Todd Peterson, Pastor at Cross of Grace Church, El Paso, Texas, and Emerging Nations Representative to India along with Erik Rangel, Lead Pastor of Legacy Church in Yuma, Arizona, have been working separately in India for about 20 years combined and started working together in the last 3 years.

They recently traveled to Prayagraj, which is in northern India in the state of Utter Pradesh to meet with a pastor that Erik has been working with for the last 12 years as a partner in their Bible College which has planted nearly 100 churches in the region around Prayagraj. This pastor is interested in getting to know Sovereign Grace more formally and they are excited about the possibilities of partnership and serving there.

Todd and Erik were also able to visit a church in Bhubaneswar, Odisha of about 200 in the heart of one of the biggest slums in India, to explore partnership with them. During this time they were able to see the city and the surrounding region, meet their families and spend many hours trying to understand the challenges that they face. They look forward to continuing to move this relationship forward.

The last stop was the southern village of Gundugolanu, Andhra Pradesh, the home village of pastor Jaya Prakash (JP) Ravuri who became a fully ordained pastor in SGC. One of the purposes of this stop was to be there on Sunday at his church to formally ordain JP as a Sovereign Grace elder. The ordination service was a tremendous blessing!