Show God’s love to the people of India.
Since 1991 we have carried the gospel across India — planting churches, training pastors, giving children a home, and caring for women, widows and families affected by leprosy.

Our journey
1981
Coming to faith
Pastor Santhosh Babu Desabattula comes to faith.
August 6, 1981
The vision
A call to carry the gospel to the ends of the earth.
1991
The ministry begins
The first work begins in the villages of Andhra Pradesh.
Today
Across India
Churches, pastors, children, women and families served.
Mission
- Church PlantingA bicycle, drums and lanterns, then years of monthly support.

- Grace Bible CollegeA wing of Universal Church Ministries.

- Mission Training CenterLearn more →

- Pastors’ SupportLearn more →

- Pastor ConferencesLearn more →

- Revival & Healing ConferencesLearn more →

- Leprosy SupportFood, fellowship and care for people affected by leprosy.

- Women’s EmpowermentSix months of training and a sewing machine of her own.

- Children’s HomesA home, meals and school through to adulthood.

- Prayer Group NetworkLearn more →

- Biblical TranslationLearn more →

- See all our ministries
Partners who have seen the work
“On behalf of Riverside Ministries, I would like to endorse this ministry in India as one of the most powerful and established works in India.”
“It is a great honor for us to be associated with Dr. Desabattula and UCM. They are impacting not only Andhra Pradesh, but the entire nation of India.”

“Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.”
Mark 16:15 · NKJV
Give
Support a child, a church planter, a Bible school student or a pastor.



Support a Bible school student
$50 a month
Training for ministry at Grace Bible College.
Support a student
Four ways to stand with us
Give
Support a child from $30 a month, or a sewing machine for $100.
Give now: GivePray
Pray for the pastors, children, widows and families the ministry serves.
Pray with us: PrayPartner
Churches, foundations and organizations can partner with the ministry.
Become a partner: PartnerLearn
Read how the work began in 1991 and where it reaches today.
Our story: Learn

Pray today · Church planters
Pray for safe travel, open homes and new churches for the planters the ministry sends into villages.
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