Joseph Cherian is a Bible exponent, Christian author, English language reformist, and founder of World Daily Bread, a mission for the relief of orphans and widows in affliction.
His writings are the fruit of more than five decades of fervently seeking to understand man’s purpose on earth and his ultimate destiny in the universe. During those years, an unseen Benevolence prepared him for his mission by allowing him to pass thru experiences so intense and so peculiar that his journey likely has no parallel in this generation: near-death encounters, extreme profligacy, rejection of his traditional faith and attempts to suppress its proclamation, imprisonments, life as a fugitive, alcoholism, depression, supernatural rescue from the brink of suicide, and finally, a dramatic turnaround thru an extraordinary epiphany.
It is these extreme experiences that have enabled him to perceive deeply the causes and scope of human suffering, and to seek to alleviate it to the fullest extent of his ability and means.
Behind Joseph Cherian Ministries lies a yearning that began in his late teens. For about fifty-five years, Joseph earnestly desired and prayed that God would use him in the work of proclaiming Christ. Over those many years, he made innumerable attempts to establish a ministry of his own, but nothing bore fruit. Eventually, he stopped trying to create a ministry for himself and left the fulfilment of that lifelong desire entirely to God, trusting him to lead in his own way and in his own time.
This ministry, therefore, is not the fulfilment of a plan conceived recently, but the culmination of a desire carried for more than half a century – a desire that survived disappointment, failure, wandering, suffering, and years when its fulfilment seemed increasingly unlikely.
May what you find here be a blessing to you, deepen your understanding of God’s purpose for your life, and above all, lead you into an intimate walk with your Lord and Savior.
Joseph Cherian
Statement of Fundamental Beliefs of Joseph Cherian Ministries
Preaching Focus and Core Message
‘But we preach Christ crucified’ 1 Corinthians 1:23
‘For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.’ 1 Corinthians 2:2
‘For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.’ 1 Corinthians 3:11
♦ God is One, existing in the person of God the Father, and in the person of God the Son, Jesus Christ, and in the person of God the Holy Spirit. Deut 6:4, Mt 28:19, Rev 1:4-5.
♦ Man was created so that man can be one with God just as Christ is one with the Father Jn 17:21-23. God’s greatest reason for the creation of man was to have ‘Sons of God’, that is, to have a God Family.
♦ Jesus Christ is the only Being through whom salvation is possible.
♦ The Bible, with its 66 books, is the inspired revelation of God to man. It is the absolute and only authority for a Christian’s beliefs.
♦ Man is saved by grace and grace alone, by the cleansing of the blood of Christ and the life of Christ in him. None of his works in his natural state count for his righteousness and all the righteousness attained by him are as filthy rags in the sight of God. But man saved by grace will be full of good works, keeping all the laws of God with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his mind through the indwelling power of the Holy Spirit, which is the Father and Christ in him.
♦ There is diversity in the Church of God. There are basically seven diversities in the Body of Christ Rev 2-3. These are diversities formed by cultural and geographical differences, temperaments, and stages of spiritual growth. Each of the diverse churches is a beloved member of the Body of Christ.
♦ Man in his natural state is as good as a living corpse. He becomes a living being, with the guarantee of eternal life, when he is begotten as a Son of God by the receiving of the Holy Spirit on repentance, baptism and laying on of hands.
♦ The righteous man will receive eternal life in the Kingdom of God. The incorrigble wicked will suffer eternal destruction in hell.
♦ Christ is available as a personal friend and helper to all who call upon his name from every faith – even to those who are skeptical of God’s existence. As long as any person sincerely desires to befriend Christ, he is welcome and Christ is ready to accept his invitation to come to his house and sup with him and his family, be they Hindus, or Muslims, or Buddhists, or Atheists, just as much as he is ready to sup with those to whom he is their Savior and Lord. For God so loved ‘the world’ – and not just Christians – that he gave his only begotten Son to die for them so that they – not just Christians – will not perish but have everlasting life through acceptance of Jesus Christ as their Savior.
♦ Theistic evolution is a teaching propagated by the devil with the purpose of undermining the direct teachings of God’s Word, so that man may interpret the Bible in any way he likes to suit his natural inclinations.
‘Turning the Hearts of the People to the Lord Their God’
