Mission statement
The mission of New Life International Ministries is to equip, encourage and establish pastors and leaders in India and Nepal to further the Gospel of Jesus Christ, as well as minister the love of Jesus to the handicapped community through the establishment and maintenance of homes specific to the needs of people with disabilities. By training leaders and pastors and planting churches as well as evangelistic, healing, and prophetic ministry, our desire is to come alongside the local church and see the plan of God unfold in Asia.
Statement from the CEO
My desire is to “go into all the world and preach the gospel.” “One way that New Life International Ministries is unique is that we have a holistic approach to our ministry. We minister to people with disabilities in Nepal by giving them a place to live, teaching them life skills and, if they are able, teaching them job skills. In addition, each home also has regular church services, where the people with disabilities are able to hear the Word of God and receive life-changing ministry.
“Another aspect of our ministry is traveling to the villages in North India and telling people the good news of the gospel of Jesus and His love for them through open air services, pastors’ training, church planting, and community feeding programs.
Impact statement for 2010
This past year our ministry housed, fed, clothed and gave medical treatment to over 70 people daily in Nepal. We completed a church building project in a remote village. We also funded several surgeries for the handicapped, and paid for several building upgrades to our Kathmandu location.
We have seen over five hundred people make commitments to Christ that came from Hindu backgrounds during our open air evangelism in north India. Several Bible studies were also started in this same area. We have provided pastors’ training and done a number of community feeding programs.
This coming year our plan is to pay off our vehicle loan, complete repairs and upgrade our Kathmandu location to better accommodate people with disabilities, and continue to expand our ministry into the villages in north India. We plan to continue in the feeding programs along with pastors’ training and evangelism.
About the Founders
Michael and Patricia Picone are the founders of New Life International Ministries in Minneapolis, MN. They have pastored since 1985, but now, after 25 years of pastoring, are in full time travel and mission work. Mike & Pat have been working in Asia since 1990, planting churches in India and Nepal, and training church leaders. They are the co-founders of New Life Handicapped Ministries in Nepal which rescues the handicapped Nepalese. Pat and Mike hold open air meetings in remote villages of North India, seeing Gods power move in many salvations and miracles.
Mike operates in the word of knowledge and gifts of healing. Pat moves in an accurate prophetic word. Mike and Pat have been married since 1976 and have three grown daughters who love the Lord.