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Editorial Comment

In an off-the-cuff speech a while ago I tried to describe "The Daunting Task of Hinduism." (See pages 16-18). Reading that talk in transcription, I realize that I painted the picture daunting all...

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India—Is it the Greatest Remaining Challenge? Other

India—Is it the Greatest Remaining Challenge?

India with her 900 million people, 746 million of whom are Hindu, is probably the toughest nut to crack in the world today when it comes to reaching all of the world's unreached peoples. Although...

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Formed in the Womb Other

Formed in the Womb

Vinoo gently touched her swollen abdomen. "I don't want any girls," she remembered her husband saying. They had taken money from their meager savings to have a costly ultrasound taken of the unborn...

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An Introduction to India Feature

An Introduction to India

Many nations (people groups) make up India's 900,000,000 people. Some 3,000 people groups in India speak at least 1,652 languages. Beyond the complexity of language exists different religions,...

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Sizing Up the Remaining Task Feature

Sizing Up the Remaining Task

The complexities of India make it difficult to define the remaining task. We thought it would be useful to get opinions of some experts.

INDIA--The State of Missions

Vasantharaj Albert

In spite of the Church's presence in India since the time of the apostles, a sizable number of Christians live in only 8 percent of the 3,000...

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The Daunting Task of Hinduism Feature

The Daunting Task of Hinduism

We have often said that the sphere of unreached peoples with the largest number of sub-groups to be reached is the Muslim sphere-- roughly 4,000 groups. The Tribal sphere is also quite large, but...

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Did Christianity’s mission in India take a wrong turn? Other

Did Christianity’s mission in India take a wrong turn?

What has kept missions to India from reaching more of Inida? Could it be that missions to India got sidetracked into running institutions instead of preaching the Gospel? Indian Christianity...

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Partnership: God’s mandate for success Feature

Partnership: God’s mandate for success

A few years ago, just before the Deepavali festival, I read a news item in the Indian Express. It was about an agreement reached by cinema film distributors. They had agreed about when each one...

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Break the “Christian Cacoon!” Let Hindus see Jesus Feature

Break the “Christian Cacoon!” Let Hindus see Jesus

I am the director of the India Center for Mission, which is involved in developing ways and means of enabling mission-minded Christians worldwide to work towards reaching the remaining unreached...

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The “JESUS” Film Project In India Feature

The “JESUS” Film Project In India

To date, more than 100 million Indians have viewed "JESUS." Last year, in 1993, through the "JESUS" film, 3.4 million Indians heard of the life and message of Jesus Christ in a language they could...

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India’s Mission Leaders Speak to the Western Church Feature

India’s Mission Leaders Speak to the Western Church

We gathered together seven influential Indian church and mission leaders and asked them five questions relating to Western involvement in reaching India. We present their edited responses to the...

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The Mizos of Northeast India: Feature

The Mizos of Northeast India:

Proclaiming the Gospel to their neighbors near and far

The Mizos are the most solidly Christian people in all of India. They have been sending out hundreds of missionaries to surrounding peoples and countries for years. Patrick Johnstone, states, "No...

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You can be a part of reaching India! Feature

You can be a part of reaching India!

Here are some helpful suggestions...

  • Consider training as a language surveyor.Contact Wycliff Bible Translators (800) 388-1928 for information on language survey needs in South Asia.
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Mobilizing South Asian Christians to Evangelize Their Peers in Their Homeland and Abroad Other

Mobilizing South Asian Christians to Evangelize Their Peers in Their Homeland and Abroad

The North American Council of South Asian Christians (NACSAC) was organized two years ago with the express purpose of mobilizing South Asian Christians in North America to evangelize the people of...

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A Church for Every People and the Gospel for Every Person by AD2000 in India Other

A Church for Every People and the Gospel for Every Person by AD2000 in India

God is doing tremendous things toward the realization of the vision of the AD2000 & Beyond Movement in India. Here is a brief overview of some of what God has been doing to reach every people group...

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Romania Prepares for GCOWE September 20, 1994 Other

Romania Prepares for GCOWE September 20, 1994

Romania's soccer team surprised everyone in the World Cup Competition in Pasadena this last summer. In a thrilling match they beat Argentina 3 - 2 to reach the quarter-finals. There were no major...

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