Suku and Jesse Thomas are haunted by statements like this, made by a poor farmer desperate for rain to water his crops. With no other recourse and no knowledge of Jesus, he took the local witch doctor’s advice and sacrificed his oldest son. He hoped to earn favor with whatever deity could provide rain.

No rain came.

After more months of no rain, the witch doctor told him he must sacrifice his only other child, another son.

Still, no rain came.

Then, only less than three months later, Suku arrived and shared about the True God who loves and cares for people. The man could not believe what he was hearing – a god who loved me? Who would sacrifice His own son, not demand the death of my children? Where was this knowledge six months ago?

Suku and Jesse have twenty years of stories: When offering to pray for someone’s health by saying “Perhaps Jesus can heal you” the response is, “Where will you get this Jesus medicine?”

When asking if a villager knows Jesus, they hear, “Here is not here. Maybe he lives in the next village.”

In the market, the conversation goes like this: “Jesus? I don’t know what that is. Try the next shop, maybe they have it.”

Suku and Jesse know their country needs what only a living, loving God can provide through Jesus Christ. But so many people have never even heard His name.

Now they are raising up another generation of native evangelists who are just as passionate as they are to proclaim the good news among people who have never heard it.

Suku and Jesse identify people who have the gifts and passions to be effective native evangelists. They give them basic Bible and ministry training, point them in the right direction, and oversee their efforts. They regularly gather them together for evaluation and additional training.

These indigenous missionaries often come from respectable castes in Indian society. Their understanding of the gospel as reconciling humanity to God and humanity to humanity allows them to cross the barriers the caste system has set up.

It is hard for a Westerner to understand the effect of a higher caste person entering the home of a Dalit (“Untouchables”). When that visitor is willing to share a meal with the host, amazing things happen. Questions start to be asked, the gospel is given.

These local church planters are fully supported for only $40 a month. Will you be willing to partner with them to change the eternal destinies of people in India?