Nasanta 

Women were welcomed by Jesus to help spread his kingdom on earth, and the women wanted to be a part of the work. When a tented hospital was set up by Jesus’ seaside camp in Bethsaida, women saw an opportunity to minister to the sick. The doctor in charge was a Syrian believer named Elman. His daughter, Nasanta, worked with her father here, along with twenty-four other young women, for the four months that Jesus was in this area.

At a time when women were segregated from men in the temple, unwelcome at the major feasts, and even at their own son’s consecration, Jesus boldly defied the cultural norms. Contrary to the prevailing societal standards and traditions, Jesus set apart ten devout women who had served in the hospital, one of whom was Nasanta, to be commissioned to teach the gospel and to do the ministering work of the kingdom. These women, who soon added two more, becoming twelve women apostles, became known as the Women’s Evangelistic Corps.

In a society where the rabbis taught that it was better to burn the law than let the women read it, Jesus entrusted women to teach the gospel of the kingdom and to minister to the sick. This liberation of women and recognition of their worth was practiced by the apostles immediately following the Master's departure; however, subsequent generations reverted to the previous practices.