Currently Broken Arrow provides partial support for Brother A. Visweswara (Brother V). Brother V’s father was converted by J.C. Bailey, a Canadian preacher who was one of the first to bring the gospel to India. He became a preacher and Brother V has followed in his footsteps.
Brother V preaches at both the Arikirevula congregation and the Kovvor congregation and holds many evangelistic meetings and preacher lectureships, teaching preachers in the local area to minister to their communities. He is also the director of the Christian Charitable Society Bill & Sharon Paxton Children’s Home in Arikirevula. Brother V has developed a Christian Charitable Society in which he provides some care for a leper colony and many widows in the area.
The congregation at Arikirevula raised money for a television ministry. Brother V tapes the programs and they are aired every Sunday morning. The weekly program reaches 81 villages and 6 districts, approximately 140,000 people regularly watch the program.
The churches at Kovvur and Arikirevula are both active and growing. The congregation in Kovvur averages 55 in attendance, with eight new converts in 2008. The congregation in Arikirevula averages 155 in attendance, with five conversions for the year. Both congregations support their own programs and assist Brother V with his evangelistic outreach.
Brother V has been preaching the gospel since 1980. He became a grandfather recently and his youngest daughter recently married a minister's son in India. His son continues to study medicine in Rajahmundry, 20 km from his village and also involves himself in church work. He has begun teaching Bible stories and songs to school children in the area, as well as filling in for Brother V at the leper colony.
Brother V can be contacted at the following addresses:
Bro. A. Visweswara Rao
Christian Charitable Society
Door # 15-4-14BAPUJINAGER
KOVVUR-534350
W.G. A.P. S, INDIA