The answer came quickly: married women, ages 30–45. When asked why, the response was overwhelming, spousal abuse and domestic violence.
We have just returned from India and Nepal, where we trained 115 women. During my sessions on depression, it became clear this was more than a medical lesson. It was a window into a much deeper crisis. For years, I have known the burden carried by women in developing countries and wrestled with a hard question: How do you protect women when the harm is coming from within their own homes?
While in Northern India, another part of the story emerged. The local conference has run out of funds, and the Bible worker husbands of our health workers are no longer being paid. Many continue faithfully, leading congregations, visiting homes, encouraging believers, while struggling to provide for their families. Without support, their ministry cannot continue.
That’s when a question formed in my heart: What if Ultimate Mission trained and supported these men in mental and public health, just as we have trained their wives? In Northern India, preaching openly can be dangerous, but health work opens doors that sermons cannot. Trained as health workers, these men could move freely through their communities, teaching emotional health, conflict resolution, and the long-term damage violence brings to families.
Imagine men who love Jesus modeling a different kind of strength, teaching that harming their wives harms their children and their future: gentleness, respect, responsibility. This could change families from the inside out.
To launch this pilot program and place these men back into active ministry, we need $20,000, to restore dignity, prevent violence, and train husbands to become protectors instead of perpetrators.
Would you pray with us about this next step?
And if the Lord places it on your heart, would you help us begin?
Together we can bring healing not only to women but also to the men and families shaping the future of Northern India.
