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International Sanctuary Ministries is a Christian nonprofit caring for children and widows in southeastern India, while partnering with local churches to share and proclaim the love and the gospel of Jesus Christ.

International Sanctuary Ministries, Inc. 

(AKA Sanctuary Home for Children), or just "Sanctuary Ministries," as we generally call it, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that works to show God's love in southeastern India.  

Children at a Christian orphanage in southeastern India supported by International Sanctuary Ministries

 

Through our leadership team in India, we work among children and families who are often overlooked and forgotten. At our core, we help children and widows, share the love of Christ, and spread the gospel to those who are lost. This mission is expressed in many different ways, but the overriding objective is always the same: to bring glory to God, as He shows us how and as He gives us opportunity.

How You Can Help

We would be extremely honored and blessed if you would partner with us. You can join us as we help orphans, widows, and people with leprosy; support local evangelists and ministers; and assist congregations in need. You can join us as we teach and feed children in the slum and as we provide fresh water to poor villages. In doing so, you can extend the blessings that God has given to you, passing them on to many who are less fortunate, but equally our Christian family.

A Current Need:  Bible Distribution in India 

We have received a request for 6,000 Bibles to be distributed through local churches and believers in India. Many Christians there do not own a personal copy of Scripture, and access is limited and costly.

Right now, we are working to meet this need by printing and distributing Bibles in local languages. If you feel led to help provide God’s Word to believers in India, you can give specifically toward this Bible distribution effort.

Girl reading a Bible at gospel meeting in India.
Our Work in India
Students attending a school supported by a Christian ministry in southeastern India

Support our school in India as it grows to serve more children.

Widow receiving care and support through local church ministry in India

Support widows who have little or no family support, through the care of the local church.

Preachers and evangelists supported through Christian ministry in southeastern India

Support those who labor in preaching, teaching, and evangelism.

Child praying before a meal provided through a Christian feeding ministry in southeastern India

Help provide daily meals to children in a slum our ministry has committed to serve.

Community water well providing clean water through Christian outreach in India

Help provide reliable access to clean water by drilling wells in poor villages.

People affected by leprosy receiving care through a Christian ministry in India

Help provide support to Christians affected by leprosy who are often isolated and overlooked.

Consider Giving to our General Fund. In giving to our General Fund, you are vitally supporting everything we do. Click HERE to learn why this is so important to the ministry. 

Your donation is tax-deductible.

Under construction: Please be patient. Everything's here, we're just working on the page! 

We have recently begun operating our new, accredited school! The Morton-Rich Elementary school began operating on our orphanage campus in the fall of 2024.

We have been desiring to start a school for years, but decided we don't have enough money yet.  However, with a leap of faith, Isaac prepared, applied and received government accreditation, purchased materials, and hired experienced teachers and staff.

To support our school, click the link below.

Or text SMSchool to 44321

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We currently have 75 students enrolled in our school, which instructs children in grades 1-7.

We are teaching kids in English, with learning the English language as a top goal. When these kids graduate, they will have so many more opportunities over the masses of children in public school who haven't learned English.

Isaac has sacrificed some of his salary, reached out to his family and friends, and taken a loan in order to fund this school. If the school will succeed long-term, we need donors who understand this vision and will find it in their hearts to donate for this cause.

If you can help, please press the donation button on the left.

Thank you for your support!

"Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world."    -- James 1:27
"Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit."   
-- Matthew 28:19

Snail Mail: ​

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