry and built Great Ministry in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. By the Grace of God this Ministry is spreaded over all the Districts of Karnataka State as well as Andhra Pradesh. He was a man of faith, thou he was illiterate by the grace of God he preached the Word and established great Apostolic Ministry which is spreading across the Nation.
Rev. Y. John and his Wife Y. Martha has three sons and daughter, all of them married and actively involved in the Ministry, powerfully used by the Lord for his Glory. Pastor. Y. John has fought a good fight and kept his faith and finished his race as he received heavenly call on 3rd October 2012.
By the grace of God the vision of Rev. Y. John is Continued by his sons faithfully for his Glory.
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