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Zac Poonen - A Leading Evangelist from India

Shanthi Nehemiah, M.A., M.Phil.

Zac Poonen is adored for his unique approach to the Gospel. Brother Zac Poonen was formerly an Indian Naval Officer who has been serving the Lord in India for the past 40 years as a Bible-teacher and elder having responsibility for a number of churches. He resigned his Naval commission, while still young, in 1966, to serve the Lord full-time. He has been involved in church-planting ministry in India for over 25 years and has spiritual oversight over about 40 churches now. He travels frequently, ministering at deeper-life conferences in Asia, America, Europe and Australia. His wife, Annie, is a medical doctor who travels with him in India, rendering free medical assistance to poor people in the villages. She has also written three books for young girls and mothers.

The Small Beginning

The Christian Fellowship Church (CFC) commenced with a few families that first met together in Bangalore, India in August 1975. They decided to be disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ first themselves, and then to make disciples in obedience to the Lord's commission in Matthew 28: 18 - 20 emphasizing the new birth, holiness of inner life, mutual love, moral purity, financial integrity, founding every aspect of their lives on God's Word alone and sharing God's truth with others.

Other Ministries

Bro. Zac has written a number of books and articles in English. His messages given in India and abroad are available on audio and video cassettes and CD's. He has written 25 books - mostly on the deeper Christian life. Many of these have been translated into a number of languages and have been circulated widely around the world. He has had a weekly Bible-teaching program over radio, for most of the last 30 years, beamed across South East Asia through the Far East Broadcasting Associates Radio station in Seychelles. Over 100,000 audio-tapes of his messages on the deeper Christian life have been circulated in many countries around the world. He has produced an audio CD (in MP3 format) that contains 70 hours of teaching (on a single CD), that cover every book of the Bible and bring out the distinctive message of each book.

The Special Features of the Ministry of Bro. Zac Poonen

John Wesley used to tell his co-workers, "Let it never be said that you have become rich by preaching the gospel." So much is Bro. Zac Poonen, for he says, "I made a decision when I quit my job in the Indian Navy, 31 years ago, that I would never receive any money that would raise my monthly income to more than what I would have earned in my secular job. That decision has preserved me for 31 years." Zac Poonen supports himself and his family through "tent-making" and does not receive any salary for his services. He does not receive any royalty for any of his books, audio tapes, video tapes or CDs, published by Christian Fellowship Church. The church is led by a plurality of elders. No elder is paid for his work. This is not because they feel that it is unscriptural but because of their desire to stand apart from the bad testimony that many Christian workers have had in the matter of finances.

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Shanthi Nehemiah, M.A., M.Phil.
Department of English
Karunya University
Coimbatore 641 114
Tamilnadu, India
sahayarani13@gmail.com

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Vol. 5 : 8
November 2009

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