INDIA EVANGELISM

RUSSEL G. BELL, EVANGELIST
5712 S.W. 35th Street
Topeka, Kansas 66614-4594
Phone: (785)272-0711
U.S.A.

UNDER THE OVERSIGHT OF
LAPOYNOR CHURCH OF CHRIST
P.O. Box 61
Larue, Texas 75770
Phone: (903) 876-4334

Russel Bell's India Report — August 3–September 10, 2007

Dear Supporters and Interested,

God continues to bless our work in India and around the world. This may have been my best trip ever. We continue to emphasize leadership and giving in our lessons. In the next decade we will see hundreds of churches of Christ in India with qualified elders and deacons. They are really excited and trying to accomplish that.

This trip involved two countries, Romania and India. Work went well in both countries. In Romania I worked with several of the churches Harvey Starling has developed. I presented 31 lessons there over two Sundays and doing one on one studies in the daytime. I delivered 49 lessons in India, teaching in 7 different schools of preaching.

I am still trying to get over losing two of the finest workers in India, Gene Reneau and Mike Niehues, both dying in the last nine months. I worked very closely with both these men and considered them two of my closest friends. Their overseeing churches have given me their report mailing lists and I will be sending my report to all of them in hope the support will continue to do the things in India to develop the churches there to self–supporting status, indigenous churches. Mike was providing about $15,000 a year to our India Evangelism projects. We will miss these two great India evangelists.

Statistics of this trip

I delivered 80 lessons (31 in Romania, 49 in India).
I saw 105 baptized.
We delivered needed books, Bibles (4,000 this trip), worship supplies, song books, to churches and preachers as we visited, worked, and worshiped.
We are seeing more and more permanent church buildings going up and are taking applications for help on those buildings. We help 104 each year.
Taught in seven different schools of preaching, mostly on elders and deacons.
Because of extra donations for printing, we were able to print 10,000 more copies of “God Man Money” in the Telugu language plus started the printing of 3,000 song books for the 7 Sister States, North East India. The songs will be in Mizo, Manipuri, and Chin languages. I gave Peter Solomon $1,000 to start on these song books, but still short $2,000 to complete.
Also, with extra donations was able to buy 4,000 Bibles this trip instead of the usual 3,000.

	2007 India Evangelism Projects		2008
1.	6,000 full Bibles in their language	$12,000.00	$12,000.00
2.	400 communion trays and cups	2,500.00	2,500.00
3.	400 bread trays	2,500.00	2,500.00
4.	400 collection sticks	2,500.00	2,500.00
5.	10,000 Telugu song books	4,000.00	5,000.00
6.	100 bicycles (preacher transportation)	5,000.00	5,000.00
7.	104 church building helps	23,400.00	26,000.00
8.	Sister Patricia Orphanage (62 children)	9,600.00	14,400.00
9.	Postage and office supplies	2,000.00	2,500.00
10.	3 or 5 overseas trips per year	6,500.00	7,600.00
		$70,000.00	$80,000.00

With this trip completed, all of these above projects are paid for and delivered. God bless each of one of you individuals and churches who provide the $70,000.00. I wish you could personally hear the words of thanks coming from the churches/preachers who receive these supplies, books, building helps, bicycles, etc. These supplies are so needed, well used, and appreciated. God bless you for giving.

Because the U.S. dollar has lost about 10% of its value in India in the past two years and because we now support 60 children at Patricia's Orphanage instead of 40, we will need to increase our help to $80,000 per year in 2008.

There are now more churches of Christ in India that in the U.S. They are growing in number and depth of maturity. Your donations to this ministry are helping to achieve this. God bless you. We need your help to continue these projects and to make trips. Please make checks payable to India Evangelism or Church of Christ and send to either of the addresses in this letterhead or in the enclosed, self-addressed envelope.

Special thanks to the LaPoynor Church of Christ for overseeing our work. Also special thanks to all the churches and individuals who support me, as well as providing $70,000 for our projects listed. My books “Rightly Dividing the Word of God” volumes I, II, III, IV and V are available at $5 each; and "God Man Money" at $10 per copy, postage paid. All money from book sales go to India Evangelism. Roy Lanier, Sr's book "The Church" was released in Telugu, 10,500 copies in January 2007. This is probably the most important book ever translated, printed, and released in India toward maturing our churches with qualified elders and deacons.

If you have any questions, call or write. God Bless you.

Love,

Russel G. Bell

A ministry to assist churches, preachers, and church leaders to develop self-supportd churches
in India and around the world. Financial help may be sent to either of the addresses above.