December 1995 was a landmark for FGAG as we witnessed the dedication of the church along with Dr. D.G.S. Dhinakaran, Dr. Naomi Dowdy and other friends. With joy and thanksgiving we ushered in a new phase for the church that would strive in winning souls. From then on the church continued growing rapidly keeping three things as the priority for its growth: prayer, evangelism and the Word. The last 20 years the church has moved to having multiple services and outreaches. Pastor Paul initiated the Power Conferences, a series of meetings where he traveled the length and breadth of India encouraging pastors and leaders to grow big churches with the resources that can come from within.
As a church we have built 280 church buildings in Nepal and Bhutan. As we continued to bless other ministries the Lord reassured us that when the times comes for our own bigger building that He would definitely perform another miracle.
He did prove that to us when again the present building could not hold the large crowd and we have been having 12 services in different languages and we had to think of buying a big land. This time the launch was to raise Rs. 10 Crores to buy our own site to build a church. As a church we started praying and Pastor Paul kept the fervor and enthusiasm to sow into this project, Miracle 10 Crore, by encouraging the congregation with powerful sermons and other creative ideas for every month. This kept the people looking forward to the day, August 9th as a day of celebration in giving to the Lord. The day finally came and with much planning and meetings the church witnessed, like in the days of King David, people coming in large numbers to give to the Lord. It was a day of celebration with worship, dance, tambourines, flags and the whole atmosphere was filled with joy. People were encouraged to give even their lands and money. People were blessed hearing the sermon and took part in a fellowship lunch. People were eager to hear what was collected and again God proved Himself to be faithful to his Word and the offering was 15 crores! FGAG had created history in becoming the first Church to collect this amount in one service.
As FGAG continues to journey as a church under the leadership of Rev. Paul Thangiah we know that God will do what He has promised, as we keep our eyes fixed on Him. When the time comes to turn our batons over to the next generation, they will look back and say, “Look what the Lord has done, indeed He has done marvelous things in our midst.” As the saying goes, “FGAG THERE’S ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW.”