The village cowshed is normally littered with smelly straw and oxen waste. However on Tuesday mornings the cowshed is swept clean and fills with forty enthusiastic village children. Sitting cross-legged and knee-to-knee on the floor the kids gleefully sing praise songs and listen intently to the weekly Bible story. They sing “God is so good to me” in their native Telegu dialect. One by one the children stand and deliver memorized Bible verses. Little six-year-old Surita recites perfectly: “But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: Be holy, because I am holy” (I Peter 1:15).

When we ask the children in the cowshed Bible Club to share a word of testimony one little girl jumps to her feet saying, “I was brought up in a Hindu home. We never heard of Jesus. My father often beat me and my mother. At Bible Club I heard about God’s love and asked Jesus to change my life. I told my mother and father about God. They are now Believers. My home is now peaceful and happy.” Each week in rural villages and inner-city slums throughout India over three-thousand-five-hundred children attend weekly Kids for the Kingdom Bible Clubs.

Indian nationals Sam and Prema Sunder have a heart for the poorest of the poor in their country. This is a lot of people since it is estimated that 200 million Indians live in abject poverty.

“Deep in our hearts we had a great burden to reach children,” says Sam Sunder. “We began to minister to kids living on the streets.”

Today the Kids for the Kingdom ministry reaches throughout Southern India. Nearly three thousand children attend weekly Bible Clubs in Chennai, Erode, Coimbatore, Bangalore, Bhopal, Cuddalore, and dozens of villages and city slums. Each week when Bible Clubs convene the children learn praise songs, memorize Scripture, and listen to Bible stories. The feeding program followings the Bible time. At evening’s end the children are nourished by the Word of God and filled with a generous plate of hot, nutritious food.

It is exciting to see a new generation of kids with a sharp knowledge of Scripture and a desire to apply the Word of God in their lives. These children will change their homes, villages, and perhaps their nation for Christ.

Kids for the Kingdom provides cash grants and logistical support for ministry services throughout India including weekly neighborhood Bible Clubs and feeding programs in slum districts and villages in Chennai, Bangalore, Coimbatore, Erode, and Bhopal. Kids for the Kingdom provided logistical support and funding for job-training projects in Chennai and Nagapittinam with daily instruction, training, and employment for 57 teen girls and young women. Kids for the Kingdom-India currently reaches and provides services to 3,646 Indian children, orphans, widows, and families throughout India.