Regarding the Eunuchs there is a confusion of understanding that who they are. In India, the men become women by their own will and through life threatening operations and taking several kinds of hormone tablets to change their physical appearance. They wear Sarees and Churidhars, which are very common dresses for Indian women.

Naturally they want to identify themselves as women and move with them. They live as groups and call each other as Mother, Sister etc which are only related with women.

Most of the young Eunuchs are earning by dancing in Marriages, Birthday parties and Temple festivals etc. Older Eunuchs go shop to shop and beg by clapping loudly.

Most of the Indian are having a superficial belief that if a Eunuch blesses it is like God blessing them directly. So, they earn enough money by blessing the newly wedded couples and newborn babies. Even they are invited in opening ceremonies of business establishments and house opening programmes and paid for it.

Many of the Eunuchs have male friends and some of them earn through sinful activities, which is not officially accepted by their society. This kind of groups face severe problems in the society and murders takes place while they have been taken to restaurants and lodges to be with their customers.

You can’t count them as commercial se*x workers as some of them earn in decent ways by selling vegetables and fruits and working as cooks in some big establishments. Since, earning money is little easy for them to live a rich life, they have no place in their heart to seek the true God.

To live their free life, most of the Eunuchs comes out of their parental houses and keep themselves away from their families. In some case by knowing that their son is a Eunuch, the parents themselves ill treat him and send him out of the house as having a eunuch in the family is an abomination to their family prestige.

Eunuchs are spread all over India, and particularly they live in mega cities. In villages and small towns they are easily being identified and put out of the society easily, they prefer cities. In the cities they have various access to earn more money and enjoy their freedom.

In Bangalore alone more than 4000 Eunuchs are living in different camps as families. Most of them are known to us and humbly we confess that Agape is the only mission, which has ministry among them. Many of the Christians feel that it will be too hard to reach them or there will be no meaning to try this. But we believe that nothing is too hard for the Lord.

Among the Eunuchs there are Hindus, Muslims and Christians, but they have their own religion and god and goddess, which is mostly related with Hinduism. They have a goddess called MATHAJI (mother) and god ARAVAN. They have several kinds of performances, poojahs (worship) and rituals. They have different big festivals in different parts of India, but their 3 days major yearly festival is in Tamil Nadu, which attracts several thousand Eunuchs and tourists from all over the world.

At all cost, they are living without hope of eternal life and they face terrible diseases like HIV and all kinds of veneral diseases. Many of them are dying without proper medical care, as they feel shy to go to doctors. Now we are introducing Christian Doctors who are compassionate towards them and guide them to proper medical treatment including praying for their healing through the power of our Lord.

We as a small mission, trying our level best to show the love of God by Word and Deeds, expecting the world wide Christians to pray for us and stand with us by all means to reach this particular people group and win them for the Lord’s Kingdom.

NOTE: The Eunuchs are forbidden to enter in to the Temple and they were not considered as equal citizens with others and officially their names were not included in the list of families.

2 Kings:9:32: Palace Officials (Eunuchs) (Ref: Jeremiah: 29:2; 34:19)

Jeremiah: 38:7: Ebedmelech, the Ethiopian, a eunuch who worked in the royal palace… (Even though he was a foreigner had compassion and respect for the prophet Jeremiah and rescued him from the well by pleading with the king)

Isaiah:39:7: Some of your own descendants will be taken away and made eunuchs to serve in the palace of the king of Babylonia. (Ref: 2 Kings:20:18)

NOTE: In the ancient days the Eunuchs were considered as sincere and faithful as they have no common interest like ordinary men. They were appointed in the king’s palaces to guard the queens and princesses and even many of them were given the job of looking after the treasury of the king.

According to Acts: 8, we see that a Eunuch was a financial officer or minister of the queen of Ethiopia.

Even though he was a Eunuch, he had the fear of God and was real seeker of the truths of the Word of God.

This Eunuch became a useful vessel of the Lord to establish the Kingdom of God in African continent in the first century.

We can’t just ignore the Eunuchs and we are under the obligation to share the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ as He has died for them also.

Even though they are not considered either men or women, it is not really a barrier to become a child of God by putting their trust on Jesus.

The Eunuchs also have the body, soul and spirit; they are fully human and need to be reached with the love of Christ by all means and at any cost.

Isaiah 56:3-7: "(3) A foreigner (eunuch) who has joined the Lord’s people should not say: The Lord will not let me worship with His people. A man who has been castrated should never think that because he cannot have children, he could never be part of God’s people. (4) The Lord says to such a man: If you honor me by observing the Sabbath and if you do what pleases me and faithfully keep my covenant (5) then your name will be remembered in My Temple and among My people longer than if you had sons and daughters. You will be never forgotten. (6) And the Lord says to those foreigners (eunuchs) who become part of His people, who love Him and serve Him, who observe the Sabbath and faithfully keep His covenant. (7) I will bring you to Zion, My sacred hill, give you joy in my house of prayer, and accept the sacrifices you offer on my altar. My Temple will be called a house of prayer for the people of all nations. (TEV)

NOTE: The Lord never established an eternal law to put away the Eunuchs from His house. Any Eunuch, who is willing to obey the Lord’s commandments and follow the Lord, will be accepted in the Temple of the Lord and the Lord says that the believing Eunuchs can have a special place in the Temple. The Lord promises that they will not be forgotten.

Daniel: 1: 3, 7-11,18: Ashpenaz, the chief official of king Nebuchadnezzar was a eunuch.

Matthew 19:12: For there are different reasons why men cannot marry, some because they were born that way, others because men made them that way and others do not marry for the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven. Let him who can accept this teaching do so. (TEV)

NOTE: Mostly the Eunuchs have physical limitations to marry, while others not marry by their choice, because in their particular situation, they can serve God better as single person.

Jesus never taught or encourages avoiding marriage because it is inconvenient or takes away our freedom.

For our convenience or to avoid responsibilities if anybody chooses to be a single person it is totally selfishness and nothing to do with Christian teaching. They will not be considered as people of celibacy or a eunuch.

A good reason to remain single is to use the freedom to serve God. Paul explains this in 1 Corinthians 7.

1. Presently we are meeting with Eunuchs of Bangalore city in more than 10 camps. As they are living in groups, we found that it is easy to contact them with gospel in their own places.
2. We are using various methods like friendship and neighborhood evangelism. Many of the Eunuchs are responding to the gospel. They are accepted in our homes as our friends.
3. Our Pastors and Evangelists are visiting them regularly and befriending with them, so that we can use all opportunities to share the gospel. As they are mostly talented with singing and dancing, we teach them choruses and songs and screening Christian videos.
4. It is our prayer to send 5 couples as dedicated missionaries among them and start a special service for them. Please pray for the right persons and the practical needs to see this vision come alive.
5. As the society have a wrong understanding and rough attitude towards them, we never force them to attend the Church services. They have practical problems in public transports like being teased by others. But some of the Eunuchs take courage and make efforts to attend our Sunday services.
6. We have taught our people to accept them as our own; they have the freedom to sit with our ladies. (In India it is our culture that men and women sit separately in public worship services).