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Vision of
Gospel & Plough
Dr. Sam Higginbottom, inspired by the vision of Gospel & Plough professed
that the teaching of the spiritual values of life in accordance with the
command of Lord Jesus Christ is necessary with technology teaching /
transfer. The moral and values specially based on the command of Jesus Chris t
as given in Mark 12:30-31. “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and
with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The
second is this, ‘Love your neighbour as yourself. There is no commandment
greater than these’. It is, therefore, necessary to practice love and in
order to do so one must follow the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ as
given in the book of Matthew 5:3-12, 43-48 “Blessed are the poor in spirit
for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they
will be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be
filled. Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Blessed are
the pure in heart, for they will see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for
they will be called the Sons of God. Blessed are those who are persecuted
because of righteousness, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. Blessed are
you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil
against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward
in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the Prophets who were before
you.”, you have heard that it was said, “Love your neighbour and hate your
enemy.” But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute
you. That you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes The Sun to
rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the
unrighteous. If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are
not even the sinners doing that? And if you greet only your brothers, what
are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? Be perfect,
therefore, as your Heavenly Father is perfect.”
Dr. Higginbottom received the command of ‘feed the hungry’ from the Lord
Jesus Christ as described in the book of Matthew 14:13-16. “When Jesus heard
what had happened, he withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place.
Hearing of this, the crowd followed him on foot from the towns. When Jesus
landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their
sick. As evening approached, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a
remote place, and it is already getting late. Send the crowd away, so that
they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food.” Jesus replied,
“They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat. The word ‘you
feed them’ inspired Dr. Sam Higginbottom to establish Allahabad Agricultural
Institute with a vision to train Indian peasants in modern agricultural
technology and empower them to produce more food. ‘Feed the Hungry’ vision
was a practical vision of agriculture that has been translated by Dr. Sam
Higginbottom
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establishing Allahabad Agricultural Institute as the first and foremost
Institute of agricultural science and technology in India, which has given
pioneering agricultural engineers, farm implements and tools for appropriate
technology for the first time in India. Dr. Sam Higginbottom in his own
biography mentioned that 70% of the miracles that Jesus did on earth while
preaching the Gospel of salvation were of healing the sick, cleansing the
lepers, giving sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf, speech to the dumb
and making the lame to walk, raising the dead, feeding the hungry, and thus
the primary responsibility of the Christian Church and Evangelist should be
the same as of Lord Jesus Christ. Yeshu Darbar was born under the vision of
Gospel & Plough and our Hon’ble Vice Chancellor Rev. (Prof.) Dr. Rajendra B.
Lal carried out the command of Lord Jesus Christ as given to his disciples
in the book of Matt. 10 : 1, 7 & 8 “He called his twelve disciples to him
and gave them authority to drive out evil spirits and to heal every disease
and sickness. As you go, preach the message: ‘The kingdom of heaven is here,
heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out
demons. Freely you have received, freely give and in the book of Luke 10:9,
17-20 “Heal the sick who are there and tell them, ‘The Kingdom of God is
near you.’ The seventy two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the
demons submit to us in your name.” He replied, “I saw Satan fall like
lightning from heaven. I have given you authority to trample on snakes and
scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you.
However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that
your names are written in heaven”.
Further, on February 25, 2000, Rev. Dr. Rajendra B. Lal was baptised by the
Holy Spirit after prayer and laying of hands by the world famed Preacher
Evangelist Pastor Ulf Ekman of the Word of Life Church, Sweden. This
happened very much after the prayer session in the evening. In the middle of
the night, sometime around 1:30 a.m. he was awakened by the Holy Spirit and
inspired to pray. While praying in English his tongue started rolling and he
spoke in unknown tongues. After speaking for an about hour he prayed that he
may also understand what is he speaking. Then the Holy spirit gave him the
interpretation of unknown tongues that he was speaking till 4:30 in the
morning. He received various prophecies and prophetic words especially
anointed to heal the sick and cast out demons and preach the gospel. He
believes that preaching of the gospel for the salvation of souls is of
primary importance and the healing of body and mind should follow as signs
thereto as given in the book of Mark 16:17-18 “And these signs will
accompany those who believe in my name that they will drive out demons,
speak in new tongues, pick up snakes with their hands, and when they drink
deadly poison it will not hurt them at all, they will place their hands on
sick people and they will heal them. Thus the spiritual movement began and a
small group started meeting in the house of the Hon’ble Vice Chancellor on
Saturdays as well as in the Chapel of Brotherly Love every Sunday. God
started healing the sick. People came to know about our heritage, values and
preservation of it’s culture. While he was speaking, the Holy Spirit
spontaneously inspired him to speak that Rev. Dr. Rajendra B. Lal, should
lead this Indianised worshiping community as it’s founder Bishop. Thus in
the presence of the congregation, Dr. Jacob anointed Rev. Dr. Rajendra B.
Lal with oil as the founder Bishop of the Yeshu Darbar. Followed by the
anointing, the miracles, healings and wonders started in a much greater way
and Spirit outpouring increased, resulting in a heterogeneous group of
believers comprising of people from all communities (all castes, creeds and
religions), assembled in a large number i.e. 50,000 to 60,000 every Sunday
to receive healing from all kinds of diseases and sickness and deliverance
from evil possession. This assembly is held on Sundays under the banner of,
“Yeshu Darbar” in the open field and the Lord is confirming his word of
salvation while doing wonders and miracles. “Yeshu Darbar” is open to all
people and it discriminates no people on the basis of caste, creed and
religion and believes that God is not imprisoned in a specific religion but
available to all people when they travel beyond their religious boundaries.
Bishop (Dr.) Lal believes that until you know the truth, you cannot be set
free and Jesus only will set you free from all kinds of oppressions and
tormentations by the devil, sickness and disease and burdens only when you
believe that He is the truth, the way and the life, this healing ministry
and nearly 500 to 700 people started gathering every Sunday until the year
2001. On October 14, 2001 Dr. Mani Jacob, Chairman, Board of Directors,
Allahabad Agricultural Institute–Deemed University attended the Sunday
service and saw the work of God amongst the people and being inspired by the
Holy Spirit, he declared that this small group of believers will become a
great and mighty Church of Indian origin. Dr. Jacob, expressed that he has
all appreciations for this Indianized Church which maintains our heritage,
values and preservation of it’s culture. While he was speaking, the Holy
Spirit spontaneously inspired him to speak that Rev. Dr. Rajendra B. Lal,
should lead this Indianised worshiping community as it’s founder Bishop.
Thus in the presence of the congregation, Dr. Jacob anointed Rev. Dr.
Rajendra B. Lal with oil as the founder Bishop of the Yeshu Darbar. Followed
by the anointing, the miracles, healings and wonders started in a much
greater way and Spirit outpouring increased, resulting in a heterogeneous
group of believers comprising of people from all communities (all castes,
creeds and religions), assembled in a large number i.e. 50,000 to 60,000
every Sunday to receive healing from all kinds of diseases and sickness and
deliverance from evil possession. This assembly is held on Sundays under the
banner of, “Yeshu Darbar” in the open field and the Lord is confirming his
word of salvation while doing wonders and miracles. “Yeshu Darbar” is open
to all people and it discriminates no people on the basis of caste, creed
and religion and believes that God is not imprisoned in a specific religion
but available to all people when they travel beyond their religious
boundaries. Bishop (Dr.) Lal believes that until you know the truth, you
cannot be set free and Jesus only will set you free from all kinds of
oppressions and tormentations by the devil, sickness and disease and burdens
only when you believe that He is the truth, the way and the life.
At present the “Yeshu Darbar” Church services are being held in the football
stadium as the Chapel compound could not accommodate people beyond 15,000 in
number. God is confirming his word through deliverance, healing and
miracles, and the Gospel is preached with power.
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