North Western Gossner Evangelical Lutheran Church

NWGEL Church undertook a partnership with the World Mission Prayer League (WMPL) in February 2005.

The NWGEL Church has congregations in the states of Orissa, Assam, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, New Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, and Karnataka, with a presence in various state capitals such as New Delhi, Kolkatta, Bangalore, Bhubaneswar, Bhopal, Raipur, Ranchi, and Patna.

They were exploited in several ways by the Jamindars (landlords) in many forms of cruel activity which made them flee to other cities of the country.

This fact is to be verified in the reality of difference over time within the church, which led to North Zone, Jubilee synod, Dharamprant for the question of regional justice and adequate representation finally led to the split of Gossner Church in 1977.

They worked very hard for five years and there were many inquiries, but nobody accepted Jesus Christ, and as a result, the missionaries were very disappointed.

When the missionaries could not convince the four seekers on the point that Jesus is alive, the four wanted to quit seeking Him.

It was very difficult for the missionaries; after five years of dedicated work, they had four genuine seekers, people who wanted to see Jesus Christ before being baptized.

Apparently, when the prayer ended, the Lord Jesus gave vision to the four seekers and they were convinced.

On 15 November 2010, Chonhen Minz was appointed as the first woman priest of the NWGEL Church, Ranchi.

Johannes Gossner