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Bishop M.A. Lalachan (1966–present). Born on May 20, 1966, in Niranam, Kerala, India, Lalachan Abraham, known as Bishop M.A. Lalachan, is a prominent Indian pastor, Bible teacher, and executive director of Transformation India Movement (TIM) based in Patna, Bihar. The seventh of ten children in a traditional Christian family, he was raised with strict discipline but lacked a personal faith until his late teens. A transformative encounter during a sermon’s altar call, inspired by Psalms 32:8—“I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go”—led him to commit to ministry. He studied theology at a Bible college in Kerala and began serving in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Lalachan spent over 25 years with Believers Church/Gospel for Asia, establishing churches in Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, and Bihar, mentoring hundreds of clergy and workers. His preaching focuses on revival, servant leadership, and the Gospel’s transformative power, as seen in sermons like “What Child Is This” (Isaiah 9:6–7). Currently, he emphasizes church planting and training through TIM. Married, though personal details are sparse, he remains active in Bihar, saying, “The greatest among you must be a servant.”
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Bishop M.A. Lalachan emphasizes the concept that freedom is a gift that can be given and taken away by the people through their choices. True freedom is found in knowing and accepting the necessary limitations of laws governing nature, society, state, morality, and freedom itself. Real freedom thrives under the structure of law, allowing individuals to be virtuous, brave, wise, and free from anxiety and fear. Responsible freedom is a value to be acquired and cultivated, with self-surrender to God being the key to true liberation. Misusing freedom leads to slavery to one's passions, as Jesus stated that those who sin are slaves to sin.
Real Freedom
The people gave the freedom with a vote and can take it away with a vote. No one who does wrong can be called free. Jesus said “And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”Jn 8:32. There are laws of nature, society, state, morality and laws of freedom. These are necessary limitations to our freedom, and it is best for us to know and accept them. Law helps us organize our lives & guarantee the freedom. Real freedom, therefore, is not restricted by law; in fact it can flourish only under the law. True Freedom is being virtuous, free from anxiety, perplexity, and fear, being brave & wise. Responsible freedom is a value to be acquired, a gift to be cherished, and a quality to be cultivated. We are free only if we surrender ourselves to God. We are free in the measure in which we are generous and unselfish. To misuse freedom is to sin. The sinner s not a free man but a slave of his passions. Jesus said, “Everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin” Jn8:34. Self surrender is the secret of self liberation. Freedom is responsible self mastery. Freedom means doing good to all. Speaking evil of none, hearing before judging, holding an angry tongue, thinking before speaking, being kind to the distressed, asking pardon for every wrong, being patient towards everybody, stopping the ears to a talebearer, disbelieving most of the ill- reports. These are the marks of one who diligently guards the freedom, one enjoys. The faithful man is free, and the free man is faithful. If you want to be free? Then, Put your faith in God, not in man.
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Bishop M.A. Lalachan (1966–present). Born on May 20, 1966, in Niranam, Kerala, India, Lalachan Abraham, known as Bishop M.A. Lalachan, is a prominent Indian pastor, Bible teacher, and executive director of Transformation India Movement (TIM) based in Patna, Bihar. The seventh of ten children in a traditional Christian family, he was raised with strict discipline but lacked a personal faith until his late teens. A transformative encounter during a sermon’s altar call, inspired by Psalms 32:8—“I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go”—led him to commit to ministry. He studied theology at a Bible college in Kerala and began serving in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Lalachan spent over 25 years with Believers Church/Gospel for Asia, establishing churches in Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, and Bihar, mentoring hundreds of clergy and workers. His preaching focuses on revival, servant leadership, and the Gospel’s transformative power, as seen in sermons like “What Child Is This” (Isaiah 9:6–7). Currently, he emphasizes church planting and training through TIM. Married, though personal details are sparse, he remains active in Bihar, saying, “The greatest among you must be a servant.”