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Reaching the Indian Diaspora with Mark and Shoni

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Reaching the Indian Diaspora
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About Reaching the Indian Diaspora with Mark and Shoni

Leaders of this project have a vision to reach the unreached with the gospel of Jesus, make disciples, and plant churches in every barangay of the Philippines where Indian people live. They focus on the Indian diaspora, specifically Sikh and Punjabi people who have migrated to the Philippines for business and opportunities.  This couple also ministers to an unreached people group from India that has moved to the Metro Manila region and throughout the Philippine islands.

Meet the Leaders: Mark and Shoni

Reaching Indian Diaspora project image Mark’s father was saved from a Hindu background where he was supposed to become a priest. His decision to follow Christ and to become a pastor led the family into a life of poverty and persecution in northern India. Mark determined to be a businessman, but God intervened and led him and each of his brothers into ministry. God provided strength and provision to earn a college and seminary degree.

Mark met his wife Shoni, from a different nation and people, during seminary in South Korea.

Shoni also grew up in a Christian pastor’s home in a South Asian nation. Although the danger to share faith in Christ was high, Shoni and her family led an exemplary life, allowing them to share their testimony in the community and work. She completed a Bible degree in the Philippines and another degree in South Korea, where, as an answer to her prayers for a husband pastor, she met Mark.

Mark and Shoni were attracted to each other by their shared vision to serve Christ among their people. God placed them in Metro Manila, Philippines, among throngs of needy people from their home countries.

Latest Updates from Reaching the Indian Diaspora with Mark and Shoni

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Sikh Business Communities Believing in Jesus

The life and death of a godly man gave many people in Sikh business communities a way to hear the Gospel proclaimed.
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Sindhi Business Communities Believing in Jesus

Sindhi Business Communities welcome Mark and Shoni. Business people who migrated for business opportunities also find Jesus.
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Reaching the Diaspora from Unreached Regions

Mark ministered at a missions conference focused on people in unreached regions of India. Would your church like to partner with Mark?
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Helping the Unreached Get Closer to Jesus

God is using this couple to minister to unreached people, grow and mobilize the church, and share the gospel with those scattered from India.
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New Births: New Church, New Sister

Despite hardships of lost businesses and more lockdowns, Mark and Shoni praise God for new births — a new church and a new sister in Christ!
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A Continual Harvest of Souls

God is working to bring a continual harvest among Sindhi, Hindu, and Sikh people living as a diaspora in the Philippines.

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    • Pray for new believers in Jesus to grow in their faith and have courage to share with their families.
    • Pray for Christian business people to work with integrity and have a godly testimony in the community.
    • Pray for the teaching and training of new leaders in church plants.
    • Pray for new followers of Jesus to learn how to apply the Bible to marriage and family life.
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