Sowing Hope Across India
SOWERS Ministry plants churches, trains pastors, and cares for orphans and widows in unreached villages across India.
SOWERS Ministry
Hope in action across India
✦ Our Identity ✦
What Does SOWERS Stand For?
Every letter carries a sacred calling - a covenant to the forgotten, the broken, and the unreached across India.
"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations."
- Jeremiah 1:5
This is the scripture God spoke to Pastor Jay on August 21, 1994 - the night that changed everything and launched a ministry that has transformed thousands of lives across India.
✦ The Four Pillars ✦
Our Ministry Focus
Four sacred commitments that define everything we do in India - rooted in the love and servants' heart of Jesus Christ.
Orphans
Millions of orphans exist in India. Without proper care, many are exploited and drawn into trafficking. We provide education, food, shelter, medical care, and love to these precious children.
Widows
In India, widows are considered bad luck and often denied work and community. We provide food, rent, medical care, and most importantly the dignity and worth they deserve as beloved by Christ.
Educating
Through the BTCP (Bible Training Centre for Pastors) and our mobile Bible School, we train tribal young men and women to become effective ministers, sending them back to their villages equipped.
Reaching Society
Our native pastors and missionaries carry Jesus' love to Dalits and unreached communities with equal measure, planting churches, healing the sick, and claiming communities for Christ.
✦ God's Faithfulness ✦
Over Two Decades of Impact
Numbers that represent real lives transformed - pastors empowered, communities reached, and families restored.
✦ Life Transformation ✦
Transforming Lives Slowly but Surely
A real testimony from Madhulamada Village of how compassionate care and God’s mercy brought healing, dignity, and hope.
Nagamani
Madhulamada Village
In Madhulamada Village, where the air, water, and dust are toxic, Nagamani faced a painful infection after a minor head injury was left untreated.
What began as a small injury soon became a serious infection. Doctors performed surgery, removed damaged skin, and treated her with strong antibiotics, but her condition became so severe that even nearby villagers found the smell difficult to bear.
When SOWERS Ministry noticed her suffering, we stepped in with compassionate care, prayer, and practical support during one of the darkest seasons of her life.
By the grace of God, Nagamani experienced remarkable healing. Her story stands as a testimony that the Lord still works miracles, and that faithful ministry can restore dignity, hope, and life where there once seemed to be none.
Before
During Treatment
After
Restored Life
A visible testimony of healing and hope
Testimony of Mercy
From unbearable suffering to visible healing
This testimony reflects the heart of SOWERS Ministry: to notice the forgotten, stand with the hurting, and trust God for restoration even in the most difficult situations.
Place
Madhulamada
Need
Medical care
Result
Healing & hope
“God still works miracles through compassionate hands, timely care, and faithful ministry.”
Training Tribal Pastors Through BTCP
SOWERS Ministry believes in proper training. Jesus himself trained His disciples. Paul trained Timothy. And Pastor Jay was trained in two different theological seminaries for 7 years.
God gave Pastor Jay and his staff the vision of teaching untrained tribal pastors through a mobile Bible School - using the BTCP curriculum to equip mighty arrows of the Lord to reach unreached communities and villages across India. This training has been ongoing since 2001.
✦ Pastor Training ✦
Equipping the Unreached for the Harvest
We send trained pastors back to their respective villages, providing bicycles for them to travel and share the Gospel. It is a challenge every day. In their journeys, they constantly battle evil forces and heal people who were enslaved to darkness.
But the anointed walk with the authority of the Lord - reaching people, healing the sick, teaching the Word of God, and planting churches across the remotest corners of India.
What started in 2001 within a single county has now spread into three different states. The wings of this ministry continue to grow.
✦ The India Mission ✦
Reaching the Dalits & the Unreached
According to the Hindu Caste system which dominates Indian culture, all Christians are Dalits - members of the lowest caste. Yet, not all Dalits are Christian. Hindu Dalits are moved by the loving kindness, humility, and service that our believers show them.
Our native pastors and missionaries give Jesus' love in equal measure to all - irrespective of caste, background, or religion. This radical, counter-cultural love is the most powerful witness the Gospel has in India.
SOWERS bridges the body of Christ in North America and India into one - working together toward the goal of spiritually guiding orphans, widows, Bible college students, and society by sharing the love and servants' heart of Jesus Christ.
✦ The Founder ✦
Rev. Jayakumar Babu Salluri"Pastor Jay"
On August 21, 1994, while planning to escape from Bible College, a voice called out to him in the night - "My son, Jayakumar." God spoke the words of Jeremiah 1:5 directly to his heart, and nothing has been the same since.
After 7 years of seminary training and a Bachelor of Theology in 1999, Pastor Jay launched Bethel Ministries in India in 2001 - the foundation and home church of SOWERS Ministry. Today he serves as Chairman of SOWERS Ministry International (USA & Canada) and Vice President of The Greater Vijayawada Pastors Fellowship.
Read His Full Story"I have survived malaria three times, typhus, a catastrophic automobile accident, threats from Hindu radicals, thirst, hunger, and nights freezing in the jungle. But the anointed walk with the authority of the Lord."
- Rev. Jayakumar Babu Salluri
✦ Christmas Joy ✦
A yearly outreach that brings dignity, joy, and love to children
Every year SOWERS Ministry reaches children in new villages and underserved communities through Christmas Joy - sharing clothing, meals, gifts, and the love of Christ.
Christmas Joy is one of the beautiful ways this ministry serves children living in deep poverty. We travel into remote areas where many families lack proper food and proper clothing, and where some children have very little to call their own.
Through this programme, children receive practical gifts with dignity and care, reminding them that they are seen, valued, and loved. Each year the outreach reaches different places and different children, carrying the joy of Christ to those who need it most.
✦ In the Field ✦
Witness the Work
Real moments from the mission field - pastors trained, children loved, communities transformed.
Make an Impact
Your Gift Plants a Church, Feeds a Child, Restores a Widow
Every dollar given to SOWERS Ministry goes directly to the field - training pastors, supporting orphans, and bringing the love of Christ to the unreached villages of India.