As our name implies, NMM sends and equips national missionary workers who preach the Gospel in the most unreached areas in North India. Mission experience has demonstrated that it is wiser to support indigenous missionaries who work within their own culture than to send foreign missionaries who must labor in unfamiliar surroundings. A native missionary is highly effective because he knows the customs, culture, and language of the people he is ministering to.

Every year the Lord enables NMM to send out hundreds of native missionaries who have completed their training in our centers to involve in full time church planting work. These missionaries are planting churches in rural villages enabling the seed of the gospel to take root and grow in communities that previously have not heard the Good News of Jesus Christ
Besides sending missionaries out to the field, we also supply them with the resources they will need to effectively communicate the Gospel. We provide our missionaries with tools such as bicycles, scooters, gospel literature, film and projector, lanterns, etc.

Tejaram Jaypal, from Meghwal caste is the first native person to become a missionary in North Rajasthan. He was a staunch worshipper of a local deity. He read a gospel tract and became a Christian. He had to face stiff opposition from his family. He was given two options – either renounce Christ or forget the family.Jaypal chose to follow Christ and joined the Bible College. He completed his training. Now Jaypal is pioneering in the desert district of Rajasthan.

There are no preachers or a church in this area. Within a couple of months time Jaypal was able to win 40 people to Christ. Today his brother’s family members are Christians too.

Here is an amazing story of how God is using a simple, down-to-earth native Bible woman to accomplish His purpose. This is the story of a church in a remote village in Central India

Anita is 22 years old and belongs to a jungle village in central India. Five years ago when she rejected idol worship and accepted Jesus as her personal Savior, she was the only one in her family to do so.

Her family members and village people did their best to quench her desire to know Jesus more and more. But Anita was determined. Moreover, she dedicated herself to serve the Lord for the rest of her life. Anita faced strong opposition. When her father discovered about her plan to spend her entire life preaching the Gospel, he threatened to throw her out of the house and even send her to jail. Nevertheless, Anita started to witness about the love of Jesus to her own village people. However, the next major confrontation was still to come. When she finished her high school, Anita asked her father to allow her to go to Bible School.

Her parents strongly rejected such an idea. She still wouldn’t allow herself to get discouraged. She prayed often and kept her decision and commitment to serve the Lord strong. And then one morning a wondrous thing happened: her parents relented! “If you are so particular in going to a Bible school,” they said, “you may, but we will not give you a single penny!” Hearing this, Anita jumped with joy and began packing her clothes in an old bag. Miraculously she received some money which was sufficient to reach Bible College where she intended to be trained for the ministry. Soon she was ready to enrol herself in the Filadelfia Bible College. When the village folk came to know that she was going to a far-off place all by herself, many of them discouraged her. But still she stood firm in her decision to study God’s Word and then do the mission work. In order to reach the bus station, Anita had to walk through the jungle several hours carrying her luggage. No one came to see her off. She was leaving her home for the first time. There were tears in her eyes, but she had a great confidence that God would take care of her.

During her studies there, God put a tremendous burden upon her heart for a certain village. She began to pray for boldness to witness in that village soon after her studies. She was looking forward to finish her training and go to that particular village to preach the Gospel where God wanted her to go.

Completing her studies, she reached home with a great zeal to share God’s love with the people of that certain village. When she first went there, there was not a single Christian. Every morning she went out to visit the villages. She began to share the gospel and pray for the sick. God answered her prayers and many people received deliverance from sicknesses and demon possession. Regular visits to such families with different needs paved the way for her to introduce Christ. Within six months Anita was instrumental in bringing more than 100 people to Jesus and regular worship services are being conducted for the new believers. Every Sunday they gather in a small hut for worship, and many villagers are coming eagerly to hear the gospel.
Right from the beginning the opponents started to look at her with suspicion because it was not common for a single lady to stay by herself in a new place and do religious work. The whole village was shaken by her faith and courage. When people began turning to Jesus from that village, opposition started. She was threatened many times as she travelled. At other times, she was warned to stop the Christian work in that village. But in the midst of all this opposition, she continued witnessing about Jesus. Persecution mounted. One day as the new converts were worshipping the Lord, a group of people came and disturbed the meeting and shouted, “We will not allow such a meeting anymore in this village. You must stop it now.” Because of the severe persecution, she was forced to stop the worship service there. But the newborn believers were not disheartened. Anita took them to another village where she saw an open door. There one family opened their house for meetings. Now the new converts of that particular village walk several miles to attend the Bible study and the meetings in the other village. They are so hungry for learning God’s Word!

As I listened to Anita’s work, I could sense that this young lady was living with a great awareness of God’s call on her future. When I asked her about her ambition in life, without hesitation she answered, “I have no other desire than to serve my Jesus. I believe God will touch the entire village and the neighboring villages.” With a great hope beaming on her face, she said, “There are thousands of people in that village who have never heard Jesus’ name. I want to see everyone won for Jesus.” She is willing to go; regardless of the price of suffering she will have to pay. She believes that this village will soon be won for Jesus.

But even this dedicated sister knows she can’t fight the battle alone. These wonderful victories don’t come without a high price of suffering paid by the native missionaries. On every mission field they approach with the gospel, they first face hardship and persecution. But the winner at last is always God. Right now there are several Bible women like sister Anita who are equally dedicated and equally persecuted for their bold witness for Christ. Yet no one is there to wipe their tears, comfort and pray with them to ease their pain.