The Gadwal Mennonite Brethren Mission Station, India, located in the Gadwal Samista, Raichur District, 100 miles (160 km) southwest of Hyderabad, was built by the American Baptist Mission, which occupied this field at first, but in 1937 transferred the field and work to the Mennonite Brethren Mission. On the mission premises in the 1950s were a residence for the missionaries, a church and school building, a hospital with a number of ward buildings, and some smaller buildings.

Resident missionaries stationed here in the 1950s were Abram A. and Annie Unruh, Margaret Willems, and Edna Gerdes. The station was for some time supervised by J. A. Wiebe and by J. J. Dick. Activities included regular church services, a primary school, and a dispensary. The Gadwal field, comprising 1,200 square miles, had a population of 200,000 in 1950. Response to the Gospel message was good, and in 1949 there was a total church membership of 3,500.

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