It began in 2006 with an email from Samuel K., a minister in India. His email stated, “My name is Samuel Krupanand, and I have a small ministry in my village. I am Jewish and I need help.” With so many emails coming in from different people asking for financial support, the temptation was to delete it. But, the Spirit of God said, “Do not delete this email.” After some time in prayer, Rabbi Greg heard God say that he should send Samuel 100 bibles in his native language.
He wrote back and simply said, “My name is Greg Hershberg, and I want to help. What do you need?” He received an email back immediately saying, “I need 100 bibles in Telegu, my language.” As Rabbi recalls, "I know God was all over it, so I got all over it!" After further conversations with Samuel, we decided that the best way to proceed was to send money to him to purchase the bibles. With that, CBY India was birthed.
Since then we have been continually humbled by the believers in India, and by their overwhelming love for Yeshua. We are excited and blessed to be part of this movement that God is ushering forth in India.
In 2011, Rabbi Greg and others from Beth Yeshua International (BYI) traveled to India to dedicate the new ministry center building which houses Hope School and the sanctuary for CBY India. God has exploded this ministry to the point that hundreds of villages in southeast India are being ministered to through CBY India. Witin the 4 regions currently touched by Beth Yeshua India, we have 200 congregations under the umbrella of Beth Yeshua International, and 150+ pastors under our leadership who are ministering. To date the school has an enrollment of over 310 children, and growing, and 10,000+ new believers have been added to the Kingdom by God’s grace.
Beth Yeshua International has no administrative costs associated with helping this ministry to the poor, the widow, and the orphan. All donations go directly to CBY India.
If you wish to support CBY India, donations can be sent to Beth Yeshua International. Visit BYI’s giving page for more information.
To communicate with Pastor Samuel, contact him here: cbyindia@gmail.com