Francis Daniel, who was an accomplished musician, music teacher, and choir director, changed careers and dedicated his life to Christian ministry. In 1976 he resigned his job as a school music teacher and moved to the city of Chennai, which was then known as Madras. There he began serving the Lord full time. He always had a heart for the youth and was concerned about the negative influences of Pop culture and secular music. Being well aware of the power of music he wished to be able to provide them with good Christian music.

The opportunity came in 1977, on a visit to the USA when he was able to procure the copyright from Maranatha Music, near Los Angeles in California. With a donation of Rupees 700 from a Nigerian, he began the music company, on a very small scale.

The company was originally named “Good News For All”, which is the name of a weekly Christian Broadcast over the Indian airwaves. Being very involved in this radio broadcast in which his brother Joshua Daniel was the speaker, the two were run in parallel.

The spiritual vision was the main motivation to the team of “Good News for All”. Volunteers and Bible School students from the Laymen’s Evangelial Fellowship, chipped in and dedicated their time and service. Each working day began with prayer, which was always a priority for Francis.

As time went by there was gradual and consistent progress. Francis adopted, the “One step at a time” policy, and always used a cautious approach. The market slowly opened up and there were new companies to represent and more titles. There ware a few threats as highly commercial companies came into the Christian music market but GNFA managed to outlast all their competition.

The areas of ministry expanded for Francis, there were changes to GNFA. In 1982, he went into full time pastoral ministry and moved to Bangalore with his wife Shanthi and his three children Marcus, Marcelle, and Caleb. He made frequent visits to Madras and gave more responsibility to the team there.  More and more of the production and printing began to also move to Bangalore.  Going on frequent preaching and song leading tours helped him to also find partners to support him in distribution of the music all over India.  

In 2000 “Good News For All” changed to “Good Music For All”. Having been a department of the church, it was re-registered as an independent company.  There were a few financial aspects that made it difficult for the church. Firstly, some Indian churches, which received large donations from overseas, were incurring the reprisal of the Tax Office. The large amount of product warehousing, inside the church property, posed a threat. Secondly, The increasing foreign exchange transactions, particularly in regard to royalty payments, required complicated accounting processes. Re-registering from a charity to a business relieved the church, and smoothened the legal aspects of running “Good Music For All”.

A sad an unexpected change turn was in store for Good Music For All.

On January 2002, Francis was diagnosed with Terminal Cancer. During this time, GMFA was unsupervised and began a steady decline. Even in his sickness, Francis frequently expressed his concern for the company. Requiring frequent doses of chemotherapy, Francis gradually declined in health and went to be with the Lord on August 9^th, 2002.

St. Johns church in Bangalore was generously provided for the funeral, and it couldn’t contain the people who came. There were also many orders for video recordings of the funeral. Francis oldest son, Marcus, in his tribute, stated that he and the rest of the family would continue the work that his father began.   

Marcus, in wanting to fulfill his Father wish of moving the company to Bangalore, took the step with God’s provision of a good Office and Warehouse. On Feb 4^th, 2003, Francis’ Birth Anniversary, the new facility was dedicated to the Lord. He then took on the challenge of overcoming the decline of the previous year. He firmly believes that “Good Music For All” is on the launching pad, to continue and further his father’s vision of having good Christian Music filling the need and blessing many homes and individuals across India and the world.