About Us

Pastor John Banavathu
About Us

Pastor John Banavathu

Pastor Banavathu John Founder Of Majesty Foundation, works exclusively among the Banjaras, a tribe of millions of gypsies spread over many states of India. The Banjara are one of the least evangelized and most neglected people groups in the world. Most Banjaras live in abject poverty, with the adult illiteracy rate at a staggering 90%. Fewer than 1% are Christian. Considered untouchables, the bottom of the caste system, most live in remote rural villages or city slums, finding only menial labor open to them.
Into this seemingly hopeless situation, God called Pastor John, as a gospel workers who now labor with them. Literally born in the mud, Pastor John was taught to worship Hindu gods. Pastor John has a heart for the lost and have a desire to equip people with a strong biblical foundation and raise a generation of believers who can shine as light in this dark world.
It is the pioneering work of MAJESTY FOUNDATION. It is our vision to reach the unreach to save souls and plant churches in rural and tribal areas of our country and to support Native Ministers for the furtherance of the Gospel. It has a very humble beginning In Repudi thanda village now In 15 villages.
Our mission is to train and develop national leaders with character, integrity, and a heart for worship through leadership training and worship conferences, serving Jesus Christ in their own communities throughout India.

Jude 1:23 save others, snatching them out of the fire.

 

Almost in every village area there are Bible workers we call them independent Pastors and evangelists, who have no source of monthly income, but live only on whatever offerings they get. The inhabitants of the villages mostly depend on daily labor, even the labor is seasonal. During the lean months they borrow from the land lords and live. When the season comes they work for the land lords at a low remuneration till the borrowed amount is cleared. There are villagers who even cannot buy a Holy Bible. So, we supply Bibles free of cost. They worship the Lord in thatched sheds, just to have some shade and worship the Lord. These people are in need of church planting. We have located many people without a church building even we. Please pray for our poor pastors and believers to have some one build churches for us. They will be very happy to worship the Lord in a church building. Most of these Pastors and evangelists are not highly educated but studied up to high school and they took up evangelists work. They are doing all right and converting souls. They conduct the worships at least for 3 hours minimum. The members are sitting on the bare ground for 3 hours, there are sick people, old people who cannot sit for such lengthy time, their requirement is to have some benches to sit and relax in the church, so that they can worship the Lord with ease and comfortably Inspire of all this inconvenience they have the desire to hear the word of God.

As we look at the evangelists and Pastors their dedication to the Lords work, we need to do something to help them get Their monthly support, so that their conditions can be improved. The community in which they work is also poor and if something can be worked out to improve their economy it would be wonderful. May be periodical help may be given or clothes distributed, books for their children could be given. This will certainly help them to some extent. For the members to sit in the prayer sheds for long hours is very difficult so we need a plan to provide furniture to sit. In Cities and towns most of the denominations are clustered around and they are big denominations. Most of The sponsors are bent on sending money to such denominations. The pastors are all highly educated, they are paid high salaries, the members come to church, listen to the Word of God, those pastors do not have the need for financial help. They have luxurious church buildings; they don’t need to walk to be church. We need to direct our attention to rural evangelism. The people with high education will not come to preach in villages. Therefore the sacrifice of the rural evangelists is more glorious than The city work. So the rural Pastors and evangelists need more of your attention.

Therefore, we are planning to extend Our work through our organization, to reach the un- reached, establish Churches with buildings and provide land for the church building, supply Bibles, medicines, even distribute food and clothing, text books and note books and uniform for rural school children. This is our greatest desire to provide facilities for the children of the church members in the village areas and share the blessings. We would greatly appreciate if you will take our ministry and our organizational objectives and aims in to Your purview and pray to the Lord as all these requests and needs are genuine and let us prayerfully come forward to help them in their needs. Of course these are only a few, because we cannot take care of their every need but for sure the Lord is gracious and blessed you and Me. God will bless others who come forward to bless these people in rural areas too. At this moment we are running the independently orphanage with boarding and lodging, educating the children, side by side the widows and old age people. We also take care of the pastors working in rural areas; we are also conducting, Vacation Bible schools For children, Pastors councilling, Gospel meetings for the youth as well as night meetings, competitions. For the past many years we are celebrating Christmas in our church, all the believers from rural churches pastors and families and widows, children, orphan children all participate in the ceremony. In month of December we will have Christmas program. After the Christmas program we will have a grand fellowship lunch and before they depart to their respective villages, we distribute gifts like Indian Sarees, dresses for young girls and Widows, Uniforms for students, powder tins, tooth pastes, clips, soaps, detergents, pens, towels, bed sheets, Etc., according their needs and they are made happy and give them the spirit of Christmas.

We are spreading the Word of God and Gospel from villages to metropolitan cities through sacrificed evangelists without any foreign funds but only from our sweat. Hope you have a little idea about or Organization and the aims and objectives with which we are working to bring the great salvation of Jesus Christ.

And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, Verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward. Matthew 10:42.

Please pray for our Ministry, our Ministry’s needs, our Co-workers, and for my wife and me. I sincerely invite you to travel to our Ministry in India, to give witness of God and to strengthen our people. We organize Sunday schools for children, youth Gospel camps, youth meetings, Bible study classes, Gospel preaching camps, Bible classes for women, open-air gospel night meetings, and worship.