Pakistan Lahore

The Pakistan, Lahore ministry first began over fifty years in opposition to neo-evangelicalism and liberalism. A Reformed church was founded named the Bible- Believing Lahore Church Council, Lahore. Today the Bible- Believing Lahore Church Council, Lahore (BBLCCL) has grown to nearly fifty congregations in Lahore, Faisalabad and Islamabad with approximately forty pastors. (Some pastors have charge of two to three congregations.)

The pastors receive their training for the ministry at the Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Lahore. Presently, there are 4-5 students preparing for the ministry. In order to train the many illiterate to read and write there are about 35 literacy centers where pastors teach them to read using the Urdu translation of the Bible.

There is great need to help provide a Christian education to the poor children so that they will be taught the Scriptures and to possess their own Bible in the Urdu language. The BBLCCL has five Calvin’s Academies with a total enrollment of nearly 2,600 students in all four academies. Many of the families live in great poverty. The sewing program has made it possible for young girls to learn the skills of a seamstress to assist with the families’ financial needs.

The very poor people do not have the money to care for their health needs. The Lord has blessed the BBLCCL with two medical clinics at Asif Town-2 and Meridke. Each clinic has a doctor, nurse and pharmacist to meet medical needs.

Rev. Howard Sloan serves as Field Chairman. Rev. Emmanuel Gill is the the Director of Ministries in Pakistan for WBM.

Emmanuel Gill was born in a small village near Gujranwala, Pakistan, the son of a Presbyterian minister. In God’s providence, following a severe accident in which he lost his right arm at age 12, a Christian doctor had compassion on him and helped him obtain a Christian education. Through this doctor and his father’s influence, he dedicated his life to serving Christ. Immediately after high school he was appointed to preach for two years. However, sensing the need for seminary training, he enrolled in the Presbyterian Theological Seminary of Pakistan in Lahore (affiliated with Westminster Biblical Missions) where he came to know and love Rev. Sardar Ahmed Din. Emmanuel graduated with honors in 1978. Following his graduation, he was recognized as an outstanding student and was invited to teach at the Presbyterian Theological Seminary of Pakistan. In 1980 he received a call to pastor a congregation associated with the Bible Believing Lahore Church Council (BBLCC). This body of believers consists of over fifty congregations and thirty pastors who hold to the Westminster Standards. Also of note, in cooperation with his local congregation, Rev. Gill pioneered Calvin’s Academy #2 with approximately four hundred students in attendance.

Rev. Gill continues to pastor the same congregation he began with in 1980. He also continues his labors as Professor of Homiletics at the Presbyterian Theological Seminary of Pakistan in Lahore. In addition to those labors, he serves as Director of Ministries for Westminster Biblical Missions in Lahore, Pakistan.

He and his wife Rashida have been blessed with five believing children ages 40 through 30.