India Bible Colleges

India Bible College Students

Emannuel Ministries has a total of 108 Bible Colleges throughout India; the majority being small, intensive training groups focused on learning the Word and receiving instruction on how to run a fruitful, effective ministry. We also support a large seminary, based in Rajasthan. Hopegivers desires to support these schools--along with their students, teachers, and graduates. They are all part of the process of faithfully raising up or becoming a future generation of faithful ministers of God's mercy and hope.

Once the students complete their course (1 or 3 years) and field internship, these Bible College graduates then go out into the field to serve the Lord and their communities in whatever capacity they choose. Many graduates go on to become full-time pastors, teachers, nurses and Hope Home leaders, but need support to do so.

Fast Facts...

  1. $50 per month can support a Bible College student. On top of this, we'd also like to have for each student: a uniform, 10 notebooks and two Bibles (one in English, one in their native tongue).
  2. While many of the students are not "orphans" in the technical sense, a great deal have been disowned or cast out because of their choice to serve the Lord. Are they not orphans?
  3. Our Bible College students and graduates are the ones doing the "heavy lifting" of the ministry. They are often the ones changing the diapers, cleaning the wounds, preparing the food, teaching the songs, coaching the sports, washing the clothes, and telling others about God's love.
  4. Many of the students at the seminary in Rajasthan have come from far and wide to attend. For those not from Hindi-speaking states (south, northeast, etc.) they have the added challenge of having to learn Hindi and English at the same time on top of their studies!
  5. Some of the students are able to attend on scholarships, but this is only through the generosity of Hopegivers sponsors. You can provide a one-year scholarship for only $600.
  6. In an effort to provide the highest level of training, we also need sponsorships for qualified teachers at the Bible Colleges.
  7. As at any school, there is an endless need for school supplies. We need support for books, desks, uniforms, and every other imaginable school item.

Together, we can all do our part ot bless EMI's Bible College ministry.

Meet the students...


Vik--Vik was born in 1989 and brought up in a poor family in Bihar. He is the 3rd son to his parents, he has 3 brothers and 2 sisters. His younger brother Anil is also staying at a Hope Home now. It was extreme poverty that brought Vik to the Hope Home when he was a small boy. His father and mother worked as hired farmers for their daily living. His hard-working parents would leave for work early in the morning and comes back late in the evening, sometimes with food, sometimes not. They made their one-room mud house by themselves, and the roof was made with paddy husk straws. There was no bed at his house therefore every day he had to sleep on the cold floor. Winter season was a real trouble for the whole family because they did not have enough blankets to keep them warm, but each season had its difficulties. The rainy season was also bad due to the leakage from roof and walls. Vik did not have enough clothes and whatever he had was given by some of the neighbors or relatives.

As the children grew, Vik's parents saw that they were not able to meet the daily needs of the family or provide for the children's education. They were only able to provide food one or two times a day and the children's health suffered. One day Vik's parents came to know about a good children's home in the state of Rajasthan from a local pastor and decided that Vik should go so that he might have a chance at a better life. That same pastor soon brought Vik and his brother to the Hope Home.

It was a difficult adjustment at first for Vik, but he soon started enjoying himself and making many friends. He also found a new passion for his studies at the school and eventually joined the Bible College. During his first year of Bible College, Vik was arrested in February 2006 and put in the jail for 3 months. Vik endured many difficulties during these 3 months, but he says that this time taught him a lot about patience and brought him closer to God. He was alone in prison for 1½ weeks, but was then joined by three fellow workers. Then Dr. Samuel Thomas was also put to prison in the month of March, where he stayed with Vik for about a month.

After this ordeal, Vik was undeterred. He completed his studies for 12th standard and in March 2007, graduated from Bible College with a Bachelor of Theology degree. This year Vik is also taking exams of Bachelor of Arts - I year. After completing his B.A., Vik says he wants to serve the Lord and humanity as much as he can. His plan and vision for the future is to open a school and an orphanage somewhere near his poverty-stricken home village in Bihar. Vik needs your prayers and support to fulfill his heart's desires.


V.M.- V.M. was born in August of 1986 into a Christian family. His father was drunkard and never took care of the family. His mother, who scrimped, saved and worked hard to become a nurse, got a job at a hospital in order to feed the family. She had to work overtime just to meet the family's basic needs V.M.'s parents used to spend the majority of their time fighting and quarreling, leaving the children without much care or supervision.

After V's younger brother was born, his father left his wife and 4 children. Now completely on her own, V's mother started working harder to feed the family. V had this to say.

"Now, when I think of my parents, I don't even remember their faces. I never know the love of a father, as he left me in my early childhood. But my sisters told me about my parents. My mother would get up early in the morning and cook some food for us, then go to work and come back by late evening. As we were living in the hospital premises, we didn't have any house to stay in. I didn't have any bed to sleep on; therefore every day we had to sleep on the cold floor. Winter was terrible for us because they did not have enough blankets to keep warm."

"When I was about 3 years old, my mother died from tuberculosis. My mother was sick for a long while, but the chief doctor did not give permission to go and get treatment. She was afraid that she would lose her job if she left, so she did not go without doctor's permission, as she was more concerned about us. She became sick and after 2 or 3 months she died. When she died, we didn't have enough money to buy the coffin box to bury my mother and we were also not able to bury her in the graveyard. So my uncle made something with wooden sticks and they kept her on it and took her near the river and buried her there. As one Catholic father came to know about us, he took us to a local Mother Teresa Home. We all stayed in this Home, but when I completed studies of 5th std. they wanted me and my younger brother Vicky to leave the Home and go some other place. From there we went to a Hopegivers-sponsored home in Rajasthan, where we happily grew up. Here, I studied up to 10th class and I came to know more about Jesus Christ and I started having desire to study more about Him. I decided to go to Bible College to study the Word of God. Then, I also applied for 12th class by private and got passed and after completing three years of studies finally I graduated on March 2008 with a Bachelor of Theology.

As, I don't remember staying with my parents I didn't know what a family atmosphere was like, but when I came to the orphanage, I felt really happy and thankful that they accepted me when no one was there to help me. This year, I am also taking exams of Bachelor of Arts - I year. After completing my B.A., I want to serve the Lord by doing something for the orphans, abandoned and poor children as I have undergone this situation and I know what it means to be left alone."

Will you pray for V.M. and all the students in the field?

 

Jay and Ani--ready to go! Who will send them?