Pastor Rachel John says helping people is an important part of her work. Over the years, she has spoken about supporting women, children, students and people trying to start or improve small businesses.
Born in Lahore, John works as a pastor in Pakistan. She has also said that her ministry extends beyond the country. Along with running a church, she takes part in meetings and gatherings with other Christian ministers.
John says she has helped people who are trying to run small businesses or make their existing businesses work better. However, she has not shared details about how many people she has helped, what businesses they run or what type of support they received.
She has also given sewing machines to women. The machines are meant to help women sew from home or earn money through sewing work. John has not said how many machines she has distributed or how many women have received them.
Children are another part of her work. John says she helps provide food, is involved with a small school and has given toy boxes to children from families with limited incomes.
She has also talked about supporting students. According to John, she gives cheques to students who pass their matriculation examinations. She has not said how many students have received this support or how much money each student was given.
Much of this work takes place alongside her church responsibilities. Her ministry is linked with Consuming Fire Ministries of Pakistan and King Television.
King Television says on its website that Pastor John AD and Rachel John have been involved in ministry since 2011. The broadcaster describes their work as including churches, Bible schools, crusades and discipleship programmes. It also says they have planted six churches and Bible schools.
Those figures are based on King Television’s own account of the ministry.
The broadcaster also lists My Father’s Home Foundation in Lahore as one of its projects. It says the foundation provides food, clothing and education to children, along with Bible training and Sunday school. King Television’s website says 36 children are currently part of the project.
Houses of Hope Global also mentions My Father’s Home on its Lahore page and identifies John AD and Rachel John as its founders. The organisation describes the project as supporting vulnerable children.
John’s work therefore includes several different areas, from helping women with sewing machines to supporting children, students and small business owners.
There is little public information about the overall scale of this work. Figures for the number of women helped, businesses supported and students receiving financial assistance have not been made public.
For John, these activities remain closely connected to her work as a pastor. Her church duties, ministry meetings and efforts to help people in her community form the main parts of the work she has described.
