Friends Missionary Prayer Band (FMPB) is an Indian Christian missionary movement. Through the work of Indian missionaries, more than 1150 churches have been established, with more than 6600 congregations.
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The main emphasis of the early period is the evangelization of the nation. In the late 1950s, the movement began in southern Tamil Nadu P. Samuel pioneered the VBS (Vacation Bible School) movement in India in 1952. Several other youths, including Sam Kamalesan, Theodore Williams, helped him.
In 1937, the Mission of the Gospel of the World started the South Indian Bible Institute (now SIBS Ministries), which in turn created the Moving Bible School movement in India. In 1952, in a small village called Kovilpatti in southern Tamil Nadu, a VBS session was held with 75 children and 8 teachers.
Then, on 26-30 December 1959 at 211, Dhanaskodi Street, Kovilpatti district of Tirunelveli Tamil Nadu, nearly 25 Friends Vacation Bible School (committed youth) gathered. They have started the Praying Movement, which was later named Friends Missionary Prayer Band. At that time it was stated that it was just a praying group, not an organization, a Church or a community. The group began to start small prayer cells in every Tamil Nadu town. Bishop Jebaraj of Tirunelveli diocese is the first patron of the FMPB. Later, Bishop Leslie Newbigin of Madras diocese became the Protector of this movement. Looking at FMPB's work, he said "this native movement is nothing but the work of the Holy Spirit". Following his advice, the constitution of the FMPB is incorporated into its constitution, three universal church credo added to the Organization's faith statement. As a result, the FMPB works as a Church arm.
Growing Friends Prayer Band Prayer
- 1959-67 Prayer movement
- 1967-87 Sends (cross-culture missionaries to where it is needed) movement
- 1987-97 Movement of people (decades of harvest among groups of people)
- 1997-2000 Partnering with other Christian institutions
- 2004 - Integrating Kukna Church with CNI Gujarat Diocese
- 2006 - Integrate Malto Church with ECI
Started as a prayer group
Friends Missionary Prayer Band began in 1959 in a house, 211, Thanakodi street, Kovilpatti, (a town near Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu) in a missionary camp held from 26 to 30 December 1959. It served as a prayer group. The first President of FMPB is Mr. Theodore Williams, First Secretary General is Miss Angela James. Araikooval is a magazine launched in 1960 as a prayer bulletin. It was published three times a year. Christians are challenged to pray for the nation. Prayer groups began in various places in Tamil Nadu. All prayer soldiers become members of the Prayer of the Missionary Prayer Band. They also raised money for the magazine and sent money to support the mission in need.
Praying movement becomes a delivery movement
During the summer holidays, in 1965 and 1966, FMPB friends conducted outreach among remote corners of their state of Tamil Nadu. One of these teams went to Pettamugulalam at Panchamalai (Periyamalai) a hill near Hosur, about 100 km from Bangalore. This is where they place a missionary permanently. This challenge was brought to the notice of friends who had gathered in Koilpatti on 30 April 1967 for the Mission Challenge Meeting (ie 'Araikooval') organized by FMPB. Harris Hilton became the first missionary with the full support of his wife, Padma Hilton. They are dedicated and sponsored by the BHEL Thiruvarambur prayer group, Trichirapalli, Tamil Nadu.
The first mission station began on June 9, 1967 in Periamalai. Mr. Harris Hilton, Dr. Pushparaj and Tuan Emil Jebasingh, then the Secretary General landed in Periamalai and placed a cottage for them and called it Moriah. They bought a piece of land from Chendurayane Chetty and called the place Jehovah Jireh. Mr. Esau and John Jacob join Mr. Hilton in the same year. The first office of FMPB begins at the house of Mrs. Swamy Adiyal in Jalan Pers, Sayerpuram and registered as Society, registration number is S. 54/1968. Their first people are Raman and Allimuthu from Periamalai. They were baptized in 1979 at Bethel, Danishpet. The leaders of the Trichirapalli prayer group, Mr. Hemachandran and Mr Jacob organized the first group to sponsor missionary prayer and support the Harris Hilton family family financially. The first convert to the mission was Raman, who was a runner in the postal department. Mr. Simon Roberts became a full-time promotional secretary. Annual earnings reach up to Rs. 10.000/-.
When the vision grew and the burden of reaching the whole of India appeared in 1971, the first mission field was opened in North India. Mr. Hilkiah and Mrs. Daisy Hilkiah was sent to Bhasti in Uttar Pradesh on July 23, 1971.
Renkana sepuluh tahun telah dirumuskan
- 11 negara - Jammu Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Orissa.
- 220 distrik
- 440 mensaris
- 10 tahun (1972-81)
The evangelization of the nation is the main target. Mobilization Operations trains missionaries in Literary evangelism. So, the sermon in the open air and the sharing of Christian literature in the form of a tractate begins. Also parts of the Bible, the New Testament and the Bible are distributed. Every missionary is targeted in proclaiming the Gospel. In the book Re-thinking of Missions, William Earnest Hocking has written that, "Of the many changes in the world during the last century, a century of great changes in Eastern life as well as in Western life, some are specifically related to corporate mission, change, the emergence of a fundamental world culture, the rise of nationalism in the East ".
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Office manager
The first Office bearer of Friendship Prayer Band Friends
- Patron: Rt. Pdt. A.G. Jebaraj. Bishop, Diocese of Tirunelveli
- President: Mr. Theodore Williams
- Vice President: Mr. P. Samuel
- Treasurer: Mr. G.D. Samuel & amp; Mr. A. Sathiyasingh
- Secretary: Mr. Visuvasam Sathya
Regional Leader
- Trichy and Tanjore: Miss. A. James A.D. Dhanaraj
- Madurai-Ramanad: Mrs. T. Samuel and Mr. F. Selveraj
- Tirunelveli: Mrs. Rajapandian and Mr. G.D. Samuel
- You are: Mr. A. Arnold
- Youth Leader: Mr. S.P.R. Ebenezer
FMPB basic structure
There are three main divisions in FMPB. One of them is Headquarters, where General Administration, Finance, Communications, and HRD and other departments function. The second is the mission mobilization department that raises all resources such as labor, finance. The third is the Field Mission department, where all the frontline missionaries plant the Church among groups of people who respond in India. FMPB is registered as a community with the Government of Tamil Nadu (S). The general body is the supreme body that controls this organization. It designates a council called the Executive Committee, which makes policy for the organization. The President, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary-General are the main official positions.
References
External links
- Official website
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