Laymen Ministries has been working in South India since 1993. Key players who have made this work successful are Pastors Shadrach Samuel and Swamimdoss Johnson. We also pioneered the Adventist television ministry in India and are now on several networks in various languages.

Many of these programs are broadcast around the world via satellite. We have a program on Tamil JAYA TV which has a potential audience of 95 million. This channel is a Hindu channel that is seen around the world and is now on The Dish Network in the USA. Our Tamilan TV program is called Your Question and Answer focusing on questions from the Christian population of India. We have TV programs on Good News Network in Telugu language. One of the leading languages in India. DON TV that covers the European nation, Hope Network, 3ABN, Thendral TV that covers the Middle east part of the world. These programs often open the door to our other areas of work.

Our goal is to make use of indigenous lay people to reach the un-reached and currently we sponsor 24 Bible workers.

To sponsor a Bible worker it cost $60 per month. They work 6 days a week. They work from morning 9 to 5 at one location for 4 months in preparing for evangelistic meetings and church planting. By God’s grace, we are successfully working in many areas in South India.

Every year we hold 5 evangelistic meetings and plant at least 3 new churches. This is always in connection with the Bible workers first visiting and studying with people in that area. To hold this meeting it costs only $1,500 using native speakers, such as Pastor Johnson and Pastor Shadrach Samuel.

We erect houses of worship in various spot where we conduct meetings. This is very important to establish the new believers and train them for ministry. It is, of course, a place to witness and worship in the locality.

We distribute for free thousands of DVDs that contain the Three Angel Message to the high caste Hindu people. This became a powerful strategy to reach Hindus and has been very successful.

Sharing literature nurtures new believers and this is where the printed page finds its purpose. We have translated many books by Seventh-day Adventist pioneers and Ellen G. White. Translation of one book that contains 400 to 500 pages costs about $2,000 and for 1,000 copies. A 100-page book will cost around $500. Some of the titles translated include Steps to Christ, The Desire of Ages and The Great Controversy.

The internet has become a powerful tool for evangelism. For this reason we have English and Tamil websites that share Gospel. These websites have allowed us to make many new contacts with people around the world.

Laymen Ministries is also publishing a monthly magazine for TV viewers with a focus on nonbelievers and others unfamiliar with the Christian faith.

In India, Laymen Ministries has been working for many years, supporting national evangelism, Bible workers, and the publishing of Indian language literature. We have many Bible workers who study with people, go door to door and prepare the way for evangelistic meetings which are done by national pastors. This kind of evangelism amounts to a very low cost, but is very effective!

Pastor Shadrach Samuel, sponsored by Laymen Ministries, holds revival meetings and training seminars all over South India. He has overseen our printing projects and he is one of the main speakers for our Indian TV programs along with Pastor Johnson.

Laymen Ministries produces a satellite TV program entitled Saving Hands, which is broadcast in the Tamil Indian language. This program has had a great effect from Europe, across India, and into Asia. It is the only Christian program on this all-Hindu network. We also have cable downlinks in most of the major cities of India including the Arab Emirates and other countries in the Middle East. We often get responses from Tamil-speaking people working in those countries (where thousands of Indians are employed).

www.laymensavinghands.org