1896: India

Meanwhile, on the other side of the globe, a young Muslim man in India came to faith in Christ in 1893. Through the influence of the Gospel Trumpet, the weekly newspaper of the Church of God movement, this young Indian Christian, A. D. Kahn, was exposed to the teachings of the Church of God reformation movement. By 1896, Kahn had fully committed himself to the teaching of the movement and begun holding Saturday afternoon meetings in Calcutta, as well as publishing a monthly journal in English and Bengali. From this one spark came the entire work of the Church of God in India, which continues to flourish today.