Grabbing the Google Generation from Gehenna Mission 2012
Annual Report
'JESUS'
UNIQUENESS PRESENTING' JANUARY 2012:
January 2012 - This month Duke preached in a mission challenge event in a church at Chennai. Several were challenged for mission involvement.
Duke was in a church in the East
Coast Road, Chennai, preaching in a Missions' Awakening Meeting. The first
message he preached there was a powerful message on the uniqueness of Jesus,
the foundation for missions. His dad, Mr. A. Jeyaraj, interpreted that message
into Tamil. Not only winning young people to the Lord is the focus of G4
Mission. This Mission, through passionate mission challenge messages to youth,
has successfully challenged the Google Generation to get involved in ministry
and even do it fulltime. The youtube link, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JANzNptRr3s
contains a message clip of Duke
where-in, he challenges youth to consider missions.
In Jan 2012, Duke also was invited by Rev. Younus Samuel, the Youth Pastor of
the New Life AG Church, Hyderabad, to share in a devotion during the church's
21-day fasting. Duke's message, "Don't Give Up!" not only touched
those who listened to him live ("I decided to continue to my water-only
fast!") but also those who watched him on the internet from faraway
("I was so encouraged to listen to this ...").
'FOREIGN NATION VISIT' FEBRUARY 2012:
Feb 2012 - Duke preached God's Word in an emerging leaders training event organised by Compassion International in Bangladesh this month.
In Feb, 2012, Duke flew to Bangladesh to preach God's Word.
God, thanks to His grand plan, has used this ministry beyond the borders of
India. God has used the uploaded youtube videos of Duke (found on
www.youtube.com/visitduke) to bless people in India, Indonesia (the world's
most populous islamic nation), UAE, USA, Saudi Arabia, etc.. This particular
youtube channel has secured over 20,000 hits the year 2012 alone. Duke was in
the country of Bangladesh during Feb 2012 to preach God's Word in a Compassion
International leadership development event for the Google Generation there.
Several young people made life-changing commitments to the Lord.
'MIND-SHARPENING'
MARCH 2012:
March 2012 - G4 Mission continued publishing The Days Of Your Youth - a mag which wraps Bible Truth around contemporary events in 2012.
"I will stop teaching, the day
I stop learning!" This is a dictum that Duke believes in. That's one
reason he is studying even as he continues his ministry, thereby taking efforts
to sharpen his mind. He is part of a Doctor of Ministry cohort in Southern Asia
Bible College. In March 2012, he took up a course on Conflict Management from
leading experts in that field. He is presently working on a project that will
design ways to make Jesus disciples of the modern young working professionals
of our time as part of his doctoral studies (D. Min. studies) under Dr. David
Balasingh's guidance. This year, he travelled to places such as Chennai,
Bangalore, Pune, Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Trivandrum, etc as part of work related
to this course. Even as he travelled to these places for research work and
interviewed those who worked in IT/ITES companies, God, through cooperating and
large-hearted pastors opened doors for ministry and preaching of the Word.
'AUTHORING
WORK' COMPLETING APRIL 2012:
April 2012 - Duke, in 2012, continued to summarize in a practical manner, the message of entire Bible books, through print and pulpit ministry. He led 8 Bible Studies summarizing 8 New Testament books at his base for the Google Generation this year. The picture shows one issue of the magazine published by G4 Mission this year which had the summary of the book of Job in print for the yahoo youth.
The G4 Mission believes in making the
Google Generation to go gaga over God's Word. With this goal, a magazine is
published to invite them to do this - to go bananas over the Bible's message!
This year we continued publishing The Days Of Your Youth Magazine, a mag that
wraps Bible Truth around contemporary events, a mag which was first launched
with Duke's call centre job salary in March
2006. The message of the book of Job was wrapped around contemporary events and
presented persuasively to the presentday youth in an article authored by Duke
in one of the issues of The Days Of Your Youth published in 2012. Talking about
writing, which Duke considers as one of his primary calls that God has placed
upon his life, it must be mentioned that Duke's articles were published in
Mumbai based Christian magazine, Light of Life, every month of 2012. Duke gave
permission in 2012 to organization such as Christian Broadcasting Network to
use his articles following a request for the same. A newly launched local
Christian newspaper, The Way, was filled with Duke's articles in it's first
issue. The Evangelical Teachers Fellowship published Duke's challenge to
teachers from the life of Ezra in one of it's issues in 2012.
'MEATY
MESSAGE PREACHING' MAY 2012:
May 2012 - Duke and Evan preached God's Word in the Bethel IPA Youth Camp in Coimbatore, this month. God moved mightily. Youth made several significant commitments by coming forward to the altar as Duke gave the call. Duke preached in several other similar events this year after being invited to do so.
In May 2012, the General
Superintendent of South India, Assemblies of God, Rev. V. T. Abraham, put Duke
on a flight so that he could minister in the church he led in Kozhikode. He
remarked, after he heard Duke preach a message from the questions that Jesus
posed in a service, that the meaty message shared was among the most solid
sermons he had heard in a long time.
Duke Jeyaraj and his wife, Evangelin, get invited
to minister in youth camps conducted by leading churches across India. In May
2012, they had the honor of preaching God's word in the Bethel IPA Church's
youth camp in a scenic camp site just outside of the city of Coimbatore. God
moved mightily in this youth camp.
Duke shared God's Word during the Sunday Services
of the AG Church, in Kozhikode, in May 2012 (about the perils of
procrastination). In the same way, Duke, in 2012, challenged church believers
during Sunday services in New Life AG Church, Hyderabad (where over 4000 heard
his challenge, "Marks of a Backslidden Believer", from Malach,
following Rev. Valson Varghese's warm invitationi), Bethel IPA Church,
Coimbatore (where people from two services heard his different message,
"Bible Lessons From Magic IPL5 Moments", following Pastor Terry Prakasam's
warm invitation), Living Springs English Church in Chennai (where a mix of
corporates and students from the African continent heard practically him
summarize the message of Esther using the acronym, 'e-s-t-h-e-r', following
Rev. Austin Carter Jones' warm invitation), Metropolitan Mission Church,
Vijayawada (where he encouraged the 400 church believers with the message from
"Let us" passages of the book of Hebrews, following, Dr. B.
Ebenezer's invitation), in the AG Church led by Rev. Anil Alexander in Navi
Mumbai (where he challenged the young audience from the questions of challenge
found in the Bible for evangelism through the local church), and in two
different AG churches in Chennai (led by Pas. JabezSendhil and Rev. Jeghil) on
the Sunday before Christmas (using the message outline born out of his personal
meditation, a message subsequently posted on Facebook which went on to attract
a "Good Message" comment from one of AG India most-loved evangelists
and senior leaders). G4 Mission is not a church. Duke does not run a church in
Hyderabad or elsewhere. G4 Mission believes that existing churches must be
revived by passionate, Spirit-filled preaching of the Word. Duke's family, when
they are not in ministry travel, are found actively participating in the
activities of New Life AG Church, Hyderabad, the church they attend as a
family. Duke's kids performed small roles in the Christmas program 2012 of this
church.
'JOSIAH
TALKING ABOUT' JUNE 2012:
June 2012 - The G4 Mission released a new book, Goodnews for the Google Generation, in this month. This book housed the best Gospel presentations of Duke for the Google Generation in the prose, poetry and personal story format.
One of Duke's life passions is to
show the present-day youth that there are characters they can identify with in
the Holy Bible. In the month of June 2012, Duke preached in an youth event of
Operation Mobilization in Hyderabad. His challenge to youth from the life of
King Josiah replete with videos of Usian Bolt moved several youth to the altar
to get right with God. G4 Mission, is glad
to join hands with existing organisations to reach presentday youth, this way.
In October 2012, Duke spoke in an event organised by PROFIT, a fellowship of
professionals under GEMS Mission.
Thanks to the generous giving of one of our
ministry friends (an Indian!), Duke was able to publish a book that assembled
the best of his Gospel Presentations for present-day youth in one book - Good
News for the Google Generation. This book was released in June 2012 and has
blessed many. Along with this book, new message CDs of Duke were released in
2012. Now the total number of message DVDs/MP3 CDs has crossed 40. This year,
the first English to Gujarati message DVD of Duke was released. These CDs were briskly
bought by those who heard Duke in the meetings he preached in. Duke promoted
the resources of G4 Mission in a large Lutheran Church in Guntur and in the AG
Church in Mumbai led by Rev. VivekDindorkar (The River of Life Assembly), the
Superintendent of the AG for Maharashtra, in 2012. As honey bees would crowd
around certain flowers, folks crowded around the place where G4 Mission
resources were placed, in these churches, post the service. In the 2012
National Youth Conference of the Assemblies of God in NLAG, Hyderabad, a record
sale was made of Duke's books.
'JUICE OUT OF A BIBLE BOOK'
SQUEEZING JULY 2012
July 2012 - Duke led a bunch of Google Genners working in different companies and attending different churches in a Bible summary study of the book of Luke, this month. He summarized the message of this book using the acronym, d-r-l-u-k-e. Seven other New Testament books were similarly studied this year. The Facebook Folk were brought back to The Book, this way!
Month after month, Duke gathers a
bunch of modern young working professionals to his base and teaches God's Word
to them. He basically squeezes out the spiritual juice out of the chosen Bible
book, in this rare, rocking study event. 8 different Bible books (I
Thessalonians, II Thessalonians, Hebrews, I Peter, James, Luke, Acts,
Colossians) were summarized in a practical and powerful way to a small bunch of
them each month in a meeting at Duke's rented base in Hyderabad on selected
Sunday evenings spread through the year. Duke used the very name of the book as
an outline for the message of the book, each time. For example, the message of
Colossians, was put in c-o-l-o-s-s-i-a-n-s. These outlines were uploaded onto www.freshbiblestudy.wordpress.com. Entire Bible Study video recordings in HD were uploaded
onto Youtube.com. Here is one link in which you will find the I Peter Bible
Study: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOxMYBzx98c. Duke also taught this group on the discipline of Bible
Meditation (January 2012), he brought out lessons on sex, love and marriage
from the Moses-Zipporah relationship in an event called, When Moses Gave Roses
(Feb 2012), he gleaned Bible lessons from the magic moments of IPL5 in June
2012 and did a different Christmas Bible study from Revelation 12 in December
2012. In July 2012, he summarized the message of the book of Luke. In August
2012, after the study of Acts God filled those who came with his Spirit. In a
home in Bangalore during September 2012, Duke summarized the message of Job for
small group of believers using acronym, "J-O-B o-f U-Z".
'ATTEMPTING
NEW THINGS' AUGUST 2012
August 2012 - Duke and Evan ministered in a couples'-family camp organised by their young friends Ruby-Danny in a campsite in Chennai during the month of August. Along with conducting fun games, they taught God's Word.
Of late, God has been gracious to use
Duke and Evan not just to minister to those who are single but also to married
couples. They ministered in a couples camp organised by their young friends,
Danny-Ruby, in a camp site in East Coast Road, Chennai, in August 2012. While
Evan ministered to the singles/teens in that family camp, Duke preached to the
couples and some general sessions. The same
month the board of G4 Mission (which includes non-relatives of Duke) met in
Chennai. Ministry reports and accounts were submitted. They were audited by a
non-Christian auditor and submitted to the Government. Duke's dad, Mr. A.
Jeyaraj, coordinated this work, voluntarily. The Government acknowledged this
and sent a receipt to Duke.
'SISTER
IN MINISTRY' SEPTEMBER 2012
September 2012 - Evan Duke was invited this month to minister to working professionals who attended the city-wide Women's conference of the Pearl City Church of the Joyce Meyer Ministries. Her message blessed those who came.
The Lord - thanks to his amazing
grace - has used Duke's wife, Sis. Evan, to preach His Word in various places
all these years. This year she was one of the featured speakers in a large
women's conference held by a leading church in Hyderabad - the Pearl City
Church. In September 2012, she taught women pros on how to shine for Christ in
their work place. Apart from preaching, Evan
was happy to counsel young people who sought her help at various times, with
regard to delicate problems they faced: broken marriages, confusion about life
partner choice, secret addictions, "unwanted" pregnancies, etc. Evan
shared the pulpit with Duke in the Bethel IPA Youth Camp and also preached in a
Sunday Services of Bethel IPA Church, Coimbatore and Metropolitan Mission
Church, Vijayawada, in 2012. Her message, "How long?" to single girls
was a blessing.
In the same month, Duke preached a message on Who
is a Mature Christian to a small group of believers atop Bro. Christopher's
home in Dr. A. S. Rao Nagar, Hyderabad. The hearers' hearts were warmed.
'OUT-OF-THE-BAG'
CAT OCTOBER 2012
October 2012 - During this month, Duke Jeyaraj, in the National Youth Convention of the AG Denomination, made five riveting, reviving, rocking, rare, presentations, to bless over 1800 participants from 19 Indian states.
It has pleased the Lord to use Duke
Jeyaraj not only in city-wide, state-wide, events but also in National-level
events. This year, he was one of the speakers of in the National Youth
Conference of the Assemblies of God of India, an October 2012 event that drew
over 1800 youth from 19 Indian states. His presentations were eye-opening and
edifying. In the Question and Answer time and in the organizing leaders
requested Duke to 'let the cat out of the bag' in matters such as porn. And
Duke daringly did so. He busted unspoken but rampantly used excuse youth have
to justify porn-watching, using logic and the Lord's word! One young man who
was in this conference, later met with Duke to let him know that he repented
from the sin of porn-watching he had been addicted to for years and had gone on
to destroy his porn-collection. God was clearly touching lives in that youth
conference! One of the messages, that Duke preached in this landmark event, a
practical exposition of Proverbs 7 with bold references to sins of petting,
porn, rebellion against elders, etc, is found on this Youtube video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuxOUsbg0LM
In a city-wide event organised by Metropolitan Mission, Duke and his wife Evan,
addressed over 2000 youth in Vijayawada in the same month. Hyderabad, Chennai,
Coimbatore, Bangalore, Calicut, Vijayawada, Pune, Mumbai, Navi Mumbai,
Trivandrum, etc - these were some of the cities that Duke preached God's Word
in, as an itinerant preacher, in 2012.
'NOT
ONLY THIS DENOMINATION BUT EVEN THAT' NOVEMBER 2012
November 2012 - During this month, Duke Jeyaraj, frankly and fearlessly, taught the youth of the Emmanuel AG Church, Pune, on topics such as sex, love, marriage through a powerful exposition of Ezekiel 23 and Genesis 24.
One of the hallmarks of Duke's
ministry is the passionate way he preaches not just to large audiences but even
to smaller ones. He was in the Emmanuel AG church in Pune, led by Rev. Nana
Dar, ministering to the youth in November 2012, with great passion, teaching on
sex, love, marriage from passages such as Ezekiel 23 and Genesis 24. The Lord touched the audience. Several 'holy' decisions were
made as the youth made their way to the front. In the same Duke's answers -
frank and faithful to Scripture - enlightened questions asked on topics as
diverse as miracles to masturbation.
In the same month, Duke preached in a CNI Church in
Mumbai in the Sunday service. His vibrant message which began with the
reference to the movie, Life of Pi, was a blessing to that congregation. G4
Mission does not belong to one church nor is it sponsored by any denomination.
It is inter-denominational and is supported by individual Indians who believe
in it's vision. In the year 2012, Indians (from Tirunelveli to Tinsukia, from
Vadodara to Vizag) moved by the Holy Spirit sent in offerings via bank
transfer/cheque/money-order for the work of the Gospel done by Duke/G4 Mission.
In the same month, November 2012, Duke had the
privilege of addressing students of an international secular school in a
particular Indian city on how to save the earth where he brought in the Gospel
at the end using the acronym, 'e-a-r-t-h'. H, stood for heart transformation
through the Gospel of Jesus. The Assembly Speaker of that particular state was
in the audience while Duke did this, as his son studied in that school! G4
Mission believes in reaching the Google Genners of all ages!
'DINNER WITH A DIFFERENT GOAL'
DECEMBER 2012
December 2012 - A young man who was given the T20 Gospel Tract published by the G4 Mission this year, reads that tract with great concentration. Such tract outreaches were done through out the year in Railway stations, shopping malls, flat clusters and movie complexs, etc, with Bible Study regulars joining Duke.
In December 2012, the G4 Mission
organized an Evangelistic Conversations event, an event that drew folk from
various faiths. This event was held in a popular mall in the city of Hyderabad.
Through conversations, the Gospel was shared with the Google Generation that
assembled. Also, through out the year, outreach in which the Google Generation
armed with a couple of tracts that Duke has written for them (including one
based on T20 magic moments featuring India) went to different youth
hangouts/hotspots in Hyderabad (like the Railway Station, Shopping Malls, Movie
Theatres, etc) and distributed them. Some of them read it animatedly like the
young man pictured above.
There were orders for the T20 Gospel tract and the Bubbly Gospel tract from
different parts of India.
By December 2012, God graciously added, through the giving of Indian friends of
the G4 Mission, two more gadgets which would help Duke connect with the Google
Generation better and minister to them more effectively and swifty. We are
talking about two Apple products here - the small MacBook Air laptop &
I-Phone 3GS.
Joel Joseph, one of the volunteers of G4 Mission, walked into Duke's rented
base in December 2012. He was armed with a high-resolution HD camera. An
introductory/promo video for G4 Mission was then by Joel featuring Duke. Here
it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clhDqlq0-zo
NOTE:
Pics which you saw above summarize
the ministry done in the year 2012 by Grabbing the Google Generation from
Gehenna Mission - an independent, inter-church ministry to modern youth founded
by Duke Jeyaraj which is supported by offerings sent by those blessed by Duke's
writings and messages and Indians who believe that the Google Generation must
be reached with the Gospel in a creative way with the same old Gospel. If you
are led to support this ministry log onto www.googlegeneration.in/donate.php
FOR YOUR
INFORMATION:
Mobile Phone: +91-888-604-0-605.
Leave a message please if I am not able
to pick up. Thank you!
Duke is a full-time, itinerant,
presenter / communicator of Truths from the
Bible to the Google Generation, who operates from out of his base in
Hyderabad, and is someone who ministers cutting across denominational or
organizational barriers.
Duke founded Grabbing the Google Generation from Gehenna (hell in Greek)
Mission (G4 Mission) in Feb. 2006 to creatively reach out to the Google
Generation. This ministry, which Duke n his wife work for full-time, is
supported by individual Indians who have been blessed by his preaching and
writing ministry, and NOT by any particular organisation or group. See
www.g-4mission.blogspot.com for more details about this ministry which
is run with the help of volunteers
on a day to day basis. You can be one such
volunteer!
Visit www.youtube.com/visitduke to
see down-to-earth, daring message video clips of Duke
Jeyaraj on hot yet hushed subjects like salvation, sex, love, marriage,
missions, and more.
At www.TheDaysOfYourYouth.com
- you will find articles by Duke which wrap Bible-life truths crisply and
creatively around contemporary events of interest! The PDF of the mag by
same name which Duke publishes can be downloaded at this site.
See how Jesus rides on the back of donkey Duke to various places at
www.G-4Mission.blogspot.com a websites that provides
picturesque reports on the ministry Duke does, the ministry products like
message DVDs that Duke creates and places where he going to minister!
Read Duke’s articles that present the Gospel to the Google Generation creatively wrapped around modern events at www.PurposeSpot.Blogspot.com.
