Over 120 believers from the Corporate World from various Indian cities came together for a historic, first confrence of that sort, in SAIACS CEO Centre, Bangalore this May (1-3). Duke did two riveting presentations in that confrence called God@Work.

Youth Pastors / Youth Leaders from all over India attended the National Assemblies of God Youth Confrence in Hyderabad this April 2009. Duke preached a stirring revival message in that important confrence titled, SLEEPING or SPEEDING. Duke was humbled and honored by the fact his preaching teacher in Bible College, Dr. David Balasingh, and his contempories in Bible College like Pastor Chadwick Samuel of Chennai and Pastor Jacob Mathew of Kolkota, along with Pastor Biswa Ratna Rai, Pastor Rouko Angami, Pastor Sunny Prasad, his M Div 2001 batch classmates, were present to hear him.

Duke preached a biblical and practical message in the Capstone AG Church in Gachibowli this April (2009) on the topic of Work Life Balance. This church poses for a picture with their Pastor, Chaitanya, Duke's one time Bible College Room Mate right at the back following that service.

Duke preached to corporates from 15 different companies in a rainy and stormy day with no electric power in the meeting place. This was in an Infosys Fellowship Organised Event in Gachibowli, Hyderabad with the theme of Good Friday in April First Week 2009. The Gospel was presented clearly without compromise from the seven statements Jesus made on the Cross.

Young people come forward to recieve Jesus after Duke's message, The Diamond Blood, in the AG Church Youth Service this March in Millenium Gardens, Hyderabad.

The young people from Calvary Temple commit their life for fulltime ministry after Duke speaks to them in a camp, this March.

YOUTUBE YOUTH YANKED TOWARDS YAHWEH...

G-4 MISSION MINISTRY REPORT BY EVANGELIN DUKE

God did it all. We were just the instruments. And do I have to tell you that we were very glad that He used us. Let me tell you why we were so very glad to be gladiators for God to grab the Google Gen from going to Gehenna (Hell)…. Let me elaborate as to why we have plenty to praise God for….

Duke Jeyaraj, the man I wake up with every morning, a man you know is called by God to grab the Google Gen from going to Gehenna and Yank the Yahoo Youth towards Yahweh was there in these meetings presenting God’s Word powerfully wrapped around contemporary events in a way that made sure they woke up from their sleep and listened intently:

YOUNG LEADERS CHALLENGED

…in the core group camp of Calvary Temple, Kukatpally. Duke preached two meaty messages in this camp that was in Mount Carmel Campus in Ghatkesar, this March. The first message was titled, “How To Beat Temptations!”  and the second was titled, “Do You Have It In You?” Following the second message, more than 50 young people surrendered their lives for fulltime ministry. TV Evangelist Bro. Satish Kumar was very kind to serve as Duke’s Telugu interpreter for these two messages.

1000 YOUNG PEOPLE HEAR OF THE DIAMOND BLOOD!

.... in the Youth Alive service of the New Life Assemblies of God church in Hyderabad. Duke improvised on the title of a movie starring Leonardo  Di Caprio titled, The Blood Diamond, to preach a message called, The Diamond Blood, on the fourth saturday of this March. Close to 1000 youth heard a heart-melting message on what the Blood of Jesus could do for them from the word "Blood" itself. The altar was crowded. There were wet eyes. Young folks  were swept by the Love of the Savior for them.

GOOD FRIDAY CORPORATES EVENT…

 … in a Good Friday themed event organized by Infosys Fellowship on April 7, 2009 in Gachibowli. That night it was raining cats and dogs. There was no power supply in the small church that was chosen as the venue. But all of that did not prevent 80 hungry youngsters from the Corporate World representing 15 companies (including Google, Dell, Oracle…) from being there to hear a powerful testimony and the message, “Seven Statements that point to Heaven!” Duke was sweating buckets after that message in that hot room. But what was more was that quite a few repeated the sinner’s prayer with him and got out of the broad road that leads to hot hell! Yes, in that pitch darkness, people who lived in darkness crossed over to a Light-filled life in Jesus!

 NATIONAL AG YOUTH CONFRENCE…

 …..in the National Assemblies of God Youth Conference in Hyderabad on 21 April upon the very kind invitation of Rev. Valson Varghese, the National Youth Coordinator for the Assemblies of God in India, who is also Duke’s local church pastor. The message that about 300 Youth Pastors / Youth Leaders from Kohima to Kerala heard that day was titled, “Sleeping or Speeding” and was delivered at a blistering pace. Duke was honored and humbled to preach this message with his Preaching Professor in Bible College sitting in the first row – Dr. David Balasingh and Southern Asia Bible College classmates – Rouko Angami, Biswa Ratna Rai and Sunny Prasad – sitting in the last row! Also present were Duke’s contemporaries from SABC – Pas. Chadwick Samuel of Chennai, Pas. Jacob Mathew of Kolkota and Pas. Chaitanya of Hyderabad. What was more - The Holy Spirit was at work from the first to the last, during that message.

NATIONAL CORPORATE BELIEVERS CONFRENCE….

…in the National Workplace Ministry Conference, in the SAIACS CEO Centre,Bangalore, May 1-3 upon the very warm invitation of Mr. Mohan Patnaik, Executive Director, UBS (Swiss Bank). The two apt and acrobatic presentations that were made by Duke in these two meetings were titled, “Paul, the Google Gen Gospel Presenter”(a message from Acts 26) and “Work – Life Balance, A Biblical Call”. It was indeed a rare privilege and a wonderful God-given distinction for my husband to join Mr. Anand Mahadevan (Outlook Business Editor and author of the widely-read Outlook article, “I, the convert”), Mrs. Jaya Abraham (whose testimony was also published in Outlook – a Corporate Company Vice President from Mumbai), Mr. C. B. Samuel, Mr. Ajoy Varghese, Bro. Edward Kuntam, Rev. Dr. J.N. Manokaram and others in teaching/making presentations in this standout meeting. The 120 Corporate Company folks who attended this first ever National level conference for believers in the Corporate World represented almost most of the major cities in India. History was made. History-makers were created. God was at work in this conference aptly called, God@Work Conference.

Duke also had the privilege of speaking in the following churches, of late:

 2000 PEOPLE HEAR THE WORD!

 …..Calvary Temple, lead by TV Evangelist Bro. Satish Kumar in Kukatpally,Hyderabad. Over 2000 people hungrily lapped up the message that was preached that Easter Sunday evening titled, “What Would You Offer The Resurrected Jesus?”

 YAHOO ENGINEER STORY AND THE GOSPEL STORY

 ….Capstone Assemblies of God Church in Gachibowli lead by his Bible College Room Mate, Pastor Chaitanya Gera on April 19. As Duke wrapped and presented the Gospel around the story of a suicide-committing Indian Yahoo Engineer in the United States, some folks were saved.

 DUKE's  MINISTRY PHILOSOPHY

Duke was used by the Lord to lead Practical Bible Book Summary Studies for believers from different churches in the following places:

 …..in the centrally located large home of Daniel-Magdalene in Raj Bhavan Road,Hyderabad, studies were lead on Malachi (March)  and Joshua (April). After lapping up life-changing truths presented from Duke’s unique “name-of-the-bible-book-used-as-an-acronym-for-its-message” method, these folks from various churches and corporates were served Dinner – thanks to the Daniels.

 …. in the home of Bro. Christopher, closer to our rented home in A. S. Rao Nagar, Secunderabad, Duke gleaned out practical lessons to summarize the whole message of the books of Judges (March), Ruth (April) and I Samuel (May). Bro. Rajkumar volunteered to prepare and serve tasty dinner for people from various churches  who showed up, traveling 15 to 20 kms. Jesus said, “Man shall  not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God!” Duke’s ministry philosophy is based on this just-quoted Scripture. “It would take quite a while and a lot of effort to search every word of the God (found in the Bible) and study it. So let us at least read and study every book of God’s book, the Bible and go about in our effort to understand it’s message. And we would be wise to start with the practical study of the lesser known Old Testament books!” And that is what happens in these rare, rocking Bible Studies.

 WRITING FOR THE WHOLE WORLD…

Writing remains Duke’s primary call. Of late Light of Life, India’s leading Christian magazine (available online at lightoflife-india.com), Insight magazine published bySouthern Asia Bible College where Duke studied and the Rural Echo, made available by Maharashtra Village Ministries carried Duke’s articles.

Giving out tracts is something we keep doing to keep our spiritual temperature warm. We gave tracts in General Bazaar in Hyderabad, the other day. As we holidayed in Bangalore, shopped in Commercial Street, hung out in Cubbon Park, we gave out tracts to modern youth who crossed our path. Handing out tracts to interested co-passengers in the Train when we recently traveled to Bangalore was an exciting experience! We saw one lady reading the tract that  God enabled us create titled, Bubbly Outside, Yet Empty Inside, non-stop till she was totally through in the Bangalore-Kacheguda Express! On the Day of Judgment she would not be able to give the excuse, “I do not know who Jesus is. Was he an IPL cricketer playing in a Team I was not following that much?!” And God would absolve us of her blood, which would otherwise be on our head, on that Terrible Day! What a joy it would be -  both for her and for us - if she got saved!

SOME HOW, SAVE SOME!

While we were in Bangalore recently we tried to get across the Word of God using different methods:

 ….by bringing in the Gospel during a very casual conversation on Why Bad Things Happen To Good People while having breakfast with a “Train” friend. Before we parted ways and were ready to say, “Bye”, he was given the “Gospel Special” issue of The Days of Your Youth along with a CD copy containing three of Duke’s Gospel presentations including, a forthright Gospel message on the uniqueness of Christ!

 ….by gifting his long-lost, without-Christ, B. Tech. Agricultural Engineering classmate he recently met in Bangalore with more copies of The Days of Your Youth magazine as they were ready to bid Good Bye after lunch together!

 THE MUSCAT CALL….

Through Podcasts (duke.mypodcast.com) and Youtube (under the name of Duke Jeyaraj) uploads more and more people across the planet are being exposed to these kind of presentations that wrap Bible Truths around modern day events. To give you an example - Duke recently got a call from Muscat from a man who watched his Youtube video clip! A daring, direct message yet dearly delivered that Duke preached in an influential Roman Catholic home titled, "Wrong Ideas Catholics Have," (corrected lovingly in the light of the Bible) has been uploaded onto our site, duke.mypodcast.com, along with other interesting messages. Pass the link to those who need to hear the message.

NEW MINISTRY WAYS PROPELLED BY VOLUNTEERS

The official website of our ministry (www.TheDaysOfYourYouth.com) has seen over 55,000 hits. This site is so well managed by Santhosh William, now with Haggai Institute – a young man who gives his free time for our ministry. The www.G-4Mission.Blogspot.com site carries our ministry reports dotted with pictures. This site is managed by Fenella Prince in Bangalore. SMSs from my mobile (9441352433) with ministry news and prayer calls are being sent through the Internet. Solomon Paul is taking the lead in doing this. We cannot thank God enough for these vigorous, vibrant volunteers. Sharon working in Accenture (Chennai) and Eugene Pandian (Duke’s contemporary from Agricultural Institute, Allahabad living presently in Bangalore) are two new people, both very creative when it comes to design, who join our ever-expanding volunteers team. Issue No.17 of The Days mag was designed delectably by them. Shruthi Joy, Stephen Jothiraj, Bro. Christopher Tharalla take time to read what Duke writes to make sure you read all his swallowed up words too. God bless this Word-Sword-Squad (Editing Team). Thro’ short emails Duke continues to counsel young folks across the World who specifically ask for his counsel especially in intimate matters.

Continue to pray for our ministry. Your support means much to us. In some ways, you are like the ones who gather the supplies for the battle and those who make sure the supply does not run dry! We are like those who have gone for the battle (having said, “tata”, to our worldly jobs) trying our best to wrest the google gen from the grip of Satan who is sold out to take them with him to Gehenna (Hell). God’s Word says the reward is the same for the “suppliers” and “soldiers” (I Sam 30:24). Do I hear you say a “Wow!”?

NATIONAL WORKPLACE MINISTRY CONFERENCE - PLEASE ATTEND!

Duke Jeyaraj humbly recommends and requests believers working in different corporates from all over India to consider attending the National Workplace Ministry Conference to be held in SAIACS, Bangalore, May 1-3, 2009. For more information please visit http://prayerfellowships.org/godatwork. And also please email godatwork09@gmail.com. Download the attached invite to get more details. The conference will feature eminent speakers and actual practitioners of the holy calling to be a witness for Jesus at workplace such as Anand Mahadevan of Outlook Business (of the "I, the convert" article fame) and many such others. More importantly, this conference will give you an invaluable opportunity to fellowship and strategically plan with other believers striving to be a witness for Jesus in various corporate offices across India. Other topics like Family - Work balance will also be taken up in this conference.Please register before April 15, 2009. If you are a pastor or a church leader, please encourage young corporate employees of your church to attend this conference. If you want to make a quick call to have more info about this crucial conference, please contact Mr. Mohan Patnaik, part of the senior leadership of UBS (Swiss Bank) in Hyderabad at 09849995530, who will also be one of the speakers in this Meet. Come on Nehemiahs, come on Esthers, come on Moseses, come on Daniels - let us meet up in Bangalore in the National Workplace Ministry Conference!

Reaching Youth thro' Powerpoint Presentation, Youtube.com and old-fashioned preaching - Duke Jeyaraj

Nathan - the Moving Movie Maker! Haggai Conference!

The Lord blessed the Haggai India Media Seminar I attended in Greater Noida (in Uttar Pradesh but part of the National Capital Region) (4-8 Feb). Participants from all across the country from the TV media, Radio media, Advertising Meida and Print Media attended. I was blessed by the presentations and classes lead by the distinguished teachers such as Dr. Chris Gnanakan (Bangalore), Mr. Paul Balasundaram (Director, Haggai India, Director), Mr. Sam Rufus (an creative ideas trainer for corporates from Gurgoan), Bro. Rajkumar Ramachandran ('the walking Bible'), Bro. Valentine Davidar (with Haggai Asia), and Mr. Stephen David (of India Today Group). I lead a devotion in which I preached from the life of Nathan whom I called the "moving movie maker!" through a power-point presentation which my friend in the conference, David Sekhar helped me do. Meeting with my good old friend Swarnu and the couple in whose home I was there every other day to receive coffee and counsels during my Allahabad College Days, Mr. and Mrs. Dickson was a special joy during the course of this visit. Distributing tracts in the Rajdhani Express while traveled up and down and to the youth I met in the market place of Greater Noida was even a greater joy. My thanks to Bro. Paul Balasundaram, the excutive director of Haggai India who joined along with Pastor Valson Varghese of New Life AG Church to this crucial conference all expenses-paid.

The Greater Noida Haggai Conference which Duke attended

Duke speaks on the topic, Nathan, the moving movie-maker!

God's presence manifested mightily!

Earlier, the Lord used us to bless over 800 youth who gathered in Chilaklu, Near Vijayawada in an interchurch youth convention – Sunday Morning church service organized by Pastor Prabhudas of New Life Ministries (Jan 31-Feb 1). Youth from the Seventh Day Adventist Church, Anglican Church, Baptist Church and other independent churches joined from places such as Vijayawada, Warangal and Hyderabad, apart from nearby villages. We witnessed the power of God being manifested in a mighty way in this camp, as demons ran and people fell to the ground unable to stand – the power of the Holy Spirit over-whelming them during prayer time after a anointed teaching from the Word of God by both Evan and I, on crucial subjects such as Excuses, Temptations, King Ahab and Holy Spirit. Most importantly, many youth accepted the Lord as Savior and received the baptism of the Holy Spirit.

Duke preaches from Proverbs 7 on how to beat temptation with the hosting pastor Pastor Prabhudass interpreting into Telugu in Chillakallu Interchurch Youth Revival Meetings

Evan, Duke's wife preaches on the Holy Spirit in the same meeting. Demons ran, people spoke in tongues for the first time and some fell to the ground overwhelmed by the power of God following this message

Youtube Video of mine with over 1000 hits!

The Lord lead me to upload 12 video clips featuring my talks on Youtube.com. Of them one of them has seen over 1000 hits and I am greatly encouraged to see that. Here is the description of that video clip: Duke Jeyaraj makes a captivating presentation of the Creator's view on actual sex outside of marriage. Duke makes reference to a Preity Zinta's dialogue in her movie, Kya Kehna even as his audience cheers lustily. This clip is a part of a message I preached in the New Life AG Church in May 2007.
Click on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPiE2p30hWg
If you would like to watch this video clip. We must use all possible ways to get the message about Jesus across to the masses.