Greetings, in the name of Jesus Christ. I am writing this note since I deeply felt in my heart that I need to clear certain things related to our ministry which may look to be a bit ambiguous to you now.
INTRODUCTION: The Lord called me to serve HIM full-time when I was at the peak of my Career (working as Chief Technical Officer [CTO] in a software company and was serving as a full-time Director in the Company Board). He who called me, empowered & equipped me and started using me since 2002 as a full time servant in His Kingdom establishment work under the banner 'THE HOPE". We were doing Holistic ministry in many villages north of Chennai preaching the Gospel, helping people & planting Churches.
THE CALL: In 2008, when I was unexpectedly called to do ministry in Karunya, I had to take a crucial decision since, I was already doing holistic mission work in the villages, north of Chennai. A lot of activities and programs were underway, and my family was also in Chennai. Accepting the offer and doing ministry in Karunya meant shifting them from Chennai. Apart from this, there were other questions about how to take care of the ongoing missions and many other related issues. But God confirmed to me that I needed to go and all I did (or could do) was totally surrendering to His will and obey His call. Though it was very painful to leave something abruptly that I was doing passionately and also difficult to shift the family (had to make lot of trips back and forth between Chennai & Coimbatore in the initial days). But God graciously sustained us. Children could adopt to the new setup after much difficulty and so on ..
LIFE IN KARUNYA: The two years of my stay in Karunya gave me a new perspective in ministry. Now I realize, it was nothing but an intense training in God’s ministry to reach out not only to the illiterates but also to the intellectuals. I enjoyed a good lifestyle with lot of facilities, respectful position (as someone responsible for the spiritual ambiance of the whole campus of 7300 students + 600 staffs and families etc), good monetary benefits and so on which also brought it’s fair share of demands and pressures. But then, I enjoyed God’s immense grace everyday to handle the pressures, to meet the demands of the management, lifting up the morale of the students, giving a new thrust to soul winning etc....
THE RESULT: To sum it up, It was a very intense period of ministry but a highly fruitful one.. God gave me a big harvest of souls and even today I enjoy the benefit of that harvest in the form of both past and present students calling me up and sharing their problems, asking for guidance, prayers etc
BACK TO THE BASE: I am thanking God for giving me the grace to obey His call to leave Chennai & go to Karunya and also to accept His way of bringing me back to Chennai from Karunya. I shifted back to Chennai by the end of May. Now that I’m back to the base in Chennai, He has enabled me to re-launch the nets into the deep with more vigor and added focus. Many professional friends (particularly passed out students of Karunya) are part of our team now.
REALITIES:-AN EYE OPENER: Karunya also opened my eyes to see and experience the need of our younger generation which is moving fast into this world & its problems, being easily lead into the deceptions (cunning lies of the devil) thereby getting trapped into the fancies of the worldly myths resulting in;
- Loss of character, values & ethics,
- Addiction & Bondage,
- Depression & Dejection,
- Relationship entanglements and
- Immoral life etc... ending up in suicide.
- The lack of knowledge about the realities of life, cross cultural influences towards unacceptable habits due to booming economy, easy availability of unwanted resources has blinded their eyes.
My heart is very much burdened and bleeds in pain, whenever I think of the young victims of this modern world. These unfortunate developments are happening not only in the urban set-up but also in the rural areas thanks to Media Coverage, TV, Mobile & Internet Revolution. The NEED for ministry among these young people is enormous....Against this huge demand we have the biggest challenge: Scarcity of Godly resources (dedicated & burdened men & women) to work / minister among this generation..
SOLUTION: “JESUS the only Solution” is all that needs to be given to this modern generation at the earliest, before time runs out. This is not possible by one individual or a small group. THE CHURCH should be awakened from its slumber to fulfill this responsibility of reaching our upcoming generation for Christ. Motivate, Energize and Equip every believer to take up this responsibility, is the crux of the great commission of Jesus Christ.
HOW WE WORK?: As a team of professionals with the God given vision of
“TOUCHING LIVES!..WINNING SOULS!.."
We have started working with this;
Target Group (categorized into) |
Target Areas of Ministry (rural & urban)
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1. Students,
2. Job seekers,
3. Newly joined in work &
4. Recently married.
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1. Educational Institutions,
2. Open market,
3. Companies,
4. Churches etc..
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Ministry Channels
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1. Character Building Workshops,
2. Bible Study & Prayer Groups,
3. Children’s Ministry,
4. Leadership Camps,
5. Church Planting Trainings,
6. Discipleship Workshops &Seminars.
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7. Internet & TV programs,
8. Personal Evangelism & Counselling,
9. SMS Ministry,
10. Widows Welfare,
11. Livelihood Trainings,
12. Mission Exposure Trips etc..
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OUR MISSION STRUCTURE: To facilitate God’s Kingdom building work in the best possible way, THE HOPE MISSION will be having the following structure (we have organised four groups) in place for Better, Efficient, Accountable &; Transparent (BEAT) mission work following the 3Ps (Praying, Planning & Partnering) model.
a. CORE GROUP: Group of like-minded youngsters with similar vision under my mentoring care to meet as often as possible and work together.
b. ADVISORY GROUP: Senior people with rich ministry experiences & people of credibility in the society but with similar vision for God’s kingdom building purpose.
c. EXECUTIVE GROUP: Full timers in the mission, responsible for implementing the plans, strategies and working in the deep.
d. SUPPORTIVE GROUP: Back up team for us. A wide network who will also own this mission as theirs by;
- Praying,
- Supporting Financially,
- Representing the mission in their locality,
- Organising programs &
- Being Resource person etc...
I am sure the above mentioned things must have brought in lot of clarity in you about what we do here based in Chennai and what the needs are..
ONGOING REGULAR ACTIVITIES:
- “WORD4ALL”, a 15 mins Tamil program in Imayam TV (satellite Tamil channel) to teach/share about the need of discipleship and also the message of Hope in Christ Jesus. Every Monday morning 6.30 - 6.45 am.
- “WORD4ALL”, a 30 mins Tamil Program www.prarthanaifm.com an Online FM Channel; Every Tuesdays & Fridays night 8.30 - 9.00 pm.
- “HOPE”, a 30 mins Tamil Program in Gospel Net (Local Christian Cable Channel) of Kanyakumari Dist. Every Saturday night 8.30 pm.
- Sending the Thought for the day/word of God by text (SMS) under the name “HOPESMS” at 6.00 am daily.
- Uploading videos, songs, messages and writing blogs in the Internet through:
* Facebook(http://www.facebook.com/thehope.in)
* YouTube(http://www.youtube.com/hopemission)
* Blogspot(http://aneshwithword4mgod.blogspot.com) etc...
- Working on to create specific channels targeting the needs of the younger generation like “relationship”, “career guidance”, “character building” etc..through a web portal www.thehope.in (under development now).
NEW MISSION CHURCH: By His grace, we are inching closer to the completion of our new Mission Resource Centre/Church in one of our mission fields called “Arumandhai” near Redhills, Chennai. Construction is almost over. Final works like Tiles, Electrical Fittings, Plumbing etc is pending due to financial shortages..We want to finish the same before Dec 18th and are planning to conduct a special outreach Christmas program here on Dec 19th.
CHRISTMAS OUTREACH: Christmas is a season of celebrating the Joy & Happiness in Christ Jesus. He is the greatest example for sacrificial giving and we are called to follow His footsteps. Give and it shall be Given. In this season of Christmas we are sharing the Joy & Hope of Christ to the Slum Children, Rural women folks, Widows & Village Children through various outreach programs including Carols, Short play, Fun with Santa, Christmas tree etc... & providing them Christmas Gifts.
MISSION BASE: By His grace we got a three Bed room Apartment House in the same place where we live. We’ve taken it for rent and are using it for Office cum Media Recording purpose. It also helps us to accommodate the Friends who are helping us in the ministry and also to accommodate any visiting guests of ministry.
Media will be one of our keys areas of focus to reach the younger generation. Having our Audio & Video Recording studio is a priority and requests you to consider investing your resources into this area of high demand for producing good programs, messages, short plays, edifying songs etc.
WHAT WE EXPECT FROM YOU:
COME AND BE A PART OF THIS MISSION. SHARE YOUR JOY OF CHRISTMAS BY GIVING A PORTION OF YOUR BLESSINGS TO THE UNREACHED, UNDERPRIVELEGED, POOR & NEEDY.
DEMAND IS HUGE!
NEED IS HIGH!
GIVE A HELPING HAND! & SUPPORT US!
WE ARE AVAILABLE TO DO OUR PART IN BRIDGING THE DEMAND SHORT SUPPLY! WILLING TO WALK THE EXTRA MILE TO BUILD GOD’s KINGDOM!
COME TOGETHER TO FULFILL HIS PURPOSE! BE A PART OF THIS MISSION!
WE NEED YOU FOR GOD!
YOU ARE IMPORTANT TO US AND FOR GOD!
HOW YOU CAN HELP?
Mission work is a great and intense spiritual war we wage against the kingdom of darkness to liberate the people from the clutches of devil. Prayer is the backbone for this. Your greatest help will be to pray for the missions.
Apart from prayer, you can also support us financially by any of the following two ways;
1. Sending DD/Cheque in favour of "THE HOPE" and send to our communication address.
2. You can also do Online/Inter bank Fund Transfer to the following account.
A/c Name : ANESH DHARMA SUNDAR,
A/c No : 000901056746
Bank : ICICI Bank, Nungambakkam Branch, Chennai - 34
IFSC CODE : ICIC0000009
Note: When you do an online transfer, kindly mention your name in the remarks column or please send an email to us. It'll help us in accounting and to confirm receipt.
CONTACT US:
Reach us by email at:
Reach us by Phone / SMS at
+91 9840996244 or 044 42834464
For your subscription & prayer requests, testimonies/feedbacks/comments etc. by SMS
+91 9500154941 or 562633344
Reach us through Snail Mail / Courier / Personal Visit at
Bro. ANESH D. SUNDAR,
The HOPE MISSION,
A3, JASMINE BLOCK,
R.C.MEHTA GREEN PARK APARTMENTS,
1, MILK COLONY ROAD,
MADHAVARAM, CHENNAI - 600 051.
Looking forward to hear from you..
IN HIS MISSION,
ANESH D SUNDAR
