By Stanley Mehta Welcome to the launch of the new e-magazine, “Momentum – Looking Beyond” from the GMI family of churches & ministries. For a long time, it was in my heart to start a magazine for GMI members. My main goal was that everyone, right from the pastor...
By Mohan Varghese Times are changing. We live in an era faced with many new challenges. World views, beliefs, relationships, established practices are all changing or eroding and the very foundations of society are also being threatened. Things that were once thought...
By Stanley Mehta One of the core values of Gateway Ministries is that of Discipleship. But is it Biblical? Is it something that comes from the Indian history of ‘Guru-shishya’ system? Did Jesus practice it? Did his followers embrace it? Is it only for the days of the...
By Anand Mahadevan Discipleship was an alien concept to us when we first came to Mumbai and became a part of Bombay Baptist Church, about seven years ago. In my walk with Jesus Christ earlier, I had received wonderful advice from many pastors, elders, cell leaders,...
By David Selvan A young man was going galloping on a horse. An elderly man stopped him and asked where he was going. Replied the young man, “Sir don’t stop me. My heart is brave, my horse is fast, my sword is sharp and I am going for the war”. Again the elderly man,...
By Joemon Joseph Sunitha and I got married when we both were 24. The factor of romance was high, but the maturity factor was low. Each week was filled with inter-personal conflicts which we found difficult to resolve. Very soon we found ourselves meeting our pastor...
Dynamic Leadership Training Antioch Training Center (ATC) is GMI’s Bible training school committed to holistic growth and development of men and women through discipleship, to make them faithful stewards of God’s Kingdom, equipped to serve in the church, on the...
By Mobis Philipose Growing up as a typical Indian boy who loved his cricket, I often thought to myself, ‘If only I didn’t have to take these periodic breaks to do my homework and study. If only Adam and Eve hadn’t eaten that fruit and sinned, life would have been so...
By Daniel Theophilus A young lad that I was – 10 years ago, I was very passionate about drumming, and also had all the foundations and biblical principals intact since I was from a very good Christian family. When I happened to meet this man (Ps.David Selvan) in my...
Sahaara Charitable Society has been gifting dreams to various underprivileged sections in the city of Mumbai since 1994. Project Prakash has been working with the visually challenged population. We are pleased to share two “dreams” gifted through the activities of...
1. What attitudes will slow down the process of discipleship? Prejudices (traditional thoughts or bias towards a routine way of thinking – the Pharisees fitted wonderfully into this category, thereby excluding themselves from understanding Jesus’ teaching)....
By Rajesh Mathew Discipleship is a process that is vital to Christian growth and maturity. It provides a secure environment through a strong, trusting relationship, to develop insight. It also provides the right Biblical counsel and care for a young Christian, who...
We have initiated the process of decentralising the churches in Mumbai, Thane and Navi Mumbai, under GMI. Several churches as of now have already got their trusts registered and some have even obtained the 12A Income tax registration. Others have filed their documents...
As a rule, the laws of management as taught in management schools are well researched and grounded in common sense. We can also find many of the principles of the Bible converted into principles at the management institutes. For example the advice given by Jethro to...
Jesus said “Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.” (Mathew 4;4) In so doing Jesus emphasized the need for “revelation” for our spiritual existence besides bread for our physical sustenance. We are not...
v i p e z via Compfightcc Zacchaeus sought to ‘see’ Jesus. (Luke 19:2-10) The presence of a large crowd prevented him from seeing Jesus. This was further made difficult due to his short stature. So he climbed a sycamore tree, to aid him to get a good vantage point to...
However, new kind of cult groups have emerged with erroneous doctrines. these are, what we call, post-modernist groups. They are very subtle and one would need a sharp sense of discernment to detect their deviation. And in my opinion there are very few people with...
