John Benton

Convention    Feb. 25,26,27    ...    2009      Tanuku,   Andhra Pradesh,   S. India

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Jan. 27, 2009 Dearly beloved and honored Brother and our spiritual Leader and Helper,  Bill Campbell. Warmest of greetings from your Indian brothers and sisters of the JESUS SAVES MINISTRIES in India. through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST BE WITH YOU.  AMEN. We are pleased to inform you that we have proposed to conduct our ANNUAL GENERAL CONVENTIONS of JESUS SAVES MINISTRIES in India from February 25th to 27th, 2009 - (Wednesday, Thursday & Friday) at Tanuku town, which is our national headquarters.  We are expecting many people for these conventions from outside places.   We are praying to arrange free meals and accomodation for the saints,  ... those who come from different places of our various churches in both the Districts.   We are quite hopeful that a lot of souls will be won for the LORD through these conventions.   Pray with us that the LORD will direct new people toward His wonderful plan of salvation.   So, I invite you to extend Spiritual support by praying constantly for the success of this convention,  and help with financial support by sending your prayerful offering,  which will be a great help to reach more lost souls for the LORD in these last days,  and also build a good understanding, and a spirit of teamwork and cooperation among all segments of our beloved congregations. Brother, according to the statistics, we have estimated an amount of $850.00 Canadian dollars per day including food and accomodation to the saints of distant places, Banners, Posters, Publicity, Tents, Stage, Sound System and lighting, Sitting arrangements, Choir and Orchestra, Special arranements to the Guest Speakers, etc.    A prayerful donation of $2550 Canadian dollars is highly needed for the 11th ANNUAL GENERAL CONVENTION of the JESUS SAVES MINISTRIES in India.  We need your prayers and help to arrange the convention without any problem. Brother, I and my co-workers, and all the brethren, humbly request you to pray for us, and especially for the Convention, and ask the brethren to pray for it and support its cause and course completely for the Glory of God in these days. Kindly extend our warmest wishes and heartiest regards to all the members of your blessed family and all the dear ones behind your work and success of your great ministry around the world. Your brothers and sisters in Christ here at JESUS SAVES MINISTRIES in India salute you. United, we are sending you of our much warm Christian love and wishing you the SHOWERS OF BLESSINGS from above. With profound regards to your kind honor and keep on hoping your kind and comfortable response back soon in His faith. May the God of the Universe go with you and guide you in all your undertakings. Amen.                                                                                                In His love and Prayers,                                                                                              Yours by His Commission,                                                                                               Rev. John Benton, Director                                                                                                 JESUS SAVES MINISTRIES                                                                                                  P.O. Box 24                                                                                                  Railway Station Rd.                                                                                                  Tanuku 534211                                                                                                  Andhra Pradesh, India

Jesus Saves Ministries

He that hears my word and believes on Him that sent me, has everlasting life ...

The Ministry Jesus Saves Ministries and its partner ministries reach 32 of the most unreached people groups in South India. It is a non-denomination, church planting, evangelistic ministry, aiming at reaching people groups and villages which are still waiting for their first Gospel witness, especially in South India, Sri Lanka, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.   Churches planted are known as JSM Churches. JSM is providing medical help in various underprivileged remote areas in India and also working among the slums in the cities.   Schools are operating, which provide free education to children and families who cannot afford education.   We believe strongly that evangelism and social concern are two sides of the same coin, and that one cannot do without the other.  Jesus went about teaching and preaching,  ... healing and doing good.    The Gospel is the root,  of which evangelism and social activity are the fruits. Jesus Saves Ministries aims at reaching 30,000 villages by 2010 A.D.  The various other ministries include Bible School, crusades, publishing, and schools for destitute children. Right now, a spiritual confrontation is taking place in the unseen world in an unprecedented way.  God is moving.  A whole new door of receptivity is opening in our generation.  We must do all we can so that the Gospel may be preached "BEFORE THE NIGHT COMES AND NO MAN CAN WORK".  Let us evaluate whatever we do,  whatever we seek or aim for,  against the reality of the millions who are perishing  ... unless we reach them with the Gospel.

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This letter is from John                Will                You                Help                 Us                This                Year ?

December 23, 2008 Greetings and salutations from your Indian brothers and sisters here at JESUS SAVES MINISTRIES & ORPHANAGE. We have been carrying on the labor of our Lord's work fruitfully and diligently to the best of our ability in spite of all our financial and material needs for our door-to-door and camp sevices.    We have no support of any sort from any source except a little Sunday offerings, which are merely handicapped due to the poverty-stricken conditions of our believers because of the severe natural calamities and disasters.    The saints here are poor financially.    They all are land to mount hard working daily wage labourers and are unable to help financially to our ministry. Every day we look to the LORD for His help and support.  The present programs and needs of JESUS SAVES MINISTRIES: 1.  We have 10 Pastors and 5 Bible Women (to visit door to door for preaching the Gospel to Hindu women as men folk are not eligible to enter into Hindu houses)  working with JESUS SAVES MINISTRIES.   I am looking after 2 congregations in Tanuku.   We have sent two church planters to upland area.   Four pastors are serving the LORD in Tribal places, and six of us are serving the LORD in Tanuku area of Coastal Andhra Pradesh. 2.  We are running an Orphanage called JESUS SAVES ORPHANAGE.   At present there are 22 children both boys and girls, 5 widows and 5 elderly people are staying with us.    Helping and supporting physically challenged and mentally disabled through JESUS SAVES ORPHANAGE. 3.  We established a couple of schools, in which we are giving free education to over 100 poor and needy children of underpriviledged and uttermost communities at free of cost and also supplying them with needed school material along with school uniform.   Buildings rent and Salaries to Teachers and Workers including Electricity Bills and Orphanage maintenance is $500. per month.  Please pray and help. 4.  We need Telugu Holy Bibles to be distributed among the newly saved souls in our congregations.   They keep asking me each time when I go to minister to them along with my co-workers.   As you would like to know, the cost of a Telugu Holy Bible is just $2.00.    Right now, we are highly in need of 1000 Bibles.   Please pray and kindly help with Bibles to the poor believers, those who cannot afford to purchase one of them due to their economical situation. 5.  Our co-workers need Bicycles as there are no transportation facilities to most of the villages where the gospel has not been heard of.   We would like to visit these remote areas for presenting the good news.   We engage rent bicycles and after using them for a few days,  we are not being able to pay the rent for bicycle.    So we are badly in need of 10 Bicycles to our co-workers.    An Indian made good and new Bicylce costs $60.00.   This is for your information and consideration.    Please pray and do the needful for the sake of God.   Thank you. Waiting upon the LORD for His divine providence.   By the grace of God,  we are planning to distribute some Bibles to the brethren in the coming year of 2009. Please do pray for us and for the ministerial needs.   I am praying and waiting upon the LORD for someone to be partners with us like you to reach the unreached in India.   The Harvest is plentiful.   We need the workers to go into the field.    There are workers  but they need some support.   Please pray and help.   We are highly thankful and ever grateful to you for any help given by you in advance.   Please write to us in the love of Jesus. I once again humbly beseech your kind honor to kindly pay a visit to our place and witness our ministries and activities and bless us with your gifted hands. Thank you for doing so and God Bless.                                          With much prayers and love,                                           Your brother in Christ,                                            Rev. John Benton, Director                                            JESUS SAVES MINISTRIES                                                     & ORPHANAGE