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CHURCH MINISTRY
Believers' Fellowship Church ministry is going on for the past 25 years in Oddanchatram. This is registered as Believers' Fellowship Church Trust, Registration Number 30/1996 and has9 members. The church also has a group of elders. The church is affiliated as member of Federation of Evangelical Churches of India. The believers are encouraged and guided to grow in their spiritual life. 7 full-time brothers and 3 sisters visit regularly. The new contacts and church members are systematically followed up.
Branch churches are functioning well in Pachalur(32km) and in Erasinampalayam(60km). Worship services are conducted in the above places and also Amarapoondi(30km) every Sunday. The average attendance in these 3 places are 30, 60 & 20 respectively. Soon in Amarapoondi we are planning to construct a church building. In Puliyurnatham(8km) we have purchased a land for the church. We plan to start Sunday evening worship service there.
In Oddanchatram more than 300 people attend Sunday worship service starting at 8.00 a.m. Regularly youth meetings and Sunday school classes are conducted. The Worship service in English is conducted at 6.30 a.m on every first and third Sunday of the month. Every week on an average 5 new comers attend Sunday worship service. A good number of these new comers are friends, neighbors and relatives of our church members.
Our church staffs participate in the Gospel outreach programs of other institutions too. The first Friday of the month is our monthly prayer day. On this day we hold a 20 hours chain prayer including night prayer. Monthly All Night Prayer meetings are conducted in 3 village churches.
Prayer groups
Weekly : 50 Fortnightly : 50 Monthly : 30
We have special programs like Women's Sunday, Senior Citizens' Sunday, children Sunday, youth Sunday, We also arrange Retreats for families.
In the month of may we arrange 6 days V.B.S for rural children. Each day there are two sessions. About 300 children attend and we see sustained influence of this programme. Special occasions like Birth day and other celebrations become opportunities for effective sharing staffs fellowship.
Branch churches are functioning well in Pachalur(32km) and in Erasinampalayam(60km). Worship services are conducted in the above places and also Amarapoondi(30km) every Sunday. The average attendance in these 3 places are 30, 60 & 20 respectively. Soon in Amarapoondi we are planning to construct a church building. In Puliyurnatham(8km) we have purchased a land for the church. We plan to start Sunday evening worship service there.
In Oddanchatram more than 300 people attend Sunday worship service starting at 8.00 a.m. Regularly youth meetings and Sunday school classes are conducted. The Worship service in English is conducted at 6.30 a.m on every first and third Sunday of the month. Every week on an average 5 new comers attend Sunday worship service. A good number of these new comers are friends, neighbors and relatives of our church members.
Our church staffs participate in the Gospel outreach programs of other institutions too. The first Friday of the month is our monthly prayer day. On this day we hold a 20 hours chain prayer including night prayer. Monthly All Night Prayer meetings are conducted in 3 village churches.
Prayer groups
Weekly : 50 Fortnightly : 50 Monthly : 30
We have special programs like Women's Sunday, Senior Citizens' Sunday, children Sunday, youth Sunday, We also arrange Retreats for families.
In the month of may we arrange 6 days V.B.S for rural children. Each day there are two sessions. About 300 children attend and we see sustained influence of this programme. Special occasions like Birth day and other celebrations become opportunities for effective sharing staffs fellowship.