Grace Gospel fellowship ministry has been founded by Pastor L.D. and Vandana Gupta in the year of 2005 in Agra (U.P.) in India. This ministry is registered under societles Registration Act XXI of 1860.
Brief historical background of GGFThe Grace Gospel Fellowship is not just another organization founded and sponsored by some foreign hosts, but a vision of God given His humble servant Pastor L.D. Gupta who was persecuted and excommunicated from Gupta society for his faith in Christ.Obeying the masters call he began to serve the Lord among gentiles since 1995. In 1995 God gave him a vision to reach un-reached with the gospel of Christ and to look after spiritual need of poor and neglected christians in the remote places of Agra and U.P. He shared his vision to some of his friends in U.P., and the believers of other states too, thus the Grace Gospel Fellowship came into conception with a very humble beginning. In 2005 the governing body was formed and on march 3, and this ministry was registrated under the society registration Act XXI of 1860 in Agra for whole India.
Brief life sketch of founder and president
Bro L.D. Gupta hails from Agra (U.P.) Nothern India. He was born
on august 20, 1976, and brought up in a high cast devout religious
hindu family in Agra. He was worshipper of god "hanuman", for number
of years he worked with R.S.S. as area leader in Agra. In 1990 while
he was wondering to temple to temple in search of peace and true
God. Lord Jesus called him into his marvelous eternal light in 1991.
For the sake of his faith in Christ he was persecuted, disowned by
his own relatives and friends. He took a Bachelor of
Theology degree from Filedelfia Bible College, Udaipur (Raj.). Along
with this degree course, he did many mini Bible courses from other
institutions too. He served as a youth pastor in Ray of Joy
Fellowship in Agra later on as a assistant pastor in same church. He
taught in GFA and Agra Bible Institution at Agra. After much prayer
to God on 15 april, 2000, God gave him prophetic call for his wider
ministry in U.P. and nothern parts of India. He has mnot only paid
the cost of discipleship in his early christian life, but he has
also pay the heavy price for obeying the masters call.
His wife Vandana and he are blessed with four children. The oldest
son Joshua, and three daughters Angel and twins Gracy and Glory. See
the picture at the right side for Gupta family.
Grace Gospel Fellowship has three-fold objective.
1. To preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ to every one through the
effective preaching methods.
2. To strengthen and look after neglected and poor churches by
giving them fellowship, bu conducting spiritual meetings, youth
camps, leadership training programs and salvation-camps.
3. To establish Grace Mercy home for the poor and needy children in
different parts of North India, to establish old age homes,
educational centers for children, and to establish Bible training
centers to train evangelists, missionaries and pastors.
Grace Gospel Fellowship rest on the three pillars - vision, faith and sacrifice.