Introduction
The Rev. Dr. B.D. Prasada Rao Pastor, CSI-JCM Church, Madanapalle
At the outset I thank brother Y.S.Prakash Reddy for giving me this rare opportunity to translate this cherishable publication. Cherishable because I am the best beneficiary of this book through the inspiration I received. The Autobiography of late Sri. Chninna Konda Reddy along with the promising witnesses of his family and friends is indeed a classic story of Christian faith in action. Chinna Konda Reddy proved some thing which we think impossible to live such an honest life in the midst of huge scope for temptations. I am over whelmed when brother Prakash Reddy asked me to translate this book into English, because my taste of doing similar work on “ Turn of the spirit” still remain in mind. How many more jewels are to be unearthed from YS families we need to wait. The way the material is collected and compiled is a miracle and providential. I am grateful to God for having given this opportunity. God has given me many answers to my spiritual struggles through these stories, which I can never obtain from any theological libraries. This book is a classic model of bringing out the shared Gospel of Jesus’ Love stories translated into the language of charismatic lives such as Chinna Konda Reddy.
The book contains two phases namely the Autobiography by Late Sri Chinna Konda Reddy and in the second phase the stories of several near and dear ones who have been influenced by the sparks that glittered from his faith story. The way the book is compiled by Rev. T.S.R.PrasadaReddy is simply meticulous in order, progressive spell of information and in a design of a lovely extended family. The contributors belong to inter generational and multi cultured nature. The witnesses are complementary to the biography. The illustrations fixed in different pages take the readers join the YS families to experience the shared gospel of a faith community. I also note with respect the foreword written by the Most Rev. S.Vasnthakumar the Moderator of Church of South India, who I am sure would bring out many faith stories such as Sri Chinna Konda Reddy from all corners of the CSI, which would consolidate the strength and guidance not only to the leadership but also to the younger generation. I am sure that God would bless this book in wide readership. The Rev. Dr. B.D. Prasada Rao Pastor CSI-JCM Church, Madanapalle
WITNESS FOR TRUTH Rev.T.Siva Rama Prasada Reddy Philadelphia Bible Institute, Kavitam
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od the Creator planned his salvific history through Jesus Christ and is carrying on through different personalities in different places at different times. In the initial stages of the spread of Gospel in Andhra Prasdesh, God had called different persons as his agents from different communities. Sri Y.S. Venkata Reddy and his son Sri Y.S.Chinna Konda Reddy, were called by God as His prophets of this age. They accepted Jesus Christ as their personal Saviour and venture to embrace his church to live a dedicated life according to His teachings. This books is intended to bring the hidden values and patterns of Christian integrated life styles of Chinna Konda Reddy into the light before they fade away into the foils of passing history and get sunk in the covering sands of modern trends and ultimately go behind the curtains of history. We could compile only few instances and glimpses of information about the life of China Konda Reddy in this book. In fact this is just a feeble attempt to depict at least a blurred picture of the Life of Y.S.Chinna Konda Reddy. In our planning of this production we were struck up with the title of this book. Chinna Konda Reddy had accepted Jesus Christ as true Savior and meditated upon the true message of the Holy Bible, the book of truths, and acculturated such divine truths into his personality. The family recognized him as a living witness of a true God. Therefore the name SATHYA SAKSHI is an appropriate title for this book to depict the true values of a true devotee, Sri Chinna Konda Reddy. Indeed it is a blessing to me to work on this book along with an experienced person like Sri Y.S.Prakash Reddy who is like a father to me. I pray that God would bless this tiny book as a flame of inspiration to all people in India as a torch of truthful life. May God bless us! ix
Our heartfelt thanks is due to Rev.P.Issac Varaprasad and Rev.M.Theophilus who from the beginning encouraged us in our attempt to publish this book by not only sharing their opinions but also collecting information from so many sources. Special Thanks to Sri Prabhakar Rao for preserving the Manuscript which was written by our father. We are indebted to Rev.T.Sivarama Prasad Reddy who volunteered to spend so much of his precious time and energy in compilation and printing of this book. Our sincere thanks urge to the Most Rt.Rev.S.Vasantha Kumar, Moderator of CSI, who graciously welcomed this production and was kind enough to write the foreword for this book. We are grateful to Rev.M.Bhaskara Reddy, Director of Philadelphia Bible Institute, Kavitam for bringing into the light, many facts about our father and encouraged us with apt instructions. Our special thanks to C.C.Reddy Mamagaru who expressed his loving concerns this book. We greatly appreciate the valuable time and efforts put in by the English translators of this book Rev.Dr.B.D.Prasada Rao, Miss.Padma Paul Reddy and Mr.Paul Konda Reddy. And We are utmost grateful from the bottom of our hearts to all God’s servants, friends and relatives, and well wishers for their valuable information and expressions depicted in this Book about our father Y.S.Chinna Konda Reddy.
with love Y.S.Families