There are nine preacher training schools in the Tamil Nadu area of South India. The school offers one and three year programs. Eighty-six percent of all men trained in these schools are still preaching. The Banner Elk Church in Banner Elk, NC, has oversight of the Paramathy School. Our support is for students while attending the school. Don Iverson, preacher of the Banner Elk Church, with his wife Cathy, teach in the school twice a year or more.