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William Carey’s Encounter with Song and Proverbs for Gospel Communication
Tags: communication, gospel, hymns, india, orality, william carey
It has long been assumed that vernacular translation represents William Carey’s primary contribution for the propagation of the gospel in India. Some biographers have even gone as far as to...
Indigenized Christian Worship in India
Some Considerations
Tags: contextualized, india, indigenized, liturgy, music, worship
One of the greatest challenges of the Indian Christian church is its Western heritage. Most mainline denominations follow a Westernized liturgy and music in their worship. When missionaries came to...
Fill the Hole
A Ministry Strategy for Developing New Programs Among Semi-literates and Children
Tags: bible stories, children, india, semi-literate, worldview
This article follows the pattern used by David C. Cook in developing an at-risk children’s program, starting in India and spreading around the world. Jyothi, 12, is the daughter of rag-pickers in...
12 Months Blocs Spotlight for July 2013
South Asian Peoples With Emphasis on India
Tags: india, mission, south asia, unreached people group
There is an urgent need for harvest laborers to come to India from other countries. Why?
- One-third of the world’s remaining unreached people groups live in India. India’s unreached are an...
One Man With a Passion to Reach His Family Transforms a People
Tags: family, hindu, india, movement
THE FOLLOWING STORY IS EXCERPTED FROM THE BOOK, THE FOUNDERS OF THE INDIAN CHURCH BY DR. DONALD MCGAVRAN PUBLISHED IN 1937, THE TRUE STORY PRESENTED HERE ILLUSTRATES THE POWER OF STAYING WITHIN THE...
Microfinance
A Look at the Technique as an Effective Strategy for Poverty Alleviation
Tags: business, business as mission, india, poverty
Hope in the slums
In the slums of several cities in Western India, the financially poor are gathering to save. In groups of 10 to 12, they come together to receive business training, contribute...
Living and Discipling in the Hindu World
My name is Ventakesh and my home is India. I was brought up in a strict, high caste Hindu family, and we had our own pooja room where we had daily prayers to the Hindu gods. We maintained all the...
Land of Dharma
Tags: caste, hindu, hinduism, india
Foreword to Living Water and Indian Bowl by Dayanand Bharati (William Carey Library, 2004). Reprinted by permission.
India is a land of many different religions. Hinduism is a way of life with...
One Perspective from India
Tags: india
The TIME cover story tells us what many Americans think about missions. People in India may have much more critical views. In the July 12 issue of the Economic and Political Weekly (...