Bro. Bakht Singh: The Apostle
An illustrated tribute to the Apostle of India
Book DetailsPublication Information
| Title | Bro. Bakht Singh |
|---|---|
| Subtitle | The Apostle of India (as given on the title page) |
| Compiled by | Kingsley (credited in the PDF file's own metadata) |
| Referenced source | "Visit: www.horebchurch.com" (printed on the title page) |
| Format | Illustrated tribute booklet — originally created as a slide presentation (OpenOffice Impress), one biographical panel per page |
| File date | PDF file dated October 26, 2009 (per the file's own internal metadata; the original composition date is not independently confirmed) |
| Language | English |
| Length | 36 pages |
| Subjects | Bakht Singh (1903–2000) · Christian conversion · Evangelists — India · Church planting · Sikh-to-Christian testimony |
| Publisher / ISBN | None stated in the file — this is a devotional tribute booklet, not a formally published, ISBN-registered book |
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OverviewAbout This Book
Bro. Bakht Singh: The Apostle is a short, illustrated tribute to Indian evangelist Bakht Singh (1903–2000), tracing his life from a well-to-do Sikh family in Punjab, through a period of Westernized indulgence in England, to his dramatic conversion to Christ in Winnipeg, Canada, in December 1929, and on into decades of prayer-centered, itinerant ministry and church-planting across India.
The booklet unfolds as a series of 36 illustrated panels — part third-person narrative, part first-person testimony quoted directly from Bakht Singh himself ("In His Own Words"). It recounts his refusal, as a young man, even to keep an intact Bible; his encounter with God in a rented room in Winnipeg; the three conditions he understood the Lord to have set for his service; the 1937 revival at Martinpur; his convictions about pastors, apostles and the "living church"; the beginnings of the Holy Convocations he held from 1941 onward in Madras, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Kalimpong; and his death in Hyderabad on September 17, 2000, which drew an estimated 600,000 people to pay their respects over five days.
This is a devotional tribute rather than a formally published biography — it carries no ISBN, publisher's imprint, or copyright notice, and its own title page instead points readers to a specific ministry, Horeb Church (www.horebchurch.com). It complements the fuller, independently published biography already on UECF.NET, Bakht Singh of India by T. E. Koshy, and Bakht Singh's own testimony booklet, How I Found God and Perfect Peace.
"I had torn the Bible in the year 1919 in my blindness. And for full ten years I was speaking words of blasphemy against Bible and Lord Jesus Christ, in my stupidness."Bro. Bakht Singh: The Apostle, p. 6
"Never given the least hint anybody about money. The word money I have never mentioned, any meeting. No Subscription, no membership fee, no fee of any kind… All these years God has supplied every need in abundance."Bro. Bakht Singh: The Apostle, p. 20 — "In His Own Words"
"Glory to God and God alone, for ever and ever. Amen."Bro. Bakht Singh: The Apostle, p. 36 (closing line)
The SubjectAbout Bakht Singh (1903–2000)
Bakht Singh is remembered as one of the most influential Indian Christian evangelists of the twentieth century, particularly associated with Hyderabad and Andhra Pradesh.
Born on 6 June 1903 in Joiya village, Punjab, into a devout Sikh family, Bakht Singh studied in India before travelling to England and then Canada for further education. In Canada, through the friendship of a Christian couple, John and Edith Hayward, he came to personal faith in Jesus Christ and was baptized in Vancouver in 1932 — a decisive break from his Sikh upbringing.
Returning to India in 1933, he spent the rest of his life in itinerant evangelism and the planting of indigenous, self-governing local church assemblies, centered from the 1940s on the Jehovah-Shammah assembly he founded in Hyderabad. He is widely regarded as a formative figure in the growth of indigenous, non-denominational Christianity in modern India. Bakht Singh died in Hyderabad on 17 September 2000.
This booklet's own first-person quotations corroborate that account in detail — Bakht Singh dates his conversion experience to "December the 16th 1929," in a rented room in Winnipeg, Canada, matching the year given in published biographical sources.
Read the fuller biography — Bakht Singh of India by T. E. Koshy →
Biographical details above are drawn from published, publicly documented sources and match the summary already published on UECF.NET's other Bakht Singh pages, linked throughout this page.
ContentsTable of Contents
This booklet has no printed table of contents — the section titles below are the actual headings used on the corresponding pages inside the booklet itself. Each links directly to that page of the PDF.
- The Apostle of Indiap. 2
- Early Life in Punjabpp. 3–6
- Travel to England for Higher Educationp. 7
- A Life of Empty Pleasurepp. 8–9
- Coming to the Lordpp. 10–14
- He Commits Himself to the Lordp. 15
- The Lord's Conditionsp. 16
- A Vision for the Living Churchpp. 17–18
- His Ministrypp. 19–20
- Fervent Prayerspp. 21–23
- God's Answer — Revival in Martinpurpp. 24–27
- Pastors and Apostlespp. 28–30
- His Teachingsp. 31
- Holy Convocationp. 32
- Remarks About Himpp. 33–34
- Passing On to Gloryp. 35
- Closingp. 36
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How to ReadRights & How to Read This Book
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ScriptureRelated Bible Passages
This tribute centers on conversion, surrendered service and apostolic ministry. These are commonly cited passages on those themes — read them in UECF's NKJV Bible reader:
Each reference opens UECF's NKJV Bible reader at uecf.net/nkjv, where you can navigate to the exact verse. No Bible text is reproduced on this page.
India ConnectionRelated Telugu Christian Resources
Bakht Singh's ministry was centered for decades in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, and had a lasting influence on the Telugu-speaking church. This booklet is in English, but readers interested in the wider Telugu Christian heritage his ministry touched may wish to explore UECF's Telugu collection: