HIPM CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF GOD’S FAITHFULNESS IN CHURCH MINISTRY.

In the month of September 2011, we had our first church service in a basement at Fairview, Halifax, NS. Today when I turn back to see, I realize how amazingly and faithfully God has brought us thus far.  It was not an easy start in ministry as a new immigrant in this nation leaving my well-paid IT job.  Even though it was a rough journey in the ministry during the past ten years, the one who called us was faithful and He never let us down.  All glory be to God alone.
During the past ten years, many families were blessed through our ministry.  We provided shelter to many landed immigrants, helping them and praying for them to settle down in terms of housing, job, car, daycare, etc.  During the past 10 years we have seen with our own eyes, children being born, students starting their universities and getting employed or moving out after completion, temporary workers becoming permanent residents, sicknesses getting healed, demonic oppressions leaving, broken marriages getting fixed, people taking water baptism, receiving anointing of the Holy Spirit, Gospel being preached through outreach events, reaching out to vulnerable seniors at senior homes, when the church grew, part of the congregation branching out and starting a Malayalam church, orphan children getting supported internationally, online prayer ministry expanding to other nations, online children and youth ministry reaching many homes across the world during pandemic are some of the highlights of what God has done during the past 10 years.
I want to thank the families and individuals who are standing with us all through these years and providing their unwavering and non-judgmental support to us.  I can’t thank enough for the prayer support we have been receiving from the sisters of online prayer ministry all through these years.   We are standing today because of their love, care and prayer support.  Every year the elected church board has been providing tremendous support and encouragement for us to move forward.  Certainly, we enjoy the covering and fellowship of our affiliate organization the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada (PAOC) and my fellow pastors.  I am sure the first 10 years have equipped us to launch into the next decade.
Even though few members of the congregation were always unhappy for various reasons and moved out in between, the time, effort, fasting, prayer, money and tears we poured into their lives will never stay dormant without producing righteous seeds of good works in their lives. Finally, I want to appreciate and thank my wife, who is the women behind this man, patiently standing with me in this journey and my son who has grown up as a young man listening to these stories of being raised in a pastor’s family trying to support and encourage us in all possible ways.  
I want to appreciate and thank you for taking time to read this newsletter.  Stay back and enjoy a short video and the ministry highlights as you scroll down further. May God richly bless you and your family.