Personal Overview
Name: John Gansalves
Location: Odisha, India
Family: Married to Deepika; daughter Hosanna (turning 4 on April 14, entering Nursery).
Vocation: Preacher, disciple-maker, and church planter.
Role: GAP-NAMS Coordinator for India.
Focus Areas: Evangelism, pastoral training, slum children education, developing women's potentials, and community development.
Ministry Operations (GAP India)
Has conducted five active disciple-makers currently operating across India.
1. GAP-NAMS: The Core apprenticeship ministry framework.
2. Church Planting: ⛪ Expanded base church from 4 to 15–20 consistent attendees. Established a Sunday school for 10 children.
3. House Fellowships: 🏘️ Daily evening gatherings in slum sectors (Pragatinagar, Panchumahala, Sardapur) focused on personal evangelism and practical application of Christ's commands.
4. Children’s Ministry: 📚 Operating two free education centers (Pragatinagar and Sitirasahi) for approximately 60 children, primarily rag pickers. Documented behavioural shifts include the cessation of stealing, begging, and substance abuse.
Pragatinagar Children Educational Centre
Sitirasahi Children Education Centre
5. Leadership Training: 📖 Instructed 50 pastors and leaders (as of March 2026) in evangelistic methodology (Matthew 28:19-20). Objective metric: Reach 200 individuals with the Gospel by April 2026.
6. Sports Ministry: ⚽ Utilizing football to counter youth digital addiction, managed by apprentice Eka. Incorporates moral and biblical instruction before and after physical activity.
7. Youth Training: 🌱 Concluded a two-day discipleship intensive yielding personal faith commitments from 15 youths.
8. Women’s Ministries: 👩 Executed an awareness program for 100 women, featuring sanitary kit distribution, assisted by Dr. Upasana and Brother Anil Patra.
9. Teaching Ministry: 🗣️ Served as the primary resource speaker for a 500-attendee annual church conference.
10. Social Service: 🤝
Environmental Management: Mobilizing slum residents for continuous area cleanliness.
Water Sanitation: Cleaned local wells with community assistance to secure a safe daily water supply.
Public Health: Instituted strict daily hygiene protocols (bathing, dental care, handwashing) for youth, observing steady compliance.
Charity: Directed operational aid to impoverished demographics and leprosy patients via donor funding.
Please help us praying about:
🙏 Demographic Reach: Spiritual conversion for residents in Pragatinagar, Panchumahala, Sardapur, Benagadia, and Sitirasahi.
🙏 Leadership Yield: Effective multiplication of disciples through the 50 recently trained leaders.
🙏 Educational Facilities: Sustained transformation and fruitfulness at the two children's centers.
🙏 Hardware Logistics: Procurement of an electronic tablet to optimize training efficiency.
🙏 Financial Logistics: Adequate funding for GAP operations.
🙏 Personnel Acquisition: Optimal selection for the new GAP apprentice vacancy.
🙏 Personal Efficacy: Continued growth and fruitfulness for family and ministry.
John Gansalves
India
April 2026
