Church of God Pakistan (Ministry Stats) (History)
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Bishop Jonathan Rehmat
The General Overseer of the Church
of God in
Pakistan
Pakistan International Church Ministries 4660 Penn Street Philadelphia, PA 19124
Pakistan International Church Ministries is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. P.I.C.M. was started by Bishop Kenneth Delany and Bishop Jonathan Rehmat to address the need of getting the Gospel of Jesus Christ to Pakistan and central Asia. The board of Directors of P.I.C.M. are pastors across denominational lines.
It is the vision of Bishop Jonathan to bring far more than acceptance for the Christian Community in Pakistan it is the Bishop's desire is to bring a total peace and harmony between these two religions in the nation of Pakistan. The two main tools envisioned for this purpose is:
Schools for Pakistan There are Two Kinds of Schools we are building in Pakistan: Wisdom Temple Schools These are being built in our large churches - these are large schools with paying students. They go from Nursery School to University Degrees the curriculum includes learning American English and computer skills. They are very expensive to build, the first one we opened is in the National Headquarters of Church of God Pakistan. See the article in the next column under the picture of Bishop Delany and Dr. Awan. These schools will pay to build schools and churches in the villages. There is a full English Language Center with English speaking Americans taking them through conversational English and a Computer Lab including hi-speed internet in each Wisdom Temple School. and Micro Schools. A micro school is a college educated school teacher and textbooks. The cost of a micro school is in most cases $300.00 dollars month. We are going to place these in villages where there is no access to public schools and where at this time we have a church building in that village. This will serve two purposes, one there is no additional cost to purchase land $8,000 to $12,000 in most small villages and build the church/school $15,000, two the local church will take on a new meaning in the village to the Muslims living there, it will be their school. In the past when church burnings took place the local villagers had no reason to interfere, however schools are hard to get to and expensive to send your children to. Any village kids in school are in a city with relatives or family friend for 9 months of the year and the cost is heavy for the parents to carry. Now put a school in the village for free with high quality education that include all the subjects that make the child employable i.e., math science, English, Urdu, biology, social studies, western and Asian history, ethics, geography and all subjects need to pass the Federal testing for a high school degree. Now that church building is the village school 5 days a week, so now the local villagers have much reason to protect the building. It is our intent to make the Christians in each village valuable to the local Muslim population. We will foster relationships between them, a kind of partnership where each side has ownership of the school and has a say in the course curriculum being taught to their kids. One further plan for the micro schools, when any student Christian, Muslim, boy or girl becomes an above average performer we will sit down with the parents and if they are willing, make a plan to move that child to a Wisdom Temple School where they will continue their education through college. The added benefit of the Wisdom Temple Schools is each will have a English Language Center and Computer Lab including high speed internet. Donations At this point Bishop Kenneth Delany will be coming to see you for financial help to move that student into their future. If you would like to help us now you can use the donate button below. We are looking for donations as small as $10.00 a month and as large as $300.00 a month that will support 1 Micro School in a village. If you elect to support a Micro School the name of the village and teacher will be given to you and we will also give you the names of students if the parents will allow their names to be released. With of with out names you will be given updates on academic progress of students by name or number every two months.
Bishop Kenneth Delany's visit to Pakistan December 2009 through January 2010. My focus in this visit was to open the first Wisdom Temple School and to bring the lead Pastors and District Supervisors to the headquarters for a week of uplifting, Bible training and mutual commitment to the mission of bringing Jesus Christ to Pakistan.
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Founder Bishop Rehmat Daniel and Wife Bishop Daniel 1942 to 2007 Bishop Rehmat Daniel, has raised up and organized over 200 churches for God in Pakistan since 1967. In 1978 he incorporated Church of God in Pakistan as a formal Non-Profit and is a recognized Denomination in the nation of Pakistan.
As a result of his dedicated labor and the faithful work of many
people, this ministry has a voice in almost every city in
Pakistan! More than 25,000 people attend these churches.
Because of diabetes Bishop Daniels has had both legs amputated
above the knee. Deciding that a wheel chair is not a fit vehicle
for a man of the cloth, Bishop Daniels had himself fitted with
two artificial legs and he went back on the streets walking on
his own two (bought and paid for) legs to preach the gospel.
Bishop Daniel went to his reward Jan 17th 2007. 
Grand Opening
Wisdom Temple School System On Sunday January 17th 2010 Wisdom Temple School System held it's grand opening for the first major school that takes local children from Nursery School through College level education.. Invited to the ceremony were local Community leaders, Province leaders and Federal leaders. The keynote speakers were Federal Minister Dr. Ashique Awan and Bishop Kenneth Delany. The first speaker Bishop Delany spoke of the opening of this school as being more than an church endeavor, that it was a clear victory for two nations, the United States and Pakistan. That remark brought on a standing ovation from a audience that was at least 75% Muslim including all of the political leaders except Congressman Raifque from the Punjab Assembly who is a Christian. Dr. Awan then gave a rousing message to the people to get straight who their friends are. Dr.Awan spoke of Bishop Delany an American working to build a school in Pakistan, traveling halfway around the world to be at the opening ceremony. Then Dr. Awan spoke of the work done by the United States in the 2008 at the Quetta earthquake site. Where the United States was the only nation who spent serious money to rebuild the destroyed villages and homes. Dr. Awan made the point that the dislike of Americans was a tool of Muslim religious leaders who had no substantial message to preach to their people other than hatred for the Americans. She also pointed out that none of the big oil Islamic nations put any money into emergency services for the Quetta earthquake site or to rebuild that region. Dr. Awan went on to state "only the United States stood by our side in that hour". Again a big applause came from the audience as she finished her speech. After the event Dr. Awan invited Bishop Delany to visit her office in Islamabad to discuss the education of Pakistan children. It is the great desire of all moderate Muslims to educate Pakistan. The power of the religious right is the ignorance of the village people. Local schools are rare the Pakistan government does not have the money to build enough schools to cover the nation. Bishop Jonathan Rehmat, General Overseer of the Church of God Pakistan, will be in America April of 2010 and you can email him to visit your church or organization at cogpak@gmail.com |
