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A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY:

Rev. John Moses Dussi was formerly known as Appa Rao Dussi was born in the year 1972 in India . He was born in a very poor family of the untouchables, who were neglected and rejected by the society. His parents were so poor that they could not even provide for his basic amenities in life. Good food and clothing were always scarce. Education and decent life were distant dreams. He faced starvation, ill health, insult and tasted the depths and heights of poverty.

Unsheltered he moved  from place to place, person to person and from home to home seeking for normal living. Being an untouchable, he was rejected every where and denied help by every one. Though poor, his family was Orthodox in religion and strongly rooted in the Hindu beliefs.

As a boy, while seeking admission in government run hostel, he was denied a seat because he was too young for the hostel and so they changed his date of birth to 1970 and put him to 4 th     grade when he was barely eligible for 1 st grade. Though this was not correct he had no one to support and his parents were afraid of the denial of the admission as this will be the only provision for his food, clothing and shelter.

Personal Testimony Rev. John Moses Dussi.

As I was one of the badly hurt victim of poverty, since childhood onwards I had developed love and compassion for the poor and needy children who were like me. A few Indian social reformers and revolutionary leaders like Dr. B.R. Ambedkar inspired me whom I followed passionately. I began to write and sing songs that propagated their principles and the revolution. During my high school studies, I was given New Testament which I read diligently.

The life and love of Jesus Christ attracted me because of his compassionate spirit. His love for the down trodden challenged me. As I read the Bible more and more it was evident that Jesus was the greatest social reformer and a great revolutionary person who loved the people but hated their sin. Soon I began to hunger to know more about Jesus. I understood that all the reformers that I followed were mere humans but I learnt that Jesus is indeed God and the Savior of the human mankind. Though I knew so much about Jesus, I didn't believe him as my personal savior.

CONVERSION AND PERSONAL EXPERIENCE

It was in the year 1988 when I was suffering from Typhoid fever, my sister took me to the church. The fever was so severe and every one thought I would die. But in the church when a believer prayed by applying oil on me, I felt a great relief and the fever simply vanished. This was knew and amazing to me. It was then I realized the power and love of Jesus and soon I accepted him as my Lord and Savior.

An incident in 1991 moved me radically. Christians in Chundur, a village in Guntur district of my state were killed, cut into pieces, their body parts put in gunny bags and were thrown into a river. This hurled me back into social Reformation where I joined in a revolutionary group and voiced through writing and singing communist songs.

 MY CAREER

I did my Bachelor of arts in sociology and a diploma in fitter in Industrial Training Institute.

I was a journalist and worked in a city called Visakhapatnam . Later I joined as an agricultural officer at Bhubaneswar , Orissa. I also had Alpha Engineering workshop at Vizianagaram. God blessed me in every wok I did.

 I have also studied International Institute of correctional Management Course in the year 2005 and Restorative Justice in Queen's University , Canada .

MARRIAGE AND GOD'S CALL

I was married to Ms. G. Sushma in the year 1999 on 17 th February. She was a very strong believer. While I was steadily growing on social activities, my wife was so much concerned about my spiritual status. She pulled me into regular and fasting prayers. It was during these days on the early hours of dec'30, 1999, i shared God's voice in a vision. The voice I heard was FOLLOW ME, I WILL MAKE YOU FISHERS OF MEN.  

 The next day I shared this with my wife. After both of us prayed and sought the lord for some more clarity and direction, we made a decision. In February 2000, I resigned my job and joined the lord's work fulltime.

DIRECTOR'S MESSAGE

I would like to share with you my favourette verses in matt 25:32-40. This passage talks about second coming and God's Judgement. It says that God will bless those who care for the hungry, needy, prisoners and strangers. When we care for the least and lost in our community, we are serving god directly.  This is the goal and vision of my ministry. This I call the 5 fold ministry and this can be explained with the 5 fingers of our hand.

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Thumb finger preaching the gospel and discipling and challenging others to do the lord's work.                          Point finger prison ministry, we concentrate on people who are pointed out and neglected by others, especially the prisoners. Middle finger- Church Planting, this is our utmost priority in our ministry.                                                                                 Ring finger- hospital ministry, we reach the weak and sick people in our community.                           Little finger­- we care for the poor people and those who are in need.

So, my dear brother and sister, if you are not yet saved, this is the right moment to accept Jesus as your Lord and personal savior. If you are a believer, I challenge you to share the gospel to others. If you are already preaching the gospel, I encourage you to do it with practical love and social work.  Some one said, preach the gospel always, but use words only when necessary.  This is the ministry God loves and accepts and these are the ones who will receive eternal life. The Bible says, faith without works is dead faith.  So let your salvation may not be limited to you and your family, but extend it to the poor, prisoners, sick people and those who are lost.

May god bless you.

In His Ministry,

Rev. Dr. Moses Dussi.