News & Updates

Indian Corruption Coming to an End?

by Admin April 15, 2011

Corruption is a common word for most of the worlds developing nations – India included.  The problem of corruption is so wide spread throughout the Indian culture that it makes a joke out of just about every governmental institution from the transportation division to governmental job recruitment.  Until recently, corruption has simply been a way [...]

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Religious Persecution Towards Christians

by Admin March 25, 2011
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Here at Empart, stories about religious persecution are all too common. Many of our Indian church planters have dealt with persecution first hand either emotionally or physically. Training centers have been destroyed, bibles burned, and church planters beaten yet our partnership with indigenous Christian leaders in India continues. In the study, researchers discovered that of [...]

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Modern Day Slavery in India

by Admin March 18, 2011

An argument in favor of slavery in today’s world seems almost impossible, right?  Unfortunately, in many places around the globe the argument is not only being made that slavery is acceptable but the argument is actually being implemented! Watch this video that was recently aired on CNN which documents an Indian village that’s been enslaved [...]

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Controversy Over Religious Conversions in India

by Admin March 4, 2011

A couple of interesting questions have been circulating the web over the past month. Both questions were addressed in a recently published article that discussed the January 21st Indian court ruling on the murder of Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons by a group of religious extremists in the Indian state of Orissa. [...]

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One Woman, One Bible

by Admin March 1, 2011
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Sometimes we assume that our ability to affect change is limited by all of life’s different factors.  I don’t have that skill, I can’t do that type of ministry, I’m too busy; the excuses go on and on.  Jossy Chacko shared a story with us recently that truly shows how affective even just one person [...]

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Empart USA Goes To India!

by Admin February 17, 2011

Friends & Supporters, We’re excited to announce the departure of 2011’s first Short Term Trip group heading to Northern India. Empart USA Director Jeff Cannon is leading the trip along with Jossy Chako. Please keep Jeff, Jossy and the rest of the team in your prayers throughout the rest of the month as they work [...]

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Join Us On Facebook!

by Admin February 14, 2011
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Empart USA is on Facebook, and we want to see you there! We look forward to sharing even more images, videos and stories with you, and interacting with all of our friends & partners in a fresh new way. Be sure to visit www.facebook.com/empartusa and become a “friend”, where you’ll find all of our great content: And don’t [...]

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Empart USA On Jumo!

by Admin February 7, 2011

Empart is now part of the Jumo online community! Jumo was created to connect Facebook users to non-profit and advocacy organizations working on a variety of issues around the world. We will be using this resource as a way to communicate important news about Empart as well as suggest or inform our audience on topics and issues [...]

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Greetings From New Empart USA Director

by Jeff Cannon February 3, 2011

Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus! Great things are happening at Empart as we seek to keep up with what God in doing in Northern India.  As of the end of 2010, we have trained and sent out 1,542 church planters.  As a result, we now have 3,896 churches (with a minimum of [...]

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Good Stewardship Even Through Persecution

by Admin January 27, 2011

Back in October we reported that an Empart training center in Durg, Chhattisgarh had been victim to severe persecution including physical abuse and the destruction of most of the centers resources. Training center coordinator Pastor Biju and the other three pastors have been working at alternative training centers full time, as well as working side [...]

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