India Missionary Bhushana Rao Dasari and two counselors, Pastor Mark Krueger and Pastor Lynn Wiedmann, work for WELS in India. These men supervise a vast geographic area of 900 miles from north to south and 320 miles from east to west. Since the arrival of the two WELS counselors on the field in May 1999, the emphasis is on helping to organize and train the national church. A backlog of building projects is being reduced through the generous support of WELS members and private gifts. We are visiting all the orphanages and schools in order to make improvements in scriptural training, health education, and daily conditions of living.
More manpower is needed immediately, both temporary and residential.
Men and women are needed for periods of three weeks to three months to teach seminars, EFL classes, and seminary and preseminary sessions. Longer-term layworkers are needed to supervise construction projects, help publish and distribute Sunday school materials, and train Sunday school teachers. Funding is urgently needed in order to add another seminary teacher and three counselors. Even if all four new men are funded, the ratio of congregations to pastors will still be 36 to one. That includes three full-time teachers at the seminary and preseminary.