Sam Sharma
Sam Sharma is Bhutanese born and was brought up in the kingdom of Bhutan in a very Orthodox Hindu priestly family. His father hoped that Sam would become a Hindu priest. Unfortunately, Sam’s mother passed away when he was only two years old. His father died when he was fourteen, leaving him to grow up in a difficult situation, looking after cattle and working on a farm.
At the age of 16 Sam surrendered his life to Jesus which changed his life and he began to reach out to people with the love of Jesus.
In 1995 he was arrested and put into prison for preaching Christ in Bhutan. There were years of hunger, toil and hard work, but through the faithfulness of God it has resulted in 85 churches being planted in the Northern regions of India.
In 2001 Sam married Jenima and they have been blessed with two children, Abishek and Afrin.
Now Sam, along with his family is teaching, training and commissioning trainees to reach out to the unreached in Asian countries. The training centre is based in Jaigaon, with people from Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, Arunachal, Nagaland, Manipur, Meggalaya, West Bengal and Sikkim coming to study.
Sam is a dearly loved member of Church of the True Vine, and we are thrilled to partner with him in taking the gospel to Asia.
Path of Life Orphanage
Path of Life Orphanage, in Andrapradesh, is the vision of two brothers whose father, a pastor, passed away when they were very young. They have a tremendous heart to help orphans and give them a loving, caring environment to grow up in.
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The orphanage will ultimately be a home to 25 boys and girls.
As well as housing the orphans their desire is to give them a good education based on Christian principles. In particular the aim is to teach them English in order to increase their opportunities for employment and enable them to work beyond the Telugu speaking region.
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If you would be interested in sponsoring an orphan each month please get in touch.
True Vine Bible School
True Vine Bible School
In 2019, following a missions conference, we were asked by two brothers, Pastors Andrew and Abraham, to set up the True Vine Bible School to provide training for pastors and Christian workers in Andrapradesh, India.
The vision is to equip and encourage leaders, who in turn are able to train their churches, enabling the spread of the gospel in their region.
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In the longer term we aim to raise up Bible teachers, administrators and equippers who can develop the school into a locally based course, increasing the effectiveness and scope of the training so that the word of God can spread more rapidly in bearing fruit for the Kingdom of God.
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The school is run via the internet, providing regular training for year groups of 20 pastors, with the school’s Indian co-ordinator translating live during each session. We provide travel costs and food for each student in order for them to be able to attend.
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