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Delhi’s massive population growth – spurred by immigration and rapid urbanization – has fuelled a serious crisis. The large majority of new arrivals end up living in illegal squatter colonies that grow into slums, most lacking water, electricity, sewage and legal status. Slums are often polluted and crime-ridden, and politicians usually exploit squatters’ desperation as […]

Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand both have minerals, forests, and good farm land. But the people are largely poor and under-educated. Rebel groups are very active in the forest and jungle regions, and violent conflict (which can include persecution of Christians) causes problems. The Christian Church remains small here, but house churches have begun to spread. Chhattisgarh […]

Bihar is one of the least-evangelized mega-populations in the world. There are 24 districts (accounting for 57 million people) that are less than 0.03% Christian. The 16.5 million Forward Caste Hindus have increasing exposure to the gospel, but little response. Christianity is associated with untouchables, tribals and foreigners. Only a few thousand call themselves Christian. […]

Long known as “the graveyard of missions”, Bihar presents many obstacles to evangelization. Beside deep poverty sits widespread illiteracy, lack of resources in local languages (Bihari languages were for decades wrongly regarded as mere dialects of Hindi), strong spiritual opposition and persecution of religious minorities by the Hindu majority. The inhospitable environment, where malaria and […]

The massive investment of personnel by Indian missions into Bihar. There are over 4,000 Indian missionaries in Bihar. In recent years, these workers have experienced a massive increase in the fruitfulness of their ministry, but must deal with intensified opposition as well.

Assam: Assam remains the major spiritual challenge in Northeast India. After 2 centuries of missions, Christians are only a small minority. Most tribal peoples remain unreached. Few Christians witness to the 9.7 million Muslims (who speak mostly Bengali) or the Hindu majority (who speak Assamese). The tea-estate workers are migrant peoples or tribal minorities from […]

India’s poorest state and second highest for population density, Bihar is a byword for deprivation and misery. It ranks highest on every index related to corruption for India’s states. The recent separation of timber- and mineral-rich Jharkhand Province exacerbates the already significant economic challenges. The gripping poverty is exceeded only by the lack of development […]

Andhra Pradesh & Telangana: Many Indian mission agencies work in these states, and many people come to Christ! Every district now has churches. But 16 people groups remain unreached and unengaged. Millions of Hindus come to Andhra Pradesh every year to worship at Tirupathi. 200 Christian organizations have bases in Hyderabad (the state capital), a […]

Arunachal Pradesh: The Church has grown dramatically, from 0.8% of the population in 1971 to 19% today. Indian missionaries from Nagaland and northeast India did much of the pioneer work. Baptists are the largest Christian group here; they, as well as others, continue to increase. There are numerous churches among the Nissi, Wancho, Adi, Nocte […]

The blind. As many as 5 million people in India are blind (and another 70 million visually impaired) – this is nearly 40% of the world’s total. Of these cases, 70% would be preventable were there sufficient doctors and optometrists. Braille is an under-utilized tool. Agencies with ministry to blind people are Mission to the […]