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It is estimated that 244 million people in India live below the poverty line.   Without proper vocational training, women and girls often work as day laborers or resort begging in order to help meet the financial needs of their families.  The Tabitha Tailoring school for women offers a six-month training course providing women with a skilled trade.   After completing the course,  the women are able to be self-supporting.    Upon graduation, each tailoring student receives a sewing machine.   As a result, the women have the means and training to start their own tailoring business.

Agape House cares for at risk children coming to us from a variety of circumstances.  In India, hunger and poverty drive many parents to send their children to work in agricultural fields and construction sites.  Subsequently, these children are denied a normal childhood, a good education and are forced to work hard labor instead.   Such practice only repeats the endless cycle of poverty.   Due to the great need, Pastor Sharath started the Agape House to better the lives of children; giving them a hope and an opportunity for a brighter future.

The Bible says:   “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few”.     India is the second most populated nation and has the most unreached people groups in the world.   That is why Pastor Sharath established the Peniel Bible College in 1994.  He is passionate about training, equipping and sending the native missionaries to plant churches where Christ is not yet known.  He currently provides leadership to 70 churches and many Bible School Students.

Rev. Sharath Bhushan founded Peniel Church at Razole in 1990 on the veranda of his modest home.  Now, the church has grown to more than 400 active members in attendance every Sunday.

GFI  Social Workers have dedicated their lives serving the poor and downtrodden of people India by providing humanitarian relief as well as offering spiritual & family counseling.     GFI  has implemented the Pastor Adoption Programme to assist the rural Social Workers with monthly monetary support and ongoing training programmes.