2025 Year in Review: Ministry & Financial Data Report

During 2025 we had about 1210 (1194) First Time Visitors attend our English services. We saw at least 85 (91) people make first-time decisions/recommitments to Jesus during our English services (based on decision cards). At APC Bangalore we saw 44 (42) water baptisms and welcomed 57 (66) individuals as new members in 2025.

YOUTH MINISTRY
For our Youth Ministry (ages 18-31), we had an average attendance of 120 people at the Monthly Youth Meetings (total across all locations), and 140 at PITSTOP, the combined youth service held bi-monthly and about 20 people at the Young Adults meetings. We have a team of 20 youth leaders, and an extended team of 45 people who serve as part of the youth ministry.

LIFE GROUPS
APC Bangalore has 49 (43) Life Groups with about 360 (360) people (adults) attending Life Groups.

SPIRITUAL LIFE OF THE CHURCH
The teaching ministry during 2025 addressed several topics including: sermon series on The Anointing of the Holy Spirit, The Believer’s Walk of faith, Gospel of John, Becoming A Prophetic People, Divine Healing and several individual messages.

The Children's Church, Teen Church and Youth Ministry focused on nurturing people in each of these age groups, establishing them in God's Word, welcoming more of the Spirit's work, and building fellowship and community. The extended times of prayer (30 days, 5 days) during the year, Financial planning workshops and monthly Weekend Schools were well attended. In addition, we held several conferences and events (listed below) throughout the year to serve the church community.

BANGALORE CONFERENCES AND EVENTS
Below is an expense report of some of the main events that were held in 2025 for APC Bangalore.

MEMBER CARE
Generosity Fund assists people at APC in their time of financial need. ₹ 4,26,935/- was disbursed through 2025.

Chrysalis Counseling provides professional, Bible-based counseling for those within the church community as well as from outside. In 2025, we had 255 (190) individuals receive counseling at Chrysalis. We had 10 (14) new couples go through APC’s Marriage Preparation Course. Additionally, 15 (08) couples received marriage counseling through Chrysalis. (Please note, this count does not include individuals and couples who meet directly with APC pastors for pastoral counseling, mentoring, and nurture.) Chrysalis counseling conducted 30 external workshops across 4 college campuses attended by 550 students this year. We also launched an updated chrysalislife.org website.

Life Coaching is designed to assist people in the church community in areas of spiritual nurture, profession & career, business, marriage & family, and life skills. We have 48 people available as mentors. In 2025, 15 people received mentoring through the Life Coaching program.

URBAN MISSIONS

Catalyst (School Outreach)
Catalyst is our outreach to schools. In 2025 Catalyst team of 12 people ministered in 14 schools teaching Scripture and life skills, conducting 94 classes weekly and serving about 1,200 students each week.

Campus Elevates (College Outreach)
Campus Elevates are our outreach into college campuses. In 2025 we held 38 campus elevate events at 5 different institutions, serving about 1,100 students.

APC INDIA MISSIONS AND APC OUTREACH CHURCHES
Through APC India Missions we serve and minister to churches across India the blessings and grace that God has so generously poured out on us. We carry out a wide range of initiatives like Weekend Schools, Conferences, Workshops, Youth events, Worship concerts, and various outreach activities both at APC Outreach Churches and in multiple locations around the country.

In 2025, 18 people travelled as part of different APC missions teams to 9 locations including Kohima (Nagaland), Sendhwa (Madhya Pradesh), Charkani (Rajasthan), Kalyan (Maharashtra), Nasik (Maharashtra), Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) Vizag (Andhra Pradesh), Mysore (Karnataka) and Berhampur (Odisha).

APC has 14 Outreach Churches and some of these have additional branch churches in their areas. Outreach churches (church attendance in brackets): Mangalore, Karnataka (112 people), Dareleketta, Karnataka (24 people), Kalyan, Maharashtra (119 people), Nashik, Maharashtra (62 people), Berhampur, Orissa (85 people), Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh (150 people), Pachpeedi, Chhattisgarh (26 people), Kohima, Nagaland (164 people), Sendhwa, Madhya Pradesh (29 people), Charkani, Rajasthan (82 people), Bhurisher, Rajasthan (25) and four churches in Uttar Pradesh: Shahanshahpur (78 people), Benipur (42 people), Pratapgarh (448 people), Naupura (41 people).

We support 18 Pastors as part of APC Outreach Ministry. Naupura in Agra was established as our newest church plant in 2025.

As part of our Church Planting and Ministry Accelerator Program (CPMAP), we actively encourage and strengthen church-planting efforts across India by providing financial and spiritual support. In 2025 we began supporting 13 pastors in 13 different locations across India: Katchur, Tamil Nadu (26 people), Champa, Chhattisgarh (43 people), Bhagsar, Punjab (21 people), Arwal, Bihar (15 people); Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh (80 people); Mopidevi, Andhra Pradesh (38 people); Margherita, Assam (10 people); Ludhiana, Punjab (70 people); Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh (29 people); Golaghat, Assam (80 people); Kah-Potha, Jammu (37 people); Faridkot, Punjab (39 people); Sanganer, Rajasthan (42 people). Once these pastors successfully complete the review process, they will be confirmed as APC Outreach Churches.

As part of APC Missions, we also contribute to and support other mission organizations.

APC discontinued involvement in Medical Missions in 2025, due to new regulatory constraints.

APC BIBLE COLLEGE
APC’s Bible College is another important part of our ministry through which we equip people across our nation and other nations for Christian ministry. Students have the option to study in-person on campus, online, and via our E-Learning portal. We currently have 57 (47) students from 14 Indian states on-campus and 90 (85) students studying online. We have 4175 (2775) students from 134 (112) countries engaging with our lectures via our E-Learning portal.

84 (83) students from 14 (13) Indian states graduated from the bi-lingual Short-Term Bible College (STBC, May-July) 2025.

New Initiative: In 2025 we launched our first Hindi on-campus batch with 15 students. Going forward, APC Bible College will have lectures in both English and Hindi.

APC BOOKS
Another very important part of the ministry of APC is its books that are freely distributed in print as well as digitally. APC currently has 53 book titles plus 3 Gospel tracts in English (print, digital, audio). These books are being translated into 10 Indian languages and 7 foreign languages. 150+ book translations in various languages was completed in 2025

Printed Books Distribution
APC’s printed books are sent to individual requests, churches, Bible colleges, churches, christian ministries, mission hospitals, Christian bookstores, conferences and Christian events around India. About 2,00,000 free printed books were distributed in 2025.

Digital Format Distribution
APC Books are also distributed globally through our website and across digital platforms (Google books, Kindle, etc.). Audio books in English are also available. A total of 10,42,265 (12,29,724) digital books (PDF+Audio) were downloaded in 2025.

We spent ₹ 1,24,01,332 (₹ 1,69,12,967) on printing, distribution and translation of APC books in 2025.

MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY
Media and technology are an important part of extending our reach to the nations. The video production of our Sunday services continues to serve people who watch either live or recording of the Sunday services. APC’s resources, including the Sunday sermons, sermon notes, books, audio books, etc., made freely available through our church website are accessed by people globally!

In 2025 apcwo.org had 16,60,052 (6,91,058) visits, from people in 500+ cities from 220 (228) countries/territories.
Live stream average attendance: 206 (208) concurrent viewers from several countries.
Average Sunday sermon video view count: 2,912 (2,637) per sermon.
Average Daily Devotional video view count: (218) 238 per devotional.
Count of Sermon PDFs Downloaded: 87,895 (83,192).
Church App: 1,628 (2,350) active devices in 168 (176) countries.

Our media and technology teams also support our Bible college and all internal church administrative and management processes.

BUILD TO IMPACT PROJECT
The Build To Impact project for the establishing of APC's Bible College campus and church facilities is in progress. In May 2025 we received approval for the conversion of the land from agricultural use for educational/institutional use. We then went through an Expression of Interest screening process and short-listed 6 architectural firms. These firms have been invited to submit detailed proposals for the construction project. Final presentations and selection will take place in early 2026 after which we will move forward with next steps. For details please visit: apcwo.org/buildtoimpact

STAFF, CONSULTANTS AND VOLUNTEERS
As of December 2025, APC has 34 full-time paid staff and 26 people as paid consultants. Across all APC Bangalore locations we have about 398 people who serve as volunteers.

LOOKING AHEAD
As we continue our journey of being salt and light in our city, a voice to our nation, and to the nations, our focus areas include:

1. (A) strengthen the local church for greater intimacy with God and experience of God’s miracle working power,
2. (B) initiate outreaches to reach people in our city with the Gospel,
3. (C) strengthen our current ministries to serve the local church community better,
4. (D) strategically implement Church Planting & Ministry Accelerator Program across our nation, initiating new church plants and ministries,
5. (E) leverage technology in missions to bring God’s word to people globally,
6. (F) establish APC World Missions to empower APC Bible College graduates to establish churches and ministries globally,
7. (G) construction of APC’s campus at Devanahalli, Bengaluru.

OPPORTUNITIES TO GIVE
Thank you for being part of the journey and the work at APC. We are deeply grateful to each one who journeys with us, prays with us and gives to the work of the Lord at APC.

As we look ahead, we welcome your continued prayer, financial involvement and partnership. There are several areas of ministry that your contributions will be used for, including:

1. General Church Fund
2. Books
3. Bible College
4. Outreach Churches
5. India Missions
6. Generosity Fund
7. Chrysalis Counseling
8. Church Planting & Ministry Accelerator Program (CPMAP)
9. APC Music
10. Build To Impact (BTI)
11. Theatre Production
12. Technology in Missions

For details and anticipated 2026 budgets for each, please visit: apcwo.org/give.

As we prepare for the journey ahead, we are looking for many people to join our team. For open positions and details on how to apply, please visit: apcwo.org/employment.

May the Lord Jesus be glorified in all things!

Wishing you a fruitful 2026!
All Peoples Church & World Outreach, Bengaluru, India

Please download our APC 2026 Calendar (PDF) to plan your participation in upcoming conferences, workshops, weekend schools, etc.