Since COVID-19 hit India in 2020, we have helped over 3,800 families in Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, and Telangana with food supplies, medical aid, and financial gifts. We have also financially helped 2,000 rural pastors and their families survive through the crisis.
Now a second, deadlier wave of coronavirus is sweeping the country. Between April 18 and 25, India reported 2.24 million new cases, the highest number recorded by any country in a seven-day period. As India is drastically lacking medical oxygen in its overflowing hospitals, several thousand people die daily.
To prevent the spread of coronavirus, many states have again implemented lockdowns, and some state governments have prohibited public meetings and church gatherings. COVID has pushed millions of people into dire poverty, including many rural pastors whose churches are shut down. Please pray for them and help them as the Lord leads you. Read More…